I have to admit that the acapella scatting that begins Tazumi Toyoshima's（豊島たずみ）"Summer Night Rhapsody" hasn't quite impressed me too much thus far. To be honest, it rather reminds me of Canadian rock band Chiliwack's chant on their "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" which would come several months to a year later.
Toyoshima's track from her June 1980 album "Shukujo no Tashinami"（淑女のたしなみ...Lady's Etiquette） is the first on the B-side, and it was written by Yoko Nishiwaki（西脇葉子）and composed by Mutsuhiro Nishiwaki（西脇睦宏）; not sure what the relationship between the two is. As I said above, I don't quite like the scatting which starts things off, but the rest of "Summer Night Rhapsody" is fine with the electric guitar weaving in and out along with the various other musical tropes of City Pop coming to the fore. Considering what the current times are, I thought that having something summery might make for a nice alternative.
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