Masaki Matsubara "Painted Woman" (1983) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Canyon Records Inc.

 A

01 - Painted Woman (Eric Tagg)

B

01 - Night Scanners (Instrumental) (Masaki Matsubara)

From the Album 'Painted Woman' (1983) 

Produced by Masaki Matsubara & Harry Kaneko for Canyon Records, Inc.

Musicians :
Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saitoh : Percussion
Michio Nagaoka : Bass Guitar
Hiroshi Shinkawa : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars & Synthesizer
Synthesizers Programmed by Hiroshi Shinkawa, Masaki Matsubara & H. Matsutake
Eric Tagg : Vocals & Background vocals on "Painted Woman"
Mike Dunn : Backgroung vocals
Eve : Background Singers
Shin Kazuhara & Hitoshi Yokoyama : Trumpets
Yasuo Hirauchi : Trombone
Jake H. Conception : Saxophone

Parachute "Sylvia" (1982) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Pony Canyon

 1

01 - Don't Give It Up (Robbie Patton & David Adelstein)
02 - Sylvia (Masaki Matsubara, Jesse Barish & Terry Shaddick)
03 - Keeping It Up (K. Parker & Gary Pickus)
04 - Where Did We Go Wrong (Masaki Matsubara, Jesse Barish & Terry Shaddick)

2

01 - Baby You're Just Like Me (Mark Gray & Jan Buckingham)
02 - Livewire (Greg Guidry & Eddie Stetser)
03 - Something Down The Highway (Masaki Matsubara, Jesse Barish & Terry Shaddick)
04 - Do What You Want To (Mike Dunn, Jesse Barish & Terry Shaddick)
05 - Good For Nothing (Jesse Barish & Terry Shaddick)


Parachute :
Bass Guitar, Lead vocals : Mike Dunn
Percussion : Nobu Saito
Drums : Tatsuo Hayashi
Keyboards, Synthesizer : Yoshihiko Ando
Guitar : Tsuyoshi Kon
Guitar : Masaki Matsubara
Keyboards, Synthesizer : Akira Inoue

Bass Guitar : Phil Brown

Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Clydene Jackson, Jesse Barish, Terry Shaddick, Mark G. Creamer, Joe Chemay & Gene Morford

Producer : Dain & De Joy, Pete Robinson
Assistant Producer : Harry Kaneko
Engineer : Jackson Schwarz
Assistant Engineer : Rick Polakow

Mastering Engineer : Greg Fulginiti
Mastered at Artisan Studio

Album Coordinator : Bobby White

Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California & Oblivion Mountain, Sunland, California 

Masaki Matsubara "Sniper" (1983) -Westcoast Rock / City Pop-

Label : Canyon Records

 Side 1

01 - Can't Let Go (Masaki Matsubara)
02 - I Remember (Terry Schadick & Jesse Barish)
03 - You Babe (Masaki Matsubara)
04 - Give Our Love (Terry Schadick & Jesse Barish)

Side 2

01 - You Know What I Like (Terry Schadick & Jesse Barish)
02 - Sniper (Masaki Matsubara)
03 - Busted (Masaki Matsubara)
04 - Someday (Jesse Barish & Masaki Matsubara)


Featuring Jesse Barish

Executive Producer : Bud Dain & Dejoy Music
Produced by Masaki Matsubara / Harry Kaneko for Canyon Records
Vocal Produced by Terry Schadick
Vocal Tracks by Jesse Barrish / Amy
Back Ground Vocals by Terry Schadick / Amy / Harry
Recording Engineer : Yutaka Matsumoto / Steve Mitchel
Re-Mixed by Steve Mitchel
Mastered at A&M Studio, LA, CA
Assistant Engineer : Takashi Ichimura / Hideyuki Kono
Music Contractor : Michie Kobayashi
Session Co-ordinator : Koji Kimura / Music Land
Album Recorded & Re-Mixed at Hitokuchi-Zaka Studio, Tokyo

