Well, it's the first day of spring! And as would befit such an auspicious day, it's been looking gorgeous out there with a ton of sun and some relatively balmy temperatures. Couldn't have asked for anything better.
A little less than a couple of years ago, I wrote about musician-songwriter Fujimal Yoshino（芳野藤丸）and his old backup band for Hideki Saijo（西城秀樹）, Fujimaru Band（藤丸バンド）via their 1977 album "BGM". "I Know It’s Gonna Last" is one mighty number with some boss horns.
Well, the opening track on "BGM" is "Highway", a bossa nova-inflected song with some of that 70s City Pop keyboard haze that has that touch of sophistication of a high-class night in Tokyo back then. Plus, I find that the way Yoshino sings "Highway" is rather predictive of how Akira Terao（寺尾聰）will croon his tracks out on the future "Reflections" in 1981. With the music by Yoshino and lyrics by Yoshiko Miura（三浦徳子）, the ballad is a cool number to be enjoyed while bombing down the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo.
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