Ahhh..."Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretara nara" (If It Could be Wrapped in Kindness), a classic Yumi Arai（荒井由実）New Music song from the 1970s. It also served as the ending theme for the classic Studio Ghibli anime film, "Kiki's Delivery Service", from 1989. If Yuming（ユーミン）songs could be analogized into animals, it would be a farm puppy or kitten, something to be relentlessly hugged.
It's not surprising then that the song has probably been covered over and over again throughout the decades. And I remember singer-songwriter Ayaka（絢香）performing it on an "Uta Con"（うたコン）episode a few months ago. As such, I thought her vocals were quite close to the young Yuming when singing this one in particular.
Tracking her version down, I found it on her September 2013 album of covers "Yuuon Club - 1st Grade"（遊音倶楽部 〜1st grade〜...The Playful Sound Club）. In fact, it starts the album with an arrangement that is quite close to that of the original: an amiable country jazz tune to accompany a drive through the farmland. Maybe it's even got a bit more pep thanks to what sounds like some whisk drumming in there.
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