Was watching the latest episode of "Uta Kon"（うたコン）tonight and on their regular segment of looking back at past performances under the theme of travel this week, the wonderful singer Teresa Teng（テレサ・テン）appeared once more in her glory.
I don't think that this was the song featured for her in the show, but re-discovering "Yoru no Joukyaku" (Night Passenger) was very pleasant. With those strings and bluesy sax, natsukashii is an understatement. Moreover, there is that extra element from what sounds like a harpsichord which further adds to the sepia tones of time here.
Written by Michio Yamagami（山上路夫）and composed by Daisuke Inoue（井上大輔）under his real name Tadao Inoue（井上忠夫）, "Yoru no Joukyaku" inhabits that certain part of Mood Kayo which has a woman trying to flee her woes of heartbreak by traveling, with the conveyance this time being a train. The ballad was her 5th single in Japan, released in July 1975. Listening to it again brought back memories of being in either a small nomiya or a karaoke establishment.
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