Super Audio CD (SACD) remastering of the 1977 album by Japanese singer-songwriter Minako Yoshida.

MUSICIANS

RHYTHM
  Minako Yoshida - Piano, Electric Piano, Percussion & Background Vocals
  Shuichi Murakami - Drums
  Kenji Takamizu - Bass
  Kenji Omura - Electric Guitar
  Tsunehide Matsuki - Electric Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
  Motoya Hamaguchi - Percussion
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  Haruomi Hosono - Gut Guitar
  Tatsuro Yamashita - Vibe, Percussion & Background Vocals
  Hiroshi Sato - Hammond Organ
  Shunsuke Miyazumi - Hammond Organ
  Kazuo Shiina - Violin

HORNS & WOODWINDS
  Kenji Nakazawa - Trumpet & Flugel Horn
  Masakatsu Ohara - Trumpet
  Shigeharu Mukai - Trombone
  Tadanori Konakawa - Trombone
  Hiroshi Okazaki - Alto Sax
  Kosuke Ichihara - Tenor Sax
  Shunzo Sunahara - Baritone Sax

  Shozo Nakagawa - Flute
  Keiko Yamakawa - Harp

STRINGS
  Hisaichi Fujimoto - Conductor
  Saburo Ueki - Session Leader

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Hiroshi Okazaki - Alto Sax Solo on "Shooting Star of Love" "Uptown" & "Twilight Zone"
Kenji Nakazawa - Flugel Horn Solo on "Love" & Trumpet Solo on "Shooting Star of Love"
Shigeharu Mukai - Trombone Solo on "Shooting Star of Love" & "Say Just Good-bye"
Shuichi Murakami - Exciting Double Drums on "Shooting Star of Love"
Kenji Omura - Electric Guitar Solo on "Melody" & "Say Just Good-by"
Tsunehide Matsuki - Electric Guitar Solo on "Runner"
Kazuo Shiina - Violin Solo on "Love"
Hiroshi Sato - Hammond Organ Solo on "Melody"
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Produced by Minako Yoshida & Tatsuro Yamashita

RECORDING STAFF
Basic Rhythm Track Arrangement by Minako Yoshida
Orchestrated by Tatsuro Yamashita
Director: Shunsuke Miyazumi
Recording & Re-mix Engineer: Tamotsu Yoshida
Mastering Engineer: Shizuo Nomiyama
Assistant Engineer: Yasuhiko Terada
Art Director: Kenkichi Sato
Photographer: Koichi Miyazaki
Musicians Co-ordinator: Koji Kimura

Rhythm & Strings Recorded at Mouri Studio, Meguro, Tokyo
Vocals & Other Instruments Recorded at Studio"A", Shibaura-Tokyo
Re-mixed at RCA Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo
from February 1st to 22nd, 1977

Special Thanks to Magnesium (My Cat!), Akiko Takahashi & City's Midnight

All Songs Written by Minako Yoshida
©1977 Alfa Music Ltd.



2020 SA-CD HYBRID STAFF

Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Hollywood
SA-CD HYBRID Transferred by Tetsuya Naitoh at Sony Music Studios Tokyo
Director: Satoshi Makita (Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.)
Artwork Refinement: Mizuki Kondo (Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.)
Product Coordination: Reina Chida (Sony Music Solutions Inc.)
Producer: Shigeru Takise (Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.)
Executive Producer: Thor Hanaoka, Hayuru Osaka (Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.)