Haruko Kuwana -- On The Seashore

 

I recollect reading from some of Haruko Kuwana's（桑名晴子）liner notes that she loved her time living by the ocean for several years. Although my places of residence in Japan were up in the Japanese Alps and a couple of kilometres from Tokyo Bay, I can certainly imagine that she did. It must have been very enjoyable and calming to be able to walk along the beach during sunrise and sunset with the waves lapping along the shore.

Therefore, I gather that "On The Seashore" must have provided a good amount of inspiration for Kuwana to do her best on this track which was a part of her May 1979 2nd album "Show me your smile". Accompanied by some of that lovely hazy keyboard of 70s City Pop and that chipmunky keyboard solo, there's also another solo that takes over that is performed by perhaps a Wurlitzer (?). As usual, the singer has those husky vocals of hers to spread the joy of beachside living.

Although Kuwana sings "On The Seashore" as if the song were her own distillation of that good life, actually it was written by Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi（髙橋幸宏）and composed by bassist Tsugutoshi Goto（後藤次利）.