1980 Mariya Takeuchi – Love Songs

Chuck Findley, Dave Boruff, David Benoit, Jerry Scheff, Jim Gordon, Larry Knechtel, Leland Sklar, Mariya Takeuchi, Michael Boddicker, Paul Jackson Jr, Russ Kunkel, Tim May

Love Songs is the third album from Mariya Takeuchi. It was released in 1980 on RVC and reached #1 in Japan.

Tracks

1 Fly Away (Peter Allen; Carole Bayer Sager) 03:14
2 さよならの夜明け (Tatsuro Yamashita; Mariya Takeuchi) 04:06
3 磁気嵐 (Masamichi Sugi; Takashi Matsumoto) 04:06
4 象牙海岸 (Tetsuji Hayashi; Takashi Matsumoto) 04:06
5 五線紙 (Yasuhiro Abe; Takashi Matsumoto) 03:29
6 Lonely Wind (Kingo Hamada; Kazuyuki Kobayashi) 04:05
7 恋の終わりに (Mariya Takeuchi) 03:31
8 待っているわ (Mariya Takeuchi) 03:35
9 September (Tetsuji Hayashi; Takashi Matsumoto) 04:37
10 不思議なピーチパイ (Kazuhiko Kato; Kazumi Yasui) 04:15
11 Little Lullaby (Mariya Takeuchi) 02:19

Biography

Mariya Takeuchi

Musicians

1 Fly Away

Bass	Leland Sklar
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Carmen Mosier
Guitar	Tim May
Keyboards	David Benoit
Sax	Dave Boruff
Percussion	Rod Rozelle
Background Vocals	Gene Merlino
Background Vocals	Michael Redman Jr
Background Vocals	Stan Farber
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

2 さよならの夜明け

Bass	Jerry Scheff
Drums	Jim Gordon
Guitar	Carmen Mosier
Guitar	Paul Jackson Jr
Keyboards	Larry Knechtel
Keyboards	Michael Boddicker
Flugelhorn	Chuck Findley
Background Vocals	Gene Merlino
Background Vocals	Michael Redman Jr
Background Vocals	Stan Farber
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

3 磁気嵐

Bass	Masahiro Takashima
Drums	Yoshibumi Fujimoto
Guitar	Shinkyo Sasaki
Keyboards	Kazuo Horiguchi
Keyboards	Nobuyuki Shimizu
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

4 象牙海岸

Bass	Akira Okazawa
Drums	Tatsuo Hayashi
Guitar	Tsuyoshi Kon
Keyboards	Haruo Togashi
Keyboards	Tetsuji Hayashi
Background Vocals	Epo
Background Vocals	Shigeki Miyata
Background Vocals	Tetsuji Hayashi
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

5 五線紙

Guitar	Kiyoshi Sugimoto
Background Vocals	Epo
Background Vocals	Shigeki Miyata
Background Vocals	Yasuhiro Abe
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

6 Lonely Wind

Bass	Jerry Scheff
Drums	Jim Gordon
Guitar	Carmen Mosier
Piano	Larry Knechtel
Flugelhorn	Chuck Findley
Background Vocals	Gene Merlino
Background Vocals	Michael Redman Jr
Background Vocals	Stan Farber
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

7 恋の終わりに

Bass	Yasuo Tomikura
Drums	Eiji Shimamura
Guitar	Hirofumi Tokutake
Guitar	Nobuyuki Shimizu
Keyboards	Nobuyuki Shimizu
Percussion	Pecker
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

8 待っているわ

Bass	Leland Sklar
Drums	Russ Kunkel
Guitar	Carmen Mosier
Guitar	Tim May
Keyboards	David Benoit
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

9 September

Bass	Akira Okazawa
Drums	Yasushi Ichihara
Guitar	Masaki Matsubara
Keyboards	Hiroshi Shibui
Keyboards	Kazuo Ohtani
Background Vocals	Epo
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

10 不思議なピーチパイ

Bass	Akira Okazawa
Drums	Eiji Shimamura
Guitar	Takayuki Hijikata
Guitar	Nobuyuki Shimizu
Keyboards	Nobuyuki Shimizu
Percussion	Pecker
Background Vocals	Epo
Background Vocals	Shigeki Miyata
Background Vocals	Tatsuro Yamashita
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

11 Little Lullaby

Bass	Jerry Scheff
Drums	Jim Gordon
Guitar	Carmen Mosier
Keyboards	Larry Knechtel
Accordion	Frank Marocco
Vocals	Mariya Takeuchi

Other Musicians

Backing Vocals – A.M.E. Sistars (Track 7)
Background Noises – Baker Bigsby, Carmen Mosier, Mariya Takeuchi, Terry A More (Track 8)

Liner Notes

Producer – Kenichi Makimura, Shigeki Miyata
Arranged By – Gene Page (Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 11)
Arranged By – Masamichi Sugi (Track 3)
Arranged By – Tetsuji Hayashi (Tracks 4, 9)
Arranged By – Yasuhiro Abe (Track 5)
Arranged By – Nobuyuki Shimizu (Track 7)
Arranged By – Kazuhiko Kato (Track 10)
Arranged By (Strings) – Gene Page (Track 3)
Engineer – Baker Bigsby, Geoff Sykes, Kazuyuki Masumoto
Mastered By – Shizuo Nomiyama

Art Direction – Minoru Ogawa
Photography – Takuhiro Sugihara

Phonographic Copyright RVC Corporation
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