Mermaid Boulevard
Mermaid Boulevard | ||||
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Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe and The Gentle Thoughts | ||||
Released | February 28, 1978 | |||
Recorded | October 17– 29, 1977 | |||
Studio | Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 37:38 | |||
Label | Alfa | |||
Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
Kazumi Watanabe chronology | ||||
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Mermaid Boulevard is Kazumi Watanabe's sixth studio album, released in 1978.
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Kazumi Watanabe except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Mermaid Boulevard" | 7:09 |
2. | "Neptune" | 4:03 |
3. | "Waltz for Sweet" | 3:54 |
4. | "Q" (Louis Johnson, George Johnson) | 3:53 |
5. | "Sugar Loaf Express" (Lee Ritenour) | 6:34 |
6. | "Poppy's Walk" | 4:49 |
7. | "Gentle Afternoon" | 4:49 |
Personnel[]
- Kazumi Watanabe – guitar, guitar synth
- Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, flute
- Patrice Rushen – electric piano, clavinet
- Jun Fukamachi – synthesizer, strings arrangement
- Lee Ritenour – guitar, arrangements
- Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
- Harvey Mason – drums
- – percussion
- Minako Yoshida – backing vocals
Production[]
- Executive producer – Kunihiko Murai
- Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Engineers – Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
- Re–mixing Engineer – Phil Schier
- Assistant engineers – Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
- Art Direction – Aijiro Wakita
- Illustration – Koichi Sato
- Photography – Hiroshi Seo
Release history[]
Region | Date | Label | Format |
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Japan | February 28, 1978 | Alfa | LP |
United States | Inner City | LP | |
Japan | October 29, 1997 | Alfa | CD |
References[]
Categories:
- 1978 albums
- Kazumi Watanabe albums
- Alfa Records albums
- Inner City Records albums