Recording Musicians :
Drums : Hideo Yamaki, Eiji Shimamura on "Someday"
Bass Guitar : Chiharu Mikuzuki
Keyboards : Jun Satoh
Percussion : Nobu Saito
Saxophone : Jake H. Concepcion
Synthesizer Programmer : Keishi Urata, Jun Tohyama

Jesse Barish : Vocals
Terry Schadick, Amy, Harry Kaneko : Background vocals

Triforce "Triforce" (1990) -Westcoast Rock / City Pop-

Label : P.C.H. Records

01 - I Want You Now (Naoki Takao, Masaki Matsubara & Masae Nanbu)
02 - The Fortune's In Your Hand (Nozomi 'Candee' Takao & Halnen)
03 - We Are One In Our Love (Naoki Takao & Halnen)
04 - Chance Of A Lifetime (Bunny Hull)
05 - Dance Tonight (Naoki Takao, Masaki Matsubara & Masae Nanbu)
06 - Forget That Pride (Nozomi 'Candee' Takao)
07 - Let Us Stay Together (Naoki Takao, Masaki Matsubara & Masae Nanbu)
08 - Can't We Be Friends (Nozomi 'Candee' Takao)
09 - Give It Up (Naoki Takao, Masaki Matsubara & Masae Nanbu)
10 - I Want You Now (Nozomi 'Candee' Takao, Masaki Matsubara & Masae Nanbu)

Bonus Track

11 - Like A Child (Naoki Takao, Nozomi 'Candee' Takao & Masae Nanbu)


Produced by Masaki Matsubara & Jeff Weber

Musicians :
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars
Masae Nanby : Keyboards
Naoki Takao : Vocal
Nozomi 'Candee' Takao : Vocal
Nobuo Eguchi : Drums
Chiharu Mikuzuki : Bass
Shoji Haruna : Sax, Percussion
Junnosuke Nishio : Percussion

All Arrangements by Triforce
Except Horn Arrangement by Jerry Hey
Except Strings Arrangement by Bill Meyers
Background vocals : Bunny Hull, Clydene Jackson, John Lehman, Carmen Twillie

Recording Engineer : Bob Loftus
Assistant Engineer : Craig Johnson, Darryl Dobson
Recorded at Triforce Nozawa Studio in Tokyo ; Westlake Studio in L.A.
Mastering by Bernie Grundman, L.A.


01 - I Want You Now

Arrangement : Triforce

02 - The Fortune's In Your Hand

Arrangement : Triforce
Except Horns Arrangement : Jerry Hey

03 - We Are One In Our Love

Arrangement : Triforce
Except Strings Arrangement : Bill Meyers

04 - Chance Of A Lifetime

Arrangement : Triforce
Except Background Vocals Arrangement : Bunny Hull

05 - Dance Tonight

Arrangement : Triforce
Except Horns Arrangement : Jerry Hey

06 - Forget That Pride

Arrangement : Triforce

07 - Let Us Stay Together

Arrangement : Triforce

08 - Can't We Be Friends

Arrangement : Triforce

09 - Give It Up

Arrangement : Triforce

10 - I Want You Now

Arrangement : Triforce

11 - Like A Child

Arrangement : Triforce

Masaki Matsubara "Someday" (1988) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Pony Canyon Inc.

01 - Make It With Me (Eric Tagg & Lee Ritenour)
02 - I Remember (T. Shadick & Jesse Barish)
03 - Silly Crush (Eric Tagg, K. McNalty & Masaki Matsubara)
04 - Sylvia (Masaki Matsubara, Jesse Barish & T. Shadick)
05 - Give Our Love (T. Shadick & Jesse Barish)
06 - Painted Woman (Eric Tagg)
07 - You Know What I Like (T. Shadick & Jesse Barish)
08 - Something Down The Highway (Masaki Matsubara, Jesse Barish & T. Shadick)
09 - Someday (Jesse Barish & Masaki Matsubara)


01 - Make It With Me
02 - I Remember
03 - Silly Crush
04 - Sylvia
05 - Give Our Love

