Tatsuro Yamashita – For You
Tracklist
| A1 | Sparkle | 4:13 | |
| A2 | Music Book | 5:08 | |
| A3 | Interlude A Part I | 0:23 | |
| A4 | Morning Glory | 3:28 | |
| A5 | Interlude A Part II | 0:25 | |
| A6 | Futari | 5:46 | |
| B1 | Loveland, Island | 4:29 | |
| B2 | Interlude B Part I | 0:16 | |
| B3 | Love Talkin' (Honey It's You) | 5:50 | |
| B4 | Hey Reporter! | 5:33 | |
| B5 | Interlude B Part II | 0:17 | |
| B6 | Your Eyes | 3:14 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – RVC Corporation
- Distributed By – RVC Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RVC Corporation
- Produced For – Smile Company
- Recorded At – CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio
- Remixed At – CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio
- Mastered At – JVC Yokohama Cutting Center
- Lacquer Cut At – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Credits
- Art Direction – Hiroshi Takahara
- Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Nobumasa Uchida
- Design – Hiroshi Takahara
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Akira Fukada, Masato Ohmori, Shigemi Watanabe
- Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Tamotsu Yoshida
- Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Tamotsu Yoshida, Toshiro Itoh*
- Illustration [Cover] – Eizin Suzuki
- Management [Artist] – Kentaro Hattori, Masayuki Matsumoto
- Management [Copyright] – Kenichi Nomura
- Mastered By [Disc Mastering Engineer] – Tohru Kotetsu
- Photography By [Inner Photograph] – Nobuo Kubota
- Producer – Tatsuro Yamashita
- Producer [Associate Producer] – Ryuzo "Junior" Kosugi*
Notes
Comes with lyric sheet and colored inner sleeve. Tracks A3, A5 & B2, B5 listed on lyric sheet.
There was no obi strip with this release originally.
Official copies of this record were pressed by JVC on their "SuperVinyl" formula. These black records appear translucent brown when held to light. Side A has a 1.1 cm runout, and Side B has a 0.8 cm runout. Counterfeit copies do not have these characteristics.
℗1982 RVC Corporation/Made In Japan.
Special Thanks To:
The Great AIR Records Crew: (Ryuzo Kosugi, Masutaka Nakayama, Tadashi Yokoshi, Hiromi Yoshizawa, Nobumasa Uchida, Ken Nakao, Susumu Koizumi, Sachie Machida, Rie Iida)
The Great Concert Tour Crew: (Tsuyoshi Yamato, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Hisashi Chyosokabe, Yoshio Shimada, Satoru Ide, Yoshio Shirasaki, Yoshinobu Shimada)
Kyoichi Sato, epo, Mariya, Shigeki Miyata, Kazuo Murata, Heibon Pub. CO., LTD. many many others.
and this Album was made especially FOR YOU!
Minako Yoshida by the courtesy of ALFA Records.
Hiroshi Satoh by the courtesy of ALFA Records.
Jun Aoyama by the courtesy of Warner Pioneer Co., Ltd.
There was no obi strip with this release originally.
Official copies of this record were pressed by JVC on their "SuperVinyl" formula. These black records appear translucent brown when held to light. Side A has a 1.1 cm runout, and Side B has a 0.8 cm runout. Counterfeit copies do not have these characteristics.
℗1982 RVC Corporation/Made In Japan.
Special Thanks To:
The Great AIR Records Crew: (Ryuzo Kosugi, Masutaka Nakayama, Tadashi Yokoshi, Hiromi Yoshizawa, Nobumasa Uchida, Ken Nakao, Susumu Koizumi, Sachie Machida, Rie Iida)
The Great Concert Tour Crew: (Tsuyoshi Yamato, Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Hisashi Chyosokabe, Yoshio Shimada, Satoru Ide, Yoshio Shirasaki, Yoshinobu Shimada)
Kyoichi Sato, epo, Mariya, Shigeki Miyata, Kazuo Murata, Heibon Pub. CO., LTD. many many others.
and this Album was made especially FOR YOU!
