Makoto Ishida -- Moonlight in Your Eyes

From YouTube

It was a little over a year ago that I posted up a smooth City Pop tune by an obscure artist by the name of Makoto Ishida（石田誠）. There was very little information on him anywhere at the time and that hasn't changed unfortunately.

Having said that, I'm happy to see there is at least one more example of his work, and this time, it's the title track from his 1983 album "Moonlight in Your Eyes". It's not quite as Boz Scaggs or Bobby Caldwell as his "Lonely Girl", but it's no less AOR or City Pop either. I'd say that it's even more airy and the Kingo Hamada（浜田金吾）vibes are there in his delivery. Perfect for sunrise listening.

Makoto Ishida -- Lonely Girl

 

Yeah, ha-ha. Those were the days. Phones actually had cords attached to them. Nice cocktail, though.

Well, let's see here. When I looked up the name Makoto Ishida（石田誠）on J-Wiki, I found a businessman, a TV director and a famed physician. But I only got bupkis when I searched for a singer-songwriter with the same name. And even when I put his name along with his June 1983 album "Moonlight in Your Eyes" into the search engine, I was only reassured of its existence and the fact of its release date.

But that is one nice cover on the album with those West Coast palm trees against a sunset or sunrise sky. Couldn't get more City Pop than that. And with his track "Lonely Girl", I definitely got those Boz Scaggs and Bobby Caldwell vibes in the arrangement (lovely electric guitar solo in the middle) along with the fact that Ishida's vocals also reminded me of the singing tones of one Kingo Hamada（浜田金吾）. If anyone else out there has more information on Ishida, please let us know.