Kenjiro Sakiya: Difference & Realism

While stumbling upon him accidentally, I've become quite fond of Sakiya's work. While I do feel it pales in comparison to other artist of a similar style and sound, there is something undeniably great about his sound. In 1985, Sakiya started work as a composer/producer and then began his own individual musical pursuits in 1987, releasing "Difference". Difference and Realism are fantastic albums and if you are a fan of Toshiki Kadomatsu, Chikuzen Satou, or the genres those gentlemen perform, please check this artist out! Sakiya continues to release his music while writing music for other artists, television and film and I'm happy to have found a handful of his early albums to share with you all. Enjoy!

Difference (1987)

1. 愛の時差(Difference In Time)

2. 思いがけないSITUATION

3. 夏のポラロイド

4. Half Moon

5. 愛されてもいない～ハーレムの天使達～

6. St.ELMO'S Fireー幻の光ー

7. 僕には君だけ

8. Kissの花束

9. 瓶の中の少年

Realism (1988)

1. GO INTO THE TV

2. THIS TIME

3. 7TH AVE.

4. WITH

5. THE FLESH

6. ラベンダーの中で

7. 夏の午后

8. 6月・絵と君と

9. 水に眠る

10. 不安定な月

11. (request)もう一度夜を止めて

Akiko Yano: SUPER FOLK SONG & LOVE IS HERE

Big storm may be coming into South Korea tomorrow night....here's to hoping it doesn't do any significant damage! Enjoy!

SUPER FOLK SONG (1992)

1. SUPER FOLK SONG

2. 大寒町

3. SOMEDAY

4. 横顔

5. 夏が終わる

6. HOW I CAN I BE SURE

7. MORE AND MORE AMOR

8. スプリンクラー

9. おおパリ

10. それだけでうれしい

11. 塀の上で

12. 中央線

13. PRAYER

LOVE IS HERE (1993)

1. CHILDREN IN THE SUMMER

2. SHENADOAH

3. TIME IS

4. YOU'RE NOT HERE (IN NY)

5. LIVING WITH YOU

6. I AM A DOG

7. あなたには言えない (CAN'T TELL YOU)

8. CALLING YOU

9. "湖のふもとでまだ猫と暮らしている (DOWN BY THE LAKE, STILLLIVING WITH MY CAT)"

10. LOVE IS

安全地帯 ANOTHER COLLECTION (REPOST)

Sorry for the delay! Some fantastic B-sides on this album. Enjoy!

安全地帯 ANOTHER COLLECTION (1994)

1. 一度だけ

2. FIRST LOVE TWICE

3. We're alive

4. マスカレード(Single Version)

5. 置き手紙

6. 一秒一夜

7. ノー・コメント

8. チャイナドレスでおいで

9. 俺はシャウト！

10. 恋はダンスではじめよう

11. じれったい(シングル・ヴァージョン)

12. ひとりぼっちの虹

13. きっかけのWink

14. 時計

15. Non Senseだらけ

16. 地平線を見て育ちます

17. あの頃へ

Akiko Yano: LOVE LIFE

This is will begin the posts of six new albums from Ms. Akiko Yano. Funny enough they are all her LPs from the 90's. More to come in addition and I am almost nearly finished with requests! Enjoy!

LOVE LIFE (1991)

1. BAKABON

2. 釣りに行こう（WHY DON'T WE GO FISHING）

3. THE LETTER

4. ANGLER'S SUMMER

5. スナオになりたい。（I WANT TO BE SUNAO）

6. "湖のふもとでねこと暮らしている（DOWN BY THE LAKE,LIVING WITH MY CAT）"

7. SAYONARA～CHEROKEE

8. いいこ　いいこ（GOOD GIRL）

9. 愛はたくさん（LOTS OF LOVE）

10. LOVE LIFE

Lee Sun Hee (이선희) - 추억의 책장을 넘기면, 그대가 나를 사랑하신다면 & 조각배

I unfortunately got really behind on these...so here are three! Hopefully those who downloaded are still interested and watch out for 4 more from her! Personally I prefer her 90's albums so please check them out! Enjoy!

