Masaki Ueda "No Problem" (1982) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-

Label : CBS / Sony Records

 Side A

01 - That's Alright (?)
02 - Through The Night (?)
03 - Hey! Baby (?)
04 - Need Somebody (?)
05 - Brother Louie (Errol Brown & Tony Wilson)

Side B

01 - Sweet Cupid (?)
02 - Night Train To The Sky (?)
03 - Mr. Pianoman (?)
04 - Roulette (?)
05 - Many Rivers To Cross (?)


Executive Producer : Hidenori Taga (Kitty), Masatoshi Sakai (CBS/Sony)
Producer & Arranger : Akira Inoue
Co-Producer : Masaki Ueda
Director : Kaoru Sekiya (CBS/Sony), Hiroshi Hayakawa (Kitty)
Musician Contractor : George Bohannon
Sound Producer & Engineer : Susumu Ohno (K.R.S.)
Assistant Engineer : Miss Peggy, Teiji Wakita (K.R.S.)
Recorded at Sunset Sound Studio (Hollywood, L.A.), KRS Studio
Re-Mixed at Izu Studio
Mastered at Teppei Kasai (CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio)
Recording Date : From 11th of March to 10th of April 1982


Side A

01 - That's Alright

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Sonny Burke : Keyboards
Ernie Watts : Sax
Herman Riley : Sax
Terry Harrington : Sax
Ray Brown : Trumpet
Nolan Smith : Trumpet
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
George Bohannon : Trombone
Clarence Cawrey : Trombone

02 - Through The Night

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Sonny Burke : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Herman Riley : Sax
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals
Akira Inoue : Synthesizers
Keishi Urata : Operator
Toru Aoyama : Electric Guitar

03 - Hey! Baby

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Sonny Burke : Keyboards
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals

04 - Need Somebody

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Ernie Watts : Sax
Herman Riley : Sax
Terry Harrington : Sax
Ray Brown : Trumpet
Nolan Smith : Trumpet
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet
George Bohannon : Trombone
Clarence Cawrey : Trombone
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals
Akira Inoue : Synthesizers
Keishi Urata : Operator

05 - Brother Louie

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Sonny Burke : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals

Side B

01 - Sweet Cupid

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Ernie Watts : Sax
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals
Akira Inoue : Synthesizers
Keishi Urata : Operator

02 - Night Train To The Sky

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Nathan East : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Ernie Watts : Sax
Akira Inoue : Synthesizers
Keishi Urata : Operator
Toru Aoyama : Electric Guitar

03 - Mr. Pianoman

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Ernie Watts : Sax
Herman Riley : Sax
Terry Harrington : Sax
Ray Brown : Trumpet
Nolan Smith : Trumpet
Oscar Brashear : Trumpet

04 - Roulette

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals
Keishi Urata : Operator
Toru Aoyama : Electric Guitar

05 - Many Rivers To Cross

Leon 'Ndugu Chancler : Drums
Freddie Washington : Bass
David T. Walker : Electric Guitar
Greg Poree : Electric Guitar
Clarence McDonald : Keyboards
Maxine Willard Waters, Julia Tillman Waters, Clydene Jackson : Background vocals

Masaki Ueda "After Midnight" (1982) -City Pop / Westcoast Rock-

Label : CBS/Sony Records

 Side A

01 - Straight Life (Tetsuji Hayashi & Chinfa Kang)
02 - Say Good-Bye To Yellow Page (Daisuke Inoue & Masao Urino)
03 - I Miss You All (Yasuhiro Abe & Masao Urino)
04 - Hello, I Love You (?)
05 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Rock'n Roll (Masaki Ueda & Ed Darblow)

Side B

01 - Osaka-Bay Blues (Tetsuji Hayashi & Chinfa Kang)
02 - Baby Lady (Tetsuji Hayashi & Chinfa Kang)
03 - Your Love Gives Me A Pure Mind (Kenichi Fujimoto & Chinfa Kang)
04 - Save The Last Dance For Me (F. Magine, P. Spitalni & W. Hirsch)
05 - Happy Days & Blues Days (Muki Sasaki & Chinfa Kang)
06 - Georgia On My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell)


Produced by Kaoru Sekiya & Masaki Ueda
Director : Hiroshi Hayakawa
Arranger : Akira Inoue, Katz Hoshi, Tetsu Hayashi, Hiromoto Tobisawa
Engineer : Tamotsu Yoshida, Susumu Ohno, Akira Fukada
Re-Mixed Engineer : Tamotsu Yoshida
Assistant Engineer : Teiji Wakita, Atom Saida, Tatsuya Morokaji, Nobuhisa Kawabe
Mastering Engineer : Teppei Kasai
At CBS/SONY Shinanomachi
Recorded at KRS Studio, Sunset Sound (Hollywood, L.A.)
Re-Mixed at CBS/Sony Shinanomachi
Executive Producer : Hidenori Taga, Masatoshi Sakai


