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Friday, May 5, 2023

Yutaka Kimura Speaks ~ Japanese City Pop Masterpieces 100: Marina Watanabe -- Anata kara Tooku e(あなたから遠くへ)

 

Number: 004

Lyricist/Composer: Sachiko Kanenobu

Arrangers: Akira Inoue and Eiichi Ohtaki

From her 1996 album: "Ring-a-Bell"

The Niagara Girl Pop sound has been passed down from Celia Paul in the 1970s through Seiko Matsuda(松田聖子)in the 1980s and then to Marina Watanabe(渡辺満里奈)in the 1990s. "Anata kara Tooku e" is a bossa nova cover of a track on Sachiko Kanenobu's(金延幸子)evergreen "Misora"(み空)that was produced by Ohtaki for the first time, and Marina's cute vocals gently cradle the dazzling Niagara sound. Akira Inoue's(大滝詠一)flowing strings are also splendid.

The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).

1 comment:

  1. Oh, man the complication CD in the photo looks very tempting!

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