6집 - 추억의 책장을 넘기면 (1990)

1. 왜 나만

2. 오늘 이밤도

3. 그리운 나라

4. 까만 밤 환한 방에서

5. 짝사랑

6. 추억의 책장을 넘기면

7. 그리움은 가고

8. 내마음 가는 곳

9. 이젠 눈물 흘리지마

10. 후회

7집 - 그대가 나를 사랑하신다면 (1991)

1. 추억속을 걷네

2. 그대가 나를 사랑하신다면

3. 어디선가

4. 숙녀

5. 이 비 그치면

6. 그대가 떠나신 후에

7. 연서

8. 그렇게 밤은 지나가고

9. 넌 알고있니

10. 그대가 나를 사랑하신다면(경음악)

8집 - 조각배 (1992)

1. 조각배

2. 언제나 사랑해

3. 초원

4. 작은 연가

5. 주풀이

6. 어느 할머니의 극락

7. 한네의 이별

8. 방황

9. 너를 만나고 싶을땐

A great variation upon 아리랑 if I'm not mistaken...

ZOO: Gorgeous & JUNGLE

ZOO is a group I've been searching for ever since I discovered them last year. Forming in 1989 as a dance/musical group, they hit the charts in 1991 with the song "Choo Choo TRAIN" and went on to have a moderately successful career until their break up in late '95. You can still hear some of the members work in the very successful group "EXILE" who just released another album this year. Thanks to a cover version of "Gorgeous" from Sandy Lam, I became interested in finding out more about this dance/pop group. Much to my dismay, I was not able to find much on the internet about them or from them. Rest assured though I was determined and made sure to search for some of their tunes upon my return to Japan. Luckily enough I was able to find the one album I was looking for and one other and I've found both to great listens. While I know the "Choo Choo TRAIN" was their break out single, I prefer "Gorgeous" and the track alone makes the album worth a listen. Don't worry, the whole album great and many of the tracks of JUNGLE are fantastic as well. Check it out and watch out for more soon! Enjoy!

Gorgeous (1992)

1. Gorgeous

2. Party

3. Kiss of

4. One Night Lover

5. H・I・R・O・C・A・P

6. Is it love

7. Gorgeous (Remix lab. Version)

JUNGLE (1992)

1. JUNGLE

2. HAWAII

3. YA-YA-YA [LAB. Mix Album Version]

4. Never forget you

5. Free style

6. PINCH!!

7. Kiss Me [LAB. Mix Album Version]

8. JAMMING

9. ONLY YOU

Yoko Minamino: Snowflakes & Dear Christmas [REPOST]

To Rafael~

Please forgive the delay and enjoy these wintery delights!

Snowflakes (1988)

1. 七つのスノーフレイク

2.１２月、風の糸で

3. 彼女の銀のブーツ

4. メリー・クリスマス

5. 臆病なトナカイ

6. Happy New-Yearが言いたくて

7. リフトの下で逢いましょう

8. 氷のダイヤモンド

Dear Christmas (1989)

1. Dear Christmas

2. 宝石だと思う ～ノエルの丘で～

3. イヴまでの恋人

4. 聖夜物語

5. 八重歯のサンタクロース

6. メリー・クリスマス

7. 6pm. 24. DEC

8. 恋人達のクリスマス

9. そして、またイヴがきて．．．

10. Sentimental Holy Night

11. 臆病なトナカイ

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set (5CD)

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set (2002)

~Aoi Tada, Ein, Emily Bindiger, Gabriela Robin, Mai Yamane, Masashi Ebara, Pierre Bensusan Raju Ramayya, The Seatbelts, Shinichiro Watanabe & Dai Sato, Soichiro Otsuka, Steve Conte, Sydeny Thiam, Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, Valentin Coupeau & Yoko Kanno~

