Tatsuro Yamashita = 山下達郎* – For You

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Label:	Air Records – BVJL 90, Ariola – BVJL 90
Series:	Tatsuro Yamashita RCA / Air Years Vinyl Collection
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g
Country:	Japan
Released:	May 3, 2023
Genre:	Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:	Ballad, City Pop, Funk, Soft Rock, Soul

Tracklist

A1	Sparkle Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Piano, Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Namba Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Shigeharu Mukai, Tadanori Konakawa Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Piano, Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Namba Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Shigeharu Mukai, Tadanori Konakawa Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara	4:13
A2	Music Book Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Akira Okazawa Drums – Yuichi Togashiki Electric Guitar – Tsunehide Matsuki Electric Piano – Hiroshi Satoh* Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Strings – Ohno Group Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Sumio Okada, Yasuo Hirauchi Trombone [Solo] – Shigeharu Mukai Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Akira Okazawa Drums – Yuichi Togashiki Electric Guitar – Tsunehide Matsuki Electric Piano – Hiroshi Satoh* Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Strings – Ohno Group Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Sumio Okada, Yasuo Hirauchi Trombone [Solo] – Shigeharu Mukai Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara	5:10
A3	Interlude A Part I	0:22
A4	Morning Glory Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hidefumi Toki Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar – Kazuo Shiina Electric Guitar, Piano, Marimba, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Electric Piano – Hiroyuki Namba Lyrics By, Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Shigeharu Mukai, Tadanori Konakawa Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hidefumi Toki Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar – Kazuo Shiina Electric Guitar, Piano, Marimba, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Electric Piano – Hiroyuki Namba Lyrics By, Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka Trombone – Shigeharu Mukai, Tadanori Konakawa Trumpet – Masahiro Kobayashi, Susumu Kazuhara	3:28
A5	Interlude A Part II	0:25
A6	Futari Alto Saxophone – Hidefumi Toki Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Piano – Hiroshi Satoh* Strings – Ohno Group Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Namba	5:46
B1	Loveland, Island Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hidefumi Toki Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar – Kazuo Shiina Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Harp – Keiko Yamakawa Lyrics By, Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Namba	4:29
B2	Interlude B Part I	0:15
B3	Love Talkin' (Honey It's You) Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano, Guitar Synthesizer, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Harp – Keiko Yamakawa Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子* Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Namba	5:50
B4	Hey Reporter! Arranged By, Composed By, Lyrics By – 山下達郎* Bass – Kohki Itoh* Drums – Jun Aoyama Electric Guitar, Piano, Electric Piano, Percussion – Tatsuro Yamashita Piano – Hiroyuki Namba	5:33
B5	Interlude B Part II	0:17
B6	Your Eyes Acoustic Guitar – Chuei Yoshikawa Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hidefumi Toki Arranged By [Strings] – Hiroyuki Inui Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Electric Guitar – Kazuo Shiina Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Sitar [Electric], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Lyrics By – Alan O'Day Lyrics By [Japanese Translation] – Kyoko Maruyama Piano – Hiroyuki Namba Strings – Ohno Group Acoustic Guitar – Chuei Yoshikawa Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hidefumi Toki Arranged By [Strings] – Hiroyuki Inui Arranged By, Composed By – 山下達郎* Electric Guitar – Kazuo Shiina Electric Guitar, Electric Piano, Sitar [Electric], Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tatsuro Yamashita Lyrics By – Alan O'Day Lyrics By [Japanese Translation] – Kyoko Maruyama Piano – Hiroyuki Namba Strings – Ohno Group	3:13

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – Sony Music Labels Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Labels Inc.
Copyright © – Sony Music Labels Inc.
Recorded At – CBS/Sony Roppongi Studio
Remastered At – Warner Music Mastering
Designed At – Artisan Artwork
Pressed By – Sony Music Solutions Inc.
Published By – Smile Publishers Inc.
Published By – Tenderberry & Harvest Inc.

