Initially, when I had decided to write that follow-up on the Yumi Arai（荒井由実）album "Cobalt Hour", it was supposed to have been just on one track "Sukoshi Dake Kataomoi" (Just A Little Crush) with the original by Yuming（ユーミン）and then the cover by Seiko Miki（三木聖子）. Well, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men...
Noticing that the Miki version got the squeeze out, I've decided to make amends by writing an individual article for it. Miki's take was actually the B-side to her debut single "Machibuse"（まちぶせ）, itself a Yuming creation and an even bigger hit some years later for Hitomi Ishikawa（石川ひとみ）, released in June 1976.
Her "Sukoshi Dake Kataomoi" doesn't quite have the New Music breeziness of the Yuming original from "Cobalt Hour", but it's a bit of a weird combination of doo-wop and AOR. Although the overall song is fine, I think the backup chorus was somewhat overzealous. Both this song and "Machibuse" were placed onto her one and only album "Seiko"（聖子）from December 1976.
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