"Sylvia" taken from "SYLVIA" by Parachute
Featuring Vocals :
Eric Tagg on "Make It With Me" & "Silly Crush"
Jesse Barish on "I Remember" & "Give Our Love"
Mike Dunn on "Sylvia"
Produced by Masaki Matsubara except "Sylvia" by Dain & De Joy / Pete Robinson


06 - Painted Woman
07 - You Know What I Like
08 - Something Down The Highway
09 - Someday

"Something Down The Highway" taken from Album "SYLVIA" by Parachute
Featuring Vocals :
Eric Tagg on "Painted Woman"
Jesse Barish on "You Know What I Like"
Mike Dunn on "Something Down The Highway"
Jesse Barish / Amy on "Someday" 
Produced by Masaki Matsubara except "Something Down The Highway" by Dain & De Joy / Pete Robinson

Parachute "Asian Port" (1980) -City Pop-

 Label : Pony Canyon

 Side One

01 - Mystery Of Asian Port (Parachute)
02 - Fly With Me (Parachute)
03 - Kowloon Daily (Parachute)
04 - Essence Of Romance (Parachute)

Side Two

05 - Visitor From Pluto (Parachute)
06 - Spend A Little Time (With Me) (Parachute)
07 - Miura Wind (Parachute)
08 - Jasmine (Parachute)


Produced by Parachute
Directed by Hiroaki Nakamura
Engineered by Steve Mitchell
Mixed by Steve Mitchell
Assisted by Takashi Shimizu & Tadashi Goto
Mastered by Bob Carbone
Recorded at Izu Studio & Hitokuchizaka Studio
Mixed at Hitokuchizaka Studio
Mastered at A&M Studio

Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder & Marimba 
Izumi Kobayashi : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal 
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel guitar & Vocoder 
Masaki Matsubara : Aria Guitar, Lab Guitar AMP & Roland Synthesizer 
Mike Dunn : Fender Bass & Vocal 
Tatsuo Hayashi : Yamaha Drums & Percussion

Light Mellow "Parachute" (2014) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-

Label : Pony Canyon

01 - Visitor From Pluto (?)
02 - Don’t Give It Up (Robbie Patton & David Adelstein)
03 - Make It With Me / 松原正樹 (Eric Tagg & Lee Ritenour)
04 - Banana Moon (?)
05 - Aresa Koresa (?)
06 - Think About The Good Times / 今 剛 (?)
07 - Livewire (Greg Guidry & E. Setser)
08 - Silly Crush / 松原正樹 (Eric Tagg, K. McNulty & Masaki Matsubara)
09 - Miura Wind (?)
10 - You Babe / 松原正樹 (?)
11 - Baby You’re Just Like Me (M. Gray & J. Buckingham)
12 - Jasmine (?)
13 - Cocktail Night (?)
14 - Zig-Zag / 今 剛 (?)
15 - Open Your Freeways (?)
16 - I Remember / 松原正樹 (T. Schadick & Jesse Barish)
17 - Hercules (?)
18 - Agatha / 今 剛 (?)
19 - The Dealer (?)


Selected & Compiled by Toshikazu Kanazawa
Editorial Supervisor : Toshikazu Kanazawa
Director : Fumihiko Oizumi
Mastering Engineer : Shuji Nose


01 - Visitor From Pluto

From The Album "ASIAN PORT" (1980)
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder & Marimba
Izumi Kobayashi : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel guitar & Vocoder
Masaki Matsubara : Aria Guitar, Lab Guitar AMP & Roland Synthesizer
Mike Dunn : Fender Bass & Vocal
Tatsuo Hayashi : Yamaha Drums & Percussion

02 - Don’t Give It Up

From The Album "SYLVIA" (1982)
Mike Dunn : Bass Guitar & Lead vocals
Nobu Saito : Percussion
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitar
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar
Akira Inoue : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Phil Brown : Bass Guitar
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Clydene Jackson, Jesse Barish, Terry Shaddick, Mark G. Creamer, Joe Chemay & Gene Morford