Disc 1

1. Dialogue 1-1

2. Tank!(TV Edit)

3. Dialogue 1-2

4. Want it All Back (clavinet hater version)

5. Sax Quartet

6. Dialogue 1-3

7. Encore un verre

8. March for Koala

9. Dialogue 1-4

10. Felt Tip Pen

11. The Egg and You

12. Dialogue 1-5

13. Pot City II (Yab's Dub)

14. Dialogue 1-6

15. NY RUSH

16. Dialogue 1-7

17. Fe

18. PIANO BLACK

19. Dialogue 1-8

20. Spokey Dorkey (alternate take)

21. Forever Broke

22. Dialogue 1-9

23. Road to the West (with rhythm)

24. Dialogue 1-10

25. Meteor

26. Dialogue 1-11

27. DIGGING MY POTATO

28. Dialogue 1-12

29. Rain (demo version)

30. Dialogue 1-13

31. Green Bird

Disc 2

1. Dialogue 2-1

2. Cats on Mars

3. Doggy Dog II世

4. Doggy Dog III世

5. Dialogue 2-2

6. Piano Bar I

7. Give and Take

8. Dialogue 2-3

9. Cat Blues

10. Dialogue 2-4

11. The Singing Sea II

12. Dialogue 2-5

13.ELM

14. WALTZ for ZIZI

15. Dialogue 2-6

16. かわいそうなフェイ(ハイソックス)

17. Farewell Blues (alternate take)

18. Dialogue 2-7

19. Words That We Couldn't Say

20. Dialogue 2-8

21. Space Lion (orgel version)

22. Waste Land

23. Dialogue 2-9

24. Goodnight Julia

25. Space Lion

Disc 3

1. Dialogue 3-1

2. Go Go Cactus Man (guitar version)

3. Dialogue 3-2

4. Too Good Too Bad

5. Dialogue 3-3

6. Eyeball

7. Dialogue 3-4

8. 遊園地

9. On the Run

10. Dialogue 3-5

11. 23話

12. Dialogue 3-6

13. Don't Bother None (long version)

14. Dialogue 3-7

15. WO QUI NON COIN(しょんぼりショートver.)

16. かわいそうなフェイ(リップクリーム)

17. Call Me Call Me

18. Dialogue 3-8

19. Memory

20. Adieu (long version)

21. Dialogue 3-9

22. SEE YOU SPACE COWBOYS NOT FINAL MIX MOUTAIN ROOT

23. Dialogue 3-10

24. Blue

Disc 4

Tank! (live)

RUSH (live)

WHAT PLANET IS THIS (live)

Too Good Too Bad (live)

Bad Dog No Biscuit (live)

Call Me Call Me (live)

Mushroom Hunting (live)

The Real Folk Blues (live)

Piano Solo (live)

Ask DNA

SF GAME CENTER

ROUYA

OLD SCHOOL GAME

Disc 5

1. さすらいのカウボーイ<カウボーイビパップのテーマ>

2. 魅惑のホースライディング

3. さすらいのカウボーイ<カウボーイビパップのテーマ>犬と歌うカラオケ

UPDATE: NEW POSTS & REQUESTS

It seems like forever since I've done a post! ~Too Long~ Anyway, to make up for my long departure I have lots and lots of new goodies to post and some requests to fulfill. They will assuredly start sometime this week, I found another PC Room with wifi and I have started uploading. Hopefully some of you are still on the look out and trust me when I sau I think I'll be posting stuff that hasn't been posted on the web before or at least I haven't seen them in my endless searched lol. Here's a brief summary of some of the stuff you should be on the look out for~

New Posts

Akiko Yano

BARBEE BOYS

Kenjiro Sakiya

Kohmi Hirose

Koji Tamaki

Megumi Hayashibara

Miki Imai

Sing Like Talking

Toshinobu Kubota

Yumi Tanimura

ZOO

REQUESTS

Akina Nakamori

Anzen Chitai

YOKO MINAMINO

and other randomness as well! Keep an eye out. The school year is starting up again soon so hopefully I can get many out of the way before then!