Sunshower (Vinyl, LP, Album) album cover

Taeko Ohnuki ‎– Sunshower

Label:

Panam ‎– GW-4029

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Japan

Released:

25 Jul 1977

Genre:

Jazz, Funk / Soul, Pop

Style:

Jazz-Funk, Soul, City Pop

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Summer Connection Composed By, Lyrics By, Backing Vocals – 大貫妙子Electric Guitar [Solo] – 大村憲司Electric Piano – 今井　裕*	4:29
A2	くすりをたくさん Composed By, Lyrics By, Backing Vocals – 大貫妙子Flute – 中川昌三	4:07
A3	何もいらない Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子Electric Guitar [Solo] – 渡辺香津美	4:00
A4	都会 Composed By, Lyrics By, Backing Vocals – 大貫妙子Soprano Saxophone – 清水靖晃	5:09
A5	からっぽの椅子 Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子Electric Piano – 今井　裕Tenor Saxophone – 清水靖晃*	5:35
B1	Law Of Nature Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子Electric Guitar [Solo] – 渡辺香津美	3:46
B2	誰のために Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子Guitar – 原　宏一	5:30
B3	Silent Screamer Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子Trombone – 向井滋春	3:31
B4	Sargasso Sea Composed By, Lyrics By – 大貫妙子*	2:46
B5	振子の山羊 Composed By – 坂本龍一Electric Guitar [Solo] – 大村憲司Lyrics By – 大貫妙子*	5:40

Companies, etc.

Made By – Crown Record Co., Ltd.
Recorded At – Sound City Studio
Recorded At – Crown Recording Studios
Mixed At – Sound City Studio
Mastered At – Toyokasei

Credits

Art Direction – Kazuhiro Sato
Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita (tracks: A1, A2, A4)
Bass – Haruomi Hosono (tracks: A2, A4, B2), Tsugutoshi Goto (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B3, B5)
Drums – Chris Parker (2)
Engineer – Shinichi Tanaka
Guitar – Kenji Omura (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B5), Tsunehide Matsuki (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B1, B3, B5)
Keyboards, Music Director, Arranged By – Ryuichi Sakamoto
Lead Vocals [uncredited], Co-producer – Taeko Ohnuki
Percussion – Nov Saitoh* (tracks: A1-A5, B1-B3, B5)
Photography By – Tohru Ohnuki
Producer – Akira Ikuta*, Seiji Kuniyoshi

Notes

Includes lyric sheet and obi.

Romaji titles:

A2: Kusuri wo Takusan
A3: Nani mo Iranai
A4: Tokai
A5: Karappo no Isu
B2: Dare no Tame ni
B5: Furiko no Yagi

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: CSL-4003
Matrix / Runout: CSL-4004
Other (Retail price): ¥2,300

Other Versions (5 of 12) View All

Cat#	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
GW-4029	Taeko Ohnuki	Sunshower ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Panam	GW-4029	Japan	1977	Sell This Version
CRCP-30012	Taeko Ohnuki	Sunshower ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Panam, Crown (3)	CRCP-30012	Japan	1993	Sell This Version
CHCP-141	Taeko Ohnuki	Sunshower ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Panam	CHCP-141	Japan	1995	Sell This Version
CRJ-1016/1017	Taeko Ohnuki	Sunshower ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, RE, Gat)	Panam	CRJ-1016/1017	Japan	2020	Sell This Version
CRCP-20462	Taeko Ohnuki	Sunshower ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM, Blu)	Panam, Crown (3)	CRCP-20462	Japan	2010	Sell This Version

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For info, you can get A1,A3,A4 from this one (and half of Grey Skies) on this relatively unknown compilation LP from 1981. Pressing is as good as the original.
https://www.discogs.com/Taeko-Ohnuki-Early-Times-1976-77/release/10641650

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apalemorning

March 25, 2019

new repress out april 26th on hmv japan. like 50 USD with shipping.

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oronimbus

January 13, 2019

Fantastic record... probably one of the best from the City-Pop era. My favorites include 'からっぽの椅子' which is a nice soulful, jazzy ballad and 'Summer Connection' which is a great modern soul dancer. Perfect vocals all the way through!

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guitarmafia

September 21, 2018

I first came across this album on YouTube, and immediately fell in love. Just a heads up to anyone else that finds it on YouTube, the last 3 tracks only appear on the CD Reissues from 2007 and 2010 I believe. I real shame, because 荒涼 (Desolate) is a hauntingly beautiful song, written by Masataka Matsutoya. I wish it was included on at least one of the vinyl versions of this album!

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