• 180g heavy vinyl pressing

A really fantastic entry in this really great series – one that shows just how strongly the spirit of invention continued in the world of Japanese music as it moved into the 80s!

As with previous volumes, the work here is a unique hybrid of influences from American and Japanese sources – partly based in jazz, but also with a fair bit of funk and soul too – modes that are used more directly here than on some of the more polished city pop work of the time – which means that if you like the sweet sound of American electric jazz funk of the late 70s, you'll find plenty to love here too!

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Tetsuo Sakurai - Kimono
• A2. Jadoes - Friday Night (Extended Dance Mix)
• A3. Yumi Sato - Ame
• A4. Kiyohiko Ozaki - Ojosan Ote Yawaraka Ni

• SIDE B
• B1. Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama - Rainy Driver
• B2. Sentimental City Romance - Hello Suisei
• B3. Mizuki Koyama - Kare Niwa Kanawanai
• B4. Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama - Sweet Soul Music (Kiss Of Life)