Credits

A&R [2023 Remastered Edition] – Hiroshi Kawasaki (2), Jun Hasegawa (3), Seiichi Inoue
Art Direction – Hiroshi Takahara
Coordinator [Production Co-ordinator] – Nobumasa Uchida
Coordinator [Tie-in - 2023 Remastered Edition] – Hiroshi Mamehata
Design – Hiroshi Takahara
Design [Reissue - 2023 Remastered Edition] – Shusaku Harima
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Akira Fukada, Masato Ohmori, Shigemi Watanabe
Engineer [Re-mix Engineer] – Tamotsu Yoshida
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Tamotsu Yoshida, Toshiro Itoh*
Executive-Producer [2023 Remastered Edition] – Shusui Kosugi*
Illustration [Cover] – Eizin Suzuki
Lacquer Cut By [2023 Remastered Edition] – Katsutoshi Kitamura
Management [Artist - 2023 Remastered Edition] – Masako Niimura, Miyuki Ohno
Management [Artist] – Kentaro Hattori, Masayuki Matsumoto
Management [Assistant - 2023 Remastered Edition] – Yu Tanzawa
Management [Copyright] – Kenichi Nomura
Mastered By – Tohru Kotetsu
Photography By [Inner Photograph] – Nobuo Kubota
Producer – Tatsuro Yamashita
Producer [2023 Remastered Edition] – Tatsuro Yamashita
Producer [Associate Producer] – Ryuzo "Junior" Kosugi*
Remastered By [2023 Remastered Edition] – Isao Kikuchi

Notes

Hard white cardboard jacket that Includes an obi, lyric sheet insert, gatefold liner notes insert, a printed inner sleeve replicating the original and a plastic inner sleeve.
Some pre-orders include a large sticker of the album artwork.

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

Barcode (Jacket & obi, text): 4 547366 588132
Barcode (Jacket & obi, scanned): 4547366588132
Price Code (Retail): ¥4,400
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, etched, variants 1 & 2): BVJL-90 A [signature] K
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, etched, variants 1 & 2): BVJL-90 B [signature] K
Matrix / Runout (Sides 1 & 2, stamped, variant 1): 1 ✲ ✲ ✲✲
Matrix / Runout (Side 1, stamped, variant 2): 1 (5G) ✲✲
Matrix / Runout (Side 2, stamped, variant 2): 1 (5I) ✲✲

Other Versions (5 of 19)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	For You (LP, Album, Stereo)	Air Records	RAL-8801	Japan	1982
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

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Reviews

Slimeshine Aug 29, 2024
This is a phenomenal pressing and a much needed reissue of an absolute classic! Very thankful that his catalog is getting repressed now that city pop is having a resurgence. Grab this if you find it!
Wouterow May 16, 2024
Great pressing. I compared it to the original pressing. Both of them are great in their own way.
The 2023 mix sounds more like it’s recorded today.
The original pressing sounds a bit warmer but also got great dynamics. Can’t go wrong with both versions i think. 🤔
LeonTP Nov 19, 2023
I will say that the For You reissue sounds good, but not quite as great as I might have hoped.
Its cut LOUD, especially for the intro track. But it cant maintain that level so theres a bit of manual adjusting needed which is annoying and while the tonality is overall a bit on the warm side theres still a harshness to some of the sound which doesnt make it so crankable either.
With the great vinyl being used here they should have cut at a quieter level because there is a bit of IGD towards the side ends even with my VM540ML as well.
Definetly not flawless but Im not sure how an original compares at all.
Im just glad to have a copy after so many years and the sleeve and inserts sure are great as always from Japan.

Equipment Used:
Technics SL-1210GR Turntable with ATVM540ML cartridge
iFi Zen Phono RIAA
Cyrus 2 Amplifier
Revel F35 Tower Speakers
Martinabasolo Nov 6, 2023
No tengo el original para comparar, pero esta versión suena increíble, si tienen la oportunidad de comprarlo, háganlo.
sellyourkingdom Nov 5, 2023
Sounds incredible. Clear and dynamic. I need more words. Sounds better than the $150 version.
ramoncardinali Oct 11, 2023
Edited 8 months ago
Stellar pressing! Been wait for this one a long time. Package is of outstanding quality. The record is dead silent, with great dynamics. Cannot recommend more.
OngakugaDaisuki Oct 1, 2023
Sound: great sound quality and volume, nur surface noise at all - so a normal pressing from Japan ;-)
NiraRecord Sep 20, 2023
very nice reissue. in a point of vocal, I feel original is better, but totally, this reissue is very well balanced in every instruments.
in 2023, the price of original is higher than this reissue thus this would be nice choice to have.
Jow_ Sep 15, 2023
Pressage incroyable, les fréquences sont très bien équilibrées, la pochette, l'inner sleeve et les autre artwork sont de très bonne qualité, j'admire le fait que le vinyle soit dans une inner sleeve antistatique et pas dans celle qui était imprimée. Les usines de pressages européenne et américaines devraient s'en inspirer. Je recommande fortement.
kenisinoregon Aug 18, 2023
The track Your Eyes is a bit muffled. Does anyone else have that issue?
Every other track sounds great!