Side A

01 - Straight Life

Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Bass : Akihiro Tanaka
Electric Guitar : Masaki Matsubara
Keyboards : Haruo Togashi
Trombone : Osamu Shiomura
Background vocals : Masaki Ueda, Tetsuji Hayashi, Yasuhiro Abe, Yuri Kokubu
Synthesizers : Maki Yajima
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi
Sax Solo : Mitsuru Kanekuni
Sax : Genji Sawai, Mitsuru Kanekuni
Trumpet : Hitoshi Okano, Shigeo Araki

02 - Say Good-Bye To Yellow Page

Drums : Hideo Yamaki
Bass : Kenji Takamizu
Electric Guitar : Tsuyoshi Kon
Keyboards : Akira Inoue
Synthesizers : Akira Inoue (Operated by Mr. Urata)
Percussion : ?
Background vocal : Eve

03 - I Miss You All

Drums : Hideo Yamaki
Bass : Shigeru Okazawa
Electric Guitar : Tsuyoshi Kon
Keyboards : Akira Inoue
Synthesizers : Akira Inoue
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi
Background vocal : Masaki Ueda

04 - Hello, I Love You

Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Bass : Akihiro Tanaka
Electric Guitar : Kazuo Shiina
Keyboards : Kazuo Ohtani
Synthesizers : Mimi
Percussion : Masato Kawase
Background vocal : Masaki Ueda

05 - Nothing's Gonna Stop Rock'n Roll

Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Bass : Freddie Washington
Electric Guitar : David T. Walker, Greg Poree
Keyboards : Clarence McDonald
Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synthesizers : Akira Inoue
Background vocal : Masaki Ueda

Side B

01 - Osaka-Bay Blues

Drums : Hideo Yamaki
Bass : Kenji Takamizu
Electric Guitar : Toru Aoyama, Yutaka Takezawa
Keyboards : Soichi Noriki, Yasuharu Nakanishi
Synthesizer : Yuji Kawashima
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi
Sax Solo : Genji Sawai
Strings : Joe Strings
Background vocal : Eve

02 - Baby Lady

Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Bass : Akihiro Tanaka
Electric Guitar : Masaki Matsubara
Keyboards : Haruo Togashi, Yasuharu Nakanishi
Percussion : Motoya Hamaguchi

03 - Your Love Gives Me A Pure Mind

Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Bass : Akihiro Tanaka
Electric Guitar : Kazuo Shiina
Keyboards : Yasuharu Nakanishi
Synthesizer : Yuji Kawashima
Percussion : Osamu Nakajima
Duet Vocal : Kaoru Sudo

04 - Save The Last Dance For Me

Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Bass : Akihiro Tanaka
Electric Guitar : Kazuo Shiina
Keyboards : Kazuo Ohtani
Percussion : Masaki Ueda, Masato Kawase, Yukio Kondo
Sax : Genji Sawai, Mitsuru Kanekuni
Trumpet : Hitoshi Okano, Shigeo Araki
Background vocal : The King Tones

05 - Happy Days & Blues Days

Drums : Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler
Bass : Freddie Washington
Electric Guitar : David T. Walker, Greg Poree
Background vocal : Masaki Ueda, Muki Sasaki
Keyboards : Clarence McDonald
Synthesizer : Akira Inoue (Operated by Mr. Urata)
Vibe : Isao Kanayama

06 - Georgia On My Mind

Electric Guitar : David T. Walker
Acoustic Guitar : Greg Poree
Keyboard : Clarence McDonald
Strings : Joe Strings

Masaki Ueda "Charade" (1989) -Soft Rock / City Pop-

 Label : Columbia Music Entertainment

01 - Love (John Lennon)
02 - Summertime (Dubose Heyward & George Gershwin)
03 - Mood Indigo (Irving Milles, Albany Bigard & Duke Ellington)
04 - Charade (Johnny Mercer & Hanry Mancini)
05 - My Funny Valentine (Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers)
06 - When Sunny Gets Blue (Jack Segal & Marvin Fisher)
07 - Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
08 - Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley & V. Matson)
09 - Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington & Victor Young)
10 - When You Wish Upon A Star (Ned Washington & Leigh Harline)
11 - Imagine (John Lennon)


Produced by Masao Yagi
Directed by Ken Okada & Hideki Uehiro
Engineered by John Arrias & Shinichi Tanaka
Mixed by John Arrias
Recorded at Lion Share Studios, Ocean Way Studios & Key-Stone Studios
Mixed at Lion Share Studio
Assistant Engineers : Jesse Kanner, Clark Germain & Shinichi Tomita
Synclavier Operator : Brian Mendelsohn

Musicians :
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
George Doering : Guitar
Dave Boruff : Sax Solos
David Shostac : Flute
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion
Masao Yagi : Keyboards