Mermaid Boulevard
| Mermaid Boulevard | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe and The Gentle Thoughts | ||||||||||
| Released | February 28, 1978 | |||||||||
| Recorded | October 17-October 29, 1977, Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo | |||||||||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||||||||
| Length | 37:38 | |||||||||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-6001 | |||||||||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||||||||
| Kazumi Watanabe chronology | ||||||||||
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Mermaid Boulevard is Kazumi Watanabe's sixth studio album, released in 1978.
Track listing
| Side One | |||
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| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Mermaid Boulevard" | Kazumi Watanabe | 7:09 |
| 2. | "Neptune" | Watanabe | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Waltz For Sweet" | Watanabe | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Q" | Louis Johnson, George Johnson | 3:53 |
| Side Two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
| 1. | "Sugar Loaf Express" | Lee Ritenour | 6:34 |
| 2. | "Poppy's Walk" | Watanabe | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Gentle Afternoon" | Watanabe | 4:49 |
Personnel
- Kazumi Watanabe - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
- Lee Ritenour - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Arrangement
- Patrice Rushen - Electric Piano & Clavinet
- Ernie Watts - Tenor Sax & Flute
- Steve Forman - Percussion
- Anthony Jackson - Electric Bass
- Harvey Mason - Drums
- Jun Fukamachi - Synthesizer, Strings Arrangement
- Minako Yoshida - Background Vocal
Production
- Executive producer - Kunihiko Murai
- Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Recording Engineers - Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
- Re-mixing Engineer - Phil Schier
- Assistant Engineers - Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
- Art Direction - Aijiro Wakita
- Illustration - Koichi Sato
- Photography - Hiroshi Seo
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | February 28, 1978 | Alfa Records | stereo LP | ALR-6001 | 30 cm |
| United States | ? | INNER CITY | stereo LP | IC6071 | |
| Japan | October 29, 1997[1] | Alfa Records | CD | ALCA-9177 | |
References
- ↑ "Yahoo!Music Watanabe Katumi MERMAID BOULEVARD". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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