To wrap up today's trio of articles, last night I received a contact from Edward and since you see the apple pie up there, the KKP veterans know that this is the blog symbol for an All-Points Bulletin.
However, the APB isn't for the title and/or singer of a mystery song. There is no aural sample here this time. Edward is searching for an album that is City Pop-related from the 80s or 90s but doesn't know the singer or title here. He did give me a general description, though.
-girl standing in front of a yellow wall
-album title appears above her in bold black letters
-she's wearing a black skirt but no information on the shirt
I decided to play Police Sketch Artist and tried to come up with something through the Bing AI generator. The above is the result but of course, I wasn't trying to come up with anything amazing that could resemble the album cover. It's just a general idea and maybe that could be enough to jog some City Pop-loving minds out there about what this album is and who the singer is. Maybe someone out there actually owns it. Let's see if there's a nibble.
April 25th 2025: Looks like we've had a quick and happy resolution to the mystery. Edward was able to find and identify the album that he'd been searching for. It's Seiko Sato's（佐藤聖子）"Bright Lights" from 1992. The track below is "Moonlight Wolf".
Miho Nakayama's "One And Only"? Momoe Yamaguchi's "Fushicyou Densetsu"? Reimy's "R"? I went through the listings for about 4,000 albums on Record City's site. Those were the only ones that came close. I was only looking at vinyl. If there was a little more to go on, it might be easier to find a match.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Scott, for the help. The only other hint that I can give you is that one of the tracks deals with a werewolf or some other supernatural phenomenon. I hadn't entered it initially because I just thought it was too obscure a clue.
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ReplyDeleteThanks, Robert. Looks like Edward would have had a great time searching for those if he hadn't managed to find his album overnight.
DeleteI kind of regret that I missed out on a good musical mystery, this time around!!
ReplyDeleteNo worries here. I'm sure that there will be more APBs in the future.
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