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Makoto Matsushita - LOVE WAS REALLY GONE / FIRST LIGHT - Japan 7’ Single Record

Makoto Matsushita - LOVE WAS REALLY GONE / FIRST LIGHT - Japan 7’ Single Record

Vinyl Record

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Japan City Pop

June 18, 2022

Regular price $ 298.00 MXN
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Catalog No.:WQKL-13

JAN/ISBN: 4943674342396

Number of Discs: 1

Record Size: 7”

Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan

Credits:

Makoto Matsushita

Description:

Makoto Matsushita's first solo album, "FIRST LIGHT", released in 1981, is a masterpiece of city pop and AOR, and has been reevaluated not only in Japan but also overseas. The first single cut!(2022 cutting/45r.p.m./stereo)Makoto Matsushita has been active at the forefront of the Japanese music scene as a guitarist, arranger, and producer, as well as a member of AB'S and Paradigm Shift, etc. On this album, he has released two of the few albums under his own name. From one of his few albums under his own name, the album couples "LOVE WAS REALLY GONE" and "FIRST LIGHT," two songs with a cool, stylish, and profound groove and beautifully detailed arrangements! In addition to the future members of Paradigm Shift, including Kazuhiro Miyazaki (ds), Yasuo Tomikura (b), Masato Matsuda (key), Kazuo Nobuta (key), Hidetoshi Yamada (key), Haruo Togashi (synth, prog), Susumu Kazuhara (flh), EVE (cho), Makoto Kimura (perc), and Joe Kato (perc) from Milky Way, the band also features the following musicians Strings...and many other top musicians participate in this project. The album offers a high level of perfection. The jacket is based on the illustration design from the Alfa Moon period.Produced by Makoto Matsushita & Toshio OguriArranged by Makoto Matsushita Engineered & Mixed by Eiji Uchinuma & MIXER'S LAB STUFF Makoto Matsushita (vo, g, cho), Kazuo Nobuta (key, cho), Yasuo Tomikura (b), Hidetoshi Yamada (key, cho), Masahiro Miyazaki (ds), Masato Matsuda (key), Haruo Togashi (synth, prog), Susumu Kazuhara (flh) ), Kazuhiro Miyazaki (ds), Masato Matsuda (key), Haruo Togashi (synth, prog), Susumu Kazuhara (flh), EVE (cho), Makoto Kimura (perc), Naochika Yamamoto (conduct), Yuji Oyamada (synth prog), Joe Kato Strings (strings )......etc.

Tracklisting:

01. Love Was Really Gone <2020 Remaster>

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