03 - Make It With Me

Masaki Matsubara
From The Album "PAINTED WOMAN" (1983)
Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saitoh : Percussion
Michio Nagaoka : Bass Guitar
Hiroshi Shinkawa : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars & Synthesizer
Synthesizers Programmed by Hiroshi Shinkawa, Masaki Matsubara & H. Matsutake
Eric Tagg : Vocals & Background vocals
Mike Dunn : Backgroung vocals
Eve : Background Singers
Shin Kazuhara & Hitoshi Yokoyama : Trumpets
Yasuo Hirauchi : Trombone
Jake H. Conception : Saxophone

04 - Banana Moon

From The Album "6 KINDS 6 SIZES" (1980)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards
Makito Tashiro : Synthesizer
Hideki Matsutake : Synthesizer Programming
Bread & Butter : Background Vocal
Champion Group : Horns 
Jake H. Conception : Sax

05 - Aresa Koresa

From The Album "HAERE MAI" (1981)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocal & Background vocal

06 - Think About The Good Times

Tsuyoshi Kon
From The Album "STUDIO CAT" (1980)
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Vocal & Background vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass
Robert Brill : Drums
Mark T. Jordan : Keyboards
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Tatsuo Hayashi : Percussion

07 - Livewire

From The Album "SYLVIA" (1982)
Mike Dunn : Bass Guitar & Lead vocals
Nobu Saito : Percussion
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitar
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar
Akira Inoue : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Phil Brown : Bass Guitar
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Clydene Jackson, Jesse Barish, Terry Shaddick, Mark G. Creamer, Joe Chemay & Gene Morford

08 - Silly Crush

Masaki Matsubara
From The Album "PAINTED WOMAN" (1983)
Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saitoh : Percussion
Michio Nagaoka : Bass Guitar
Hiroshi Shinkawa : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars & Synthesizer
Synthesizers Programmed by Hiroshi Shinkawa, Masaki Matsubara & H. Matsutake
Eric Tagg : Vocals & Background vocals
Mike Dunn : Backgroung vocals
Eve : Background Singers
Shin Kazuhara & Hitoshi Yokoyama : Trumpets
Yasuo Hirauchi : Trombone
Jake H. Conception : Saxophone

09 - Miura Wind

From The Album "ASIAN PORT" (1980)
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder & Marimba
Izumi Kobayashi : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel guitar & Vocoder
Masaki Matsubara : Aria Guitar, Lab Guitar AMP & Roland Synthesizer
Mike Dunn : Fender Bass & Vocal
Tatsuo Hayashi : Yamaha Drums & Percussion

10 - You Babe

Masaki Matsubara
From The Album "SNIPER" (1983)
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars
Hideo Yamaki & Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saito : Percussion
Chiharu Mikuzuki : Bass
Jun Satoh : Keyboards
Keishi Urata & Jun Tohyama : Synthesizer Programming
Jesse Barish : Vocals
Amy : Vocal & Background vocals
Terry Schadick & Harry Kaneko : Background vocals

11 - Baby You’re Just Like Me

From The Album "SYLVIA" (1982)
Mike Dunn : Bass Guitar & Lead vocals
Nobu Saito : Percussion
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitar
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar
Akira Inoue : Keyboards & Synthesizer
Phil Brown : Bass Guitar
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters, Clydene Jackson, Jesse Barish, Terry Shaddick, Mark G. Creamer, Joe Chemay & Gene Morford

12 - Jasmine

From The Album "ASIAN PORT" (1980)
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder & Marimba
Izumi Kobayashi : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel guitar & Vocoder
Masaki Matsubara : Aria Guitar, Lab Guitar AMP & Roland Synthesizer
Mike Dunn : Fender Bass & Vocal
Tatsuo Hayashi : Yamaha Drums & Percussion

13 - Cocktail Night

From The Album "HAERE MAI" (1981)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocal & Background vocal

