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Minako Yoshida = 吉田美奈子* – 愛は思うまま (Let's Do It)

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Label:Alfa – ALR-6011
Series:Catch Up! Fusion
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Japan
Released:
Genre:Jazz, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:City Pop, Disco, Jazz-Funk, Soul

Tracklist

A1愛は思うまま
Lyrics By, Music By – 吉田美奈子*
A2恋の手ほどき
Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子*
Music By – 山下達郎*
A3時よ
Lyrics By, Music By – 吉田美奈子*
A4海
Lyrics By, Music By – 吉田美奈子*
A5アイッド・ラーザー・リーヴ・ホワイル・アイム・イン・ラヴ
Lyrics By, Music By – Carol Bayer-Sager*, Peter Allen
B1愛の炎
Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子*
Music By – 山下達郎*
B2猫
Lyrics By, Music By – 吉田美奈子*
B3雲のゆくえに
Lyrics By – 吉田美奈子*
Music By – 山下達郎*
B4影になりたい
Lyrics By, Music By – 吉田美奈子*
Music By – 坂本龍一*
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Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Distributed By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.
  • Produced For – Alfa Records, Inc
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alfa Records, Inc
  • Copyright © – Alfa Records, Inc
  • Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording
  • Remixed At – Crimson Sound

Credits

  • Arranged By – Billy Page
  • Art Direction – Ajiro Wakita
  • Backing Vocals – Elisecia Wright, Minako Yoshida, Oma Drake, Terry Young
  • Bass – Eddy Watkins*, Scott Edwards (2)
  • Concertmaster [Strings] – Harry Bluestone
  • Drums – Alvin Taylor, Edward Greene*
  • Engineer – Sye Mitchell
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Michael Carnevale
  • Engineer [Re-mixing] – Hank Cicalo
  • Engineer [Second] – Terry Becker
  • Engineer [Vocal Tracks] – Hank Cicalo
  • Executive Producer – Kunihiko Murai
  • Guitar – David T. Walker, Wah Wah Watson*, Tim May
  • Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes, Sylvester Rivers
  • Lead Vocals – Minako Yoshida
  • Percussion – Eddie Bongo Brown*
  • Photography By – Norman Seeff
  • Producer – Billy Page, Gene Page
  • Producer [Vocal Tracks] – Miki Curtis
  • Saxophone – Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson
  • Trombone – Alan Kaplan, Dick Nash, Tommy Shepard
  • Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Ollie Mitchell, Oscar Brashear

Notes

English titles:
A1. Let's Do It
A2. I'll Teach You All About Love
A3. Time
A4. The Sea
A5. I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
B1. Flames Of Love
B2. Cat
B3. Clouds
B4. I Wanna Be Your Shadow

Thanks to
Miki Curtis & His Family (With Cats & Dog),
Hal Sloone, Jeanine Sloone, Tim Eagleson,
Tom Scott, Hirao Shiba, Tomoko Nunoi,
Tatsu Yamashita, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Bobcat,
The Japanese Musicians & My Family (With Cat)
Special Thanks to the Page Family & Izumi

©1978 by ALFA MUSIC LTD. except I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE
©1976 by IRVING MUSIC INC., WOODLNOUGH MUSIC INC., UNICHAPPELL INC., BEGONIA MELODIES INC. & JEMAVA MUSIC CORP., for Japan by PACIFIC MUSIC PUBLISHING CO. LTD. & CHAPPELL K.K.

Comes with obi and a folded color insert with photo, lyrics and credits.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched Runout): L ALR-6011-A 141+ ΛX ll
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched Runout): L ALR-6011-B 131 + Λl ΛK
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other Versions (5 of 11)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
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愛は思うまま (Let's Do It) (Cassette, Album)AlfaALC-1510Japan1978
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愛は思うまま (Let's Do It) (LP, Album, Promo)AlfaALR-6011Japan1978
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愛は思うまま (Let's Do It) (LP, Album, Repress)AlfaALR-6011Japan1980
New Submission
愛は思うまま (Let's Do It) (LP, Album, Repress)AlfaALR-6011Japan1982
New Submission
愛は思うまま (Let's Do It) (LP, Album, Repress)AlfaALR-6011Japan1983

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  • blackforestmusic's avatar
    blackforestmusic
    This record is a stunner. Superbly produced.
    Almost every track gets under your skin. Perfect for all city pop lovers. Minako's voice is, as always, a sensation.
    Imagine sitting somewhere in Shibuya in one of the beautiful music cafés with a large record collection and listening to this record, wonderful.
    • mrubock86's avatar
      mrubock86
      Perplexed as to why this isn’t considered one of city pops best, because it absolutely is. This is like Philly Soul on steroids, yet somehow refined. And Minako’s outrageous vocals take it to the top. 10/10 a triumph.

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