Minako Yoshida by the courtesy of ALFA Records.
Hiroshi Satoh by the courtesy of ALFA Records.
Jun Aoyama by the courtesy of Warner Pioneer Co., Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: JASRAC
- Other (Price): ¥2,800
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): (RAL-8801-A) ④
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): (RAL-8801-B) ④
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped (Variation 1)): V 〄Ⓑ RAL-8801A 112 ⁘ N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped (Variation 1)): RAL-8801B 113 ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped (Variation 2)): V 〄Ⓑ RAL-8801A 111 ⁘ L
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped (Variation 2)): RAL-8801B 111 ⁘
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped (Variation 3)): V 〄Ⓑ RAL-8801A 117 ⁘ N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped (Variation 3)): RAL-8801B 112 ⁘ ⁘ ⁘
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped (Variation 4)): V 〄Ⓑ RAL-8801A 114 ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ C
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped (Variation 4)): RAL-8801B 113 ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘ ⁘⁘ ⁘ ⁘
Other Versions (5 of 21)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | For You (LP, Album, Promo) | Air Records | RAL-8801 | Japan | 1982 | ||
New Submission | For You (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | Air Records | RAT-8801 | Japan | 1982 | ||
New Submission | For You (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Bag) | Air Records | RAL-8801 | Japan | 1982 | ||
New Submission | For You (CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | Air Records | RACD-4 | Japan | 1984 | ||
New Submission | For You (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue) | Air Records | RAL-8827 | Japan | 1985 |
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Reviews
- I am wondering if new attention is being attracted to this album because of MF Doom using the tracks for a collaboration album. Doom is always great to hear but he sounds perfect over this kind of music - a blend I could not have predicted.
This vinyl pressing is really good, but I'm a bit conflicted about it. The highs and lows are all well-balanced, and the sound is powerful, but it feels like the sound pressure is just way too high. The mastering itself is good, but cut this hot, it probably caused skipping issues on some setups. Honestly, I think Victor really pushed the cutting way too far.
Nice sounding pressing, a wonderfully blended amalgam of of funk and pop.- I see people said this pressing sounds thin. I mean, if you got to vintage deck+carts (LP12, Shure V15) it just sounds perfectly right and warm.
- I remember Morning Glory being a tad bit quieter on this OG pressing. Lucky I snagged this for around $90 back in 2019 before the prices on his albums skyrocketed. It's not Ride on Time you guys, cut it out.
why are there so many copies for sale ? ? ?- Edited one year agoTatsuro's career peak. However it's not his best release, a tad overrated in my opinion. Yet, it's loaded with bangers like Sparkle (heavily inspired by Niteflyte's If You Want It), Music Book, Loveland Island and more. I agree that Hey Reporter feels out of place, replace it with あまく危険な香り (only available in single) would be so much better.
The mastering was very hot as well, a big challenge for any systems to track it properly without distortion/sibilance. With a proper system it sounds great. Sounds big, rich, and dynamic. If you prefer a very clean, lean, airy sound, choose CD.
Music: 4/5 (Excellent)
Sound: 4/5 (Good, Hot Pressing)
Sleeve: 5/5 (Who would not love the cover?)
Equipment: Technics SL-1200MK3, Technics EPC-205CII + Jico SAS/B, Schiit Mani 2 
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Comments regarding the quality of the pressing appear to be buried by reviews praising the album (and to be clear, the album is amazing regardless of pressing or format), but holy cow - this is Steely Dan levels of audiophile goodness. You could sell stereos with this thing. Cannot recommend this specific pressing enough.
This album's finally getting a repress! You can pre-order here:
https://www.amazon.com/You-Remastered-Tatsuro-Yamashita/dp/B0BQVRL485/ref=tmm_vnl_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
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