14 - Zig-Zag

Tsuyoshi Kon
From The Album "STUDIO CAT" (1980)
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Vocal & Background vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass
Robert Brill : Drums
Mark T. Jordan : Keyboards
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Tatsuo Hayashi : Percussion

15 - Open Your Freeways

From The Album "6 KINDS 6 SIZES" (1980)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards
Makito Tashiro : Synthesizer
Hideki Matsutake : Synthesizer Programming
Bread & Butter : Background Vocal
Champion Group : Horns 
Jake H. Conception : Sax

16 - I Remember

Masaki Matsubara
From The Album "SNIPER" (1983)
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars
Hideo Yamaki & Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saito : Percussion
Chiharu Mikuzuki : Bass
Jun Satoh : Keyboards
Keishi Urata & Jun Tohyama : Synthesizer Programming
Jesse Barish : Vocals
Amy : Vocal & Background vocals
Terry Schadick & Harry Kaneko : Background vocals

17 - Hercules

From The Album "6 KINDS 6 SIZES" (1980)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards
Makito Tashiro : Synthesizer
Hideki Matsutake : Synthesizer Programming
Bread & Butter : Background Vocal
Champion Group : Horns 
Jake H. Conception : Sax

18 - Agatha

Tsuyoshi Kon
From The Album "STUDIO CAT" (1980)
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Vocal & Background vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass
Robert Brill : Drums
Mark T. Jordan : Keyboards
Michael Boddicker : Synthesizer
Tatsuo Hayashi : Percussion

19 - The Dealer

From The Album "HAERE MAI" (1981)
Tatsuo Hayashi : Drums & Percussion
Nobu Saito : Percussion, Syndrum, Vocoder & Vocal
Mike Dunn : Bass, Vocal & Background vocal
Masaki Matsubara : Guitar, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Tsuyoshi Kon : Guitars, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocal & Background vocal
Yoshihiko Ando : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Vocal & Background vocal
Akira Inoue : Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocal & Background vocal

Masaki Matsubara "Painted Woman" (1983) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-

 Label : Canyon Records

 A

01 - Make It With Me (Eric Tagg & Lee Ritenour)
02 - Night Scanners (Masaki Matsubara)
03 - Shining Star (Mike Dunn & Tatsuo Hayashi)
04 - Silly Crush (Eric Tagg, Kelly McNully & Masaki Matsubara)
05 - Tequila Toast (Masaki Matsubara)

B

01 - S.O.S. (Society Of Soul) (Masaki Matsubara)
02 - Painted Woman (Eric Tagg)
03 - Sunset Lullaby (Masaki Matsubara)
04 - Pacific Coast Highway (Masaki Matsubara)
05 - Sky High (Masaki Matsubara)


Produced by Masaki Matsubara & Harry Kaneko for Canyon Records, Inc.
Executive Producer : Shigeaki Hazama
All Tracks Recorded & Re-Mixed by Steve Mitchell
Assistant Engineers : Hideyuki Kohno & Hiroji Bandoh (Hitokuchizaka Studio)
Album Recorded at Kawaguchiko Studio & Hitokuchizaka Studio, Tokyo
Album Mixed at Studio Sound Recorders, LA, California, USA
Album Mastered at A&M Studio, LA, California, USA
Album Co-ordinator : Michie Kobayashi, Toshi Endo & Kohji Kimura (Musicland)
Horns Arranged by Shin Kazuhara
Background Singers Arranged by Mike Dunn & Eric Tagg

Musicians :
Eiji Shimamura : Drums
Nobu Saitoh : Percussion
Michio Nagaoka : Bass Guitar
Hiroshi Shinkawa : Keyboards & Synthesizers
Masaki Matsubara : Guitars & Synthesizer
Synthesizers Programmed by Hiroshi Shinkawa, Masaki Matsubara & H. Matsutake
Eric Tagg : Vocals & Background vocals
Mike Dunn : Backgroung vocals
Eve : Background Singers
Shin Kazuhara & Hitoshi Yokoyama : Trumpets
Yasuo Hirauchi : Trombone
Jake H. Conception : Saxophone