1987 TV Series – Abunai Dëka

Abunai Dëka (あぶない刑事; lit. ’Dangerous Detectives’), often shortened to AbuDeka (あぶデカ), is a Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a pair of detectives, Toshiki Takayama (Hiroshi Tachi) and Yuji Oshita (Kyôhei Shibata), from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.

Several model cars based on Nissan automobiles featured in the show were produced by model company Aoshima Bunka Kyozai.

Tracks

1  On The Run (Barbara Hein; Susanne Marie Edgren; Takashi Tsushimi) 04:46
2  Private Eye (Nat Kipner; Toshiyuki Sekiguchi) 04:39
3  My Love & My Lover (Mike Himelstein; Toshiyuki Sekiguchi) 03:17
4  The Stranger (The Man That We Need) (Nat Kipner; Miura Ichinen) 04:15
5  Fool For Love (Craig Fleishman; Paradigm Shift) 05:25
6  Speed Of Night (Mike Himelstein; Fuminobu Tada) 04:00
7  Heart-break Town (Nat Kipner; Takashi Tsushimi) 03:57
8  I’m The Law (Nat Kipner; Hitoshi Haba) 03:28
9  Does It Look Like Love To You? (Kevin Gorman; Hitoshi Haba) 04:25
10  Tsubasa O Hirogete (Open Your Heart) (Hiroshi Tachi) 05:07

Musicians - Los Angeles Project

Bass John Pierce
Drums Tris Imboden
Guitar Charles Fearing
Guitar David Williams 
Guitar Mike Landau
Keyboards Tom Keane
Programming Ken Rarick
Horns Jerry Hey
Horns Gary Grant
Horns Bill Reichenbach
Horns Marc Russo
Sax Dave Boruff
Percussion Paulinho Da Costa
Background Vocals Tom Keane
Background Vocals John M Keane
Background Vocals Maxine Willard Waters
Background Vocals Maxine Willard Waters
Background Vocals Tamara Champlin
Background Vocals Vikki Moss
Background Vocals Andrea Robinson
Background Vocals Rocq-E Harrell

Musicians - Tokyo Project

Bass Hideki Matsubara
Bass Yasuo Tomikura
Bass Eiji Usui
Drums Tohru Hasebe
Drums Masahiro Miyazaki
Guitar Makoto Matsushita
Guitar Fujimaru Yoshino
Guitar Sadao Miyazaki
Keyboards Hidetoshi Yamada
Keyboards Yoshinobu Kojima
Keyboards Junko Miyagi
Keyboards Atsushi Onozawa
Keyboards Ken Shiguma
Programming Atsushi Umehara
Programming Yoshimasa Sakashita
Programming Takashi Furukawa
Programming Ryuta Fukuda
Programming Yukio Toki

Other Musicians

1 On The Run

Vocals Tamara Champlin


2 Private Eye

Vocals Rocq-E Harrell


3 My Love & My Lover

Vocals Tami Holbrook


4 The Stranger (The Man That We Need)

Vocals Rocq-E Harrell


5 Fool For Love

Vocals Vikki Moss
Vocals Paradigm Shift 


6 Speed Of Night

Vocals Tamara Champlin


7 Heart-break Town

Vocals Andrea Robinson


8 I’m The Law

Vocals Rocq-E Harrell


9 Does It Look Like Love To You?

Vocals Vikki Moss


10 Tsubasa O Hirogete (Open Your Heart)

Vocals Hiroshi Tachi

Liner Notes

Producer – Ken Shiguma
Arranged By – Ken Shiguma(Tracks 2, 9)
Arranged By – Atsushi Onozawa (Tracks 4, 8)
Arranged By – Paradigm Shift (Track 5)
Arranged By – Hayato Kanbayashi (Tracks 10)
Arranged By – Hiromoto Tobisawa (Tracks 1, 3, 6)
Arranged By – Junko Miyagi (Tracks 7)
Arranged By – Hiroshi Tachi (Track 10)
Engineer – Femi Jiya, Shozo Inomata, Toshio Tamagawa, Yoshifumi Ikeda, Nobuo Maeda, Hiroshi Miyauchi
Engineer (Second ) – Michael Bosley, Steven Shelton
Mixed By – Humberto Gatica

Mixed At Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At Cherokee Studios, LA, CA
Recorded At Sound Inn
Recorded At Take One
Recorded At LDK
Recorded At Peninsula
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