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Aran Tomoko

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CD reissue of lyricist and singer Aran Chiko's 5th album (1985) with the latest remastering in 2018. Arranged by Akira Jimbo, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Toriyama, and Tetsu Nakamura, the album features a host of splendid musicians. The two members of the Cassiopeia group, Akira Jimbo (ds) and Minoru Mukoya (key), as well as Makoto Matsushita (g) and Kenji Takamizu (b), continue from the previous album "More Relax" (1984 WQCQ-565), and are joined by Hiroshi Sato (key), Yuji Toriyama (g, key), Akira Okazawa (b), Yasuo Tomikura (b), Jun Aoyama (ds), Yuichi Tokashiki Yuichi Tokashiki (ds), Tetsu Nakamura (sax, key), Kazuo Shiina (g), and Chiharu Mikutsuki (b). Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi, formerly of Alfa Records, who also worked with Cassiopeia, Minako Yoshida, Kenji Omura, and Y M O."Busy City" (1) composed by Etsuko Yamakawa, "Please, Please, Please~Koi ha naze wa wa nai hajimetenai" (5), also composed by Etsuko Yamakawa and used in a cosmetics commercial, "Memoide no After Hours" (2) composed and arranged by Hiroshi Sato, "Takarakan Chuhai (8), "Love Connection (Tatakari ni Woman)" arranged by Hiroshi Sato, which was also used in a Takarakan Chuhai commercial, and "Yasashisa ni katakitai (I want to go back to gentleness)" (9), composed by Tetsuro Oda. Taxi-Driver" (6), composed by Akira Jimbo, was covered by Yuko Tsubokura in 1990, produced by Hiroyuki Nagato.Arranged by Jimbo Akira, Sato Hiroshi, Toriyama Yuji, Nakamura SatoshiProduced by Miyazumi Shunsuke Aran Chiko ( vo )Jimbo Akira ( ds, perc )Sato Hiroshi ( key, cho )Mukoya Minoru ( key )Toriyama Yuji ( g, key )Matsushita Makoto ( g )Okazawa Akira ( b )Takamizu Kenji ( b )Tomikura Yasuo ( b )Aoyama Jun ( ds )Yuichi Tokashiki ( ds )Satoshi Nakamura ( sax, key )Kazuo Shiina ( g )Masahiro Miyazaki ( ds )Chiharu Mikutsuki ( b )Takanori Umeno ( synth prog ).......... .etc.