The long-standing fraternal duo Bread & Butter（ブレッド&バター）has explored the genres of folk, City Pop and AOR but one time after purchasing one of the "Light Mellow" CD series, I learned that the Iwasawa brothers also had their interest in Brazilian sounds.
"Non-Stop to Brazil" is the opening track for their 10th studio album from May 1987, "Aru Yoru no Dekigoto"（或る夜の出来事...It Happened One Night） and it was not only a catchy number that I enjoyed by the Iwasawas but I was also wondering whether I could get a chance to write about it on the blog. At the time, I couldn't find anything on YouTube but finally one uploader, Yousk Channel, was able to place this one up. It's always a wonderful feeling when a wish comes true.
Neither Iwasawa brother, Fuyumi or Satsuya（岩沢二弓・岩沢幸矢）, had anything to do with the writing of "Non-Stop to Brazil". It was actually Mikiko Yamanaka（山中幹子）and Shun Taguchi（田口俊） behind the lyrics while MAYUMI, aka actress-turned-singer/songwriter Mayumi Horikawa（堀川まゆみ）, brought together the bright samba melody. Happy to say that it does get the blood flowing and the mind wandering to warmer climes below the Equator.
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