Going along with the theme of the arrival of summer, I've decided to go with this quiet breezy number from Folk/New Music singer Sumiko Yamagata（やまがたすみこ）. "Peppermint Morning", as the title suggests, has that refreshing AM feeling as Yamagata sings about getting up on a Sunday morning in Tokyo. I can almost hear that coffee brewing in the kitchen. It is the first track on Yamagata's "Flying", her foray into a more adult contemporary vein, released in July 1977. The song was written by Takashi Matsumoto（松本隆） and composed by Shigeru Suzuki（鈴木茂）. Compared to the one official single from the album, "Moonlight Jitterbug", "Peppermint Morning" is a bit more laid-back, and in a way, with Yamagata's vocals and the arrangements, it sounds even a bit 80s aidoru-ish. Perhaps a bit ahead of its time?
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