Makoto Matsushita - First Light (2018 Remaster) (1982/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Anthemic, sweeping, funky, and lush. This bass-slapping, orchestra-swooshing Japanese “city pop” album rides the slippery-sweet line of definite corniness. I included both album covers because they are both pretty slick. In fact, “slick” is probably the best adjective for this work….really really slick.

Tracklist:
1. First Light (2018 Remaster) 04:33
2. One Hot Love (2018 Remaster) 04:20
3. Resort for Blue (2018 Remaster) 01:23
4. September Rain (2018 Remaster) 04:29
5. Lazy Night (2018 Remaster) 04:48
6. This Is All I Have for You (2018 Remaster) 05:07
7. I Know… (2018 Remaster) 01:59
8. Love Was Really Gone (2018 Remaster) 05:47
9. Sunset (2018 Remaster) 08:18
10. September Rain (Japanese Version 2018 Remaster) 04:30

Personnel:
Makoto Matsushita, vocals, chorus, guitar
Kazuo Nobuta, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, Prophet 5, chorus
Hidetoshi Yamada, Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, chorus
Haruo Matsuda, keyboards OBX, sound effects, programming
Masato Matsuda, Fender Rhodes
Yasuo Tomikura, bass, fretless bass
Masahiro Miyazaki, drums
Makoto 'Kimuchi' Kimura, percussion
Susumu Kazuhara, flugelhorn
Eve, Eiji Kawamura & Toshio Oguri, chorus
Joe Kato Group, strings (Concert Mastered by Joe Kato)
Naochika Yamamoto, conductor
Yuji Oyamada, synthesizer programming

Recorded & Mixed at Nichion Studio, Tokyo, Japan
Engineered & Mixed by Eiji Uchinuma & Stuff of "Mixers' Lab" JVC Digital System N°1010 Mastered
Produced by Makoto Matsushita & Toshio Oguri

Digitally remastered