吉田美奈子* = Minako Yoshida – Twilight Zone

Minako Yoshida - Twilight Zone album cover

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Label:	RCA – RVL-8005
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Japan
Released:	Mar 25, 1977
Genre:	Rock, Funk / Soul
Style:	Soul, Folk, Funk, City Pop, Soft Rock

Tracklist

A1	Twilight Zone (Overture) Illumination	1:41
A2	恋 = Love Flugelhorn [Solo] – Kenji Nakazawa Violin [Solo] – Kazuo Shiina	8:01
A3	駆けてきたたぞがれ = Runner Electric Guitar [Solo] – Tsunehide Matsuki	4:20
A4	メロディー = Melody Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenji Omura Organ [Solo] – Hiroshi Sato	6:10
A5	恋は流星 = Shooting Star Of Love Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hiroshi Okazaki Drums [Exciting Double Drums] – Shuichi Murakami Trombone [Solo] – Shigeharu Mukai Trumpet [Solo] – Kenji Nakazawa	6:46
B1	Uptown Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hiroshi Okazaki	3:50
B2	Raspberry Slope	3:26
B3	さよなら = Say Just Good-by Electric Guitar [Solo] – Kenji Omura Trombone [Solo] – Shigeharu Mukai	6:18
B4	Twilight Zone Alto Saxophone [Solo] – Hiroshi Okazaki	7:46

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – RVC Corporation
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
Copyright © – Alfa Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Mouri Studio
Recorded At – Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
Remixed At – RCA Studio, Shibuya, Tokyo

Credits

Acoustic Guitar – Tsunehide Matsuki
Alto Saxophone – Hiroshi Okazaki
Arranged By [Basic Rhythm Track] – Minako Yoshida
Art Direction – Kenkichi Sato
Backing Vocals – Minako Yoshida, Tatsuro Yamashita
Baritone Saxophone – Shunzo Sunahara
Bass – Kenji Takamizu
Conductor [Strings] – Hisaichi Fujimoto
Coordinator [Musicians] – Koji Kimura*
Directed By – Shunsuke Miyazumi
Drums – Shuichi Murakami
Electric Guitar – Kenji Omura, Minako Yoshida, Tsunehide Matsuki
Engineer [Assistant] – Yasuhiko Terada
Flugelhorn – Kenji Nakazawa
Flute – Shozo Nakagawa*
Guitar [Gut Guitar] – Haruomi Hosono
Harp – Keiko Yamakawa
Leader – Saburo Ueki
Mastered By – Shizuo Nomiyama
Orchestrated By – Tatsuro Yamashita
Organ [Hammond] – Hiroshi Sato, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Percussion – Minako Yoshida, Motoya Hamaguchi, Tatsuro Yamashita
Photography By – Koichi Miyazaki
Piano – Minako Yoshida
Producer – Minako Yoshida, Tatsuro Yamashita
Recorded By – Shizuo Nomiyama
Remix – Shizuo Nomiyama
Tenor Saxophone – Kosuke Ichihara
Trombone – Shigeharu Mukai, Tadanori Konakawa
Trumpet – Kenji Nakazawa, Masakatsu Ohara
Vibraphone – Tatsuro Yamashita
Violin – Kazuo Shiina
Written-By [All Songs] – Minako Yoshida

Notes

℗1977, ©1977

Includes an obi and lyric sheet insert.

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Price Code (Retail): ¥2,500
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout (Side A & B - Label): JPL1-1024
Matrix / Runout (Side A - Label): RVL-8005-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B - Label): RVL-8005-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A Stamped Runout): L Ⓑ RVL 8005A 111 *+XC
Matrix / Runout (Side B Stamped Runout): RVL 8005B 111 *+

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Twilight Zone (LP, Album, Promo)	RCA	RVL-8005	Japan	1977
New Submission	Twilight Zone (Cassette, Album)	RCA	RCJ-1524	Japan	1977
New Submission	Twilight Zone (LP, Album, Reissue)	RCA	RHL-2008	Japan	1981
New Submission	Twilight Zone (Cassette, Album, Reissue)	RCA	RHT-2008	Japan	1981
New Submission	Twilight Zone (CD, Album, Reissue)	RCA	B25D-13017	Japan	1989

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Reviews

Fightman-Records Jun 1, 2024
A remarkable album and my favourite that I've heard from Minako. The vibe is so relaxed and curiously well-suited for vinyl. There's lots of instrumental sections for these incredible players to bring their talents to the forefront.