Hiroshi Sato - Super Market (1976)

Some readers may know the late Japanese pianist Hiroshi Sato from his excellent Awakening record with Wendy Matthews, or his work with folks like Haruomi Hosono and Tatsuro Yamashita (who, according the Japanese Wiki, called him Japan's greatest pianist). We have some other great, if more subdued albums of his however, starting with Super Market, his 1976 debut. There are some funky jams here, but nothing approaching the heights of the best Boogie or City Pop sounds that would appear in the next few years in Japan, in our opinion. What we're really digging are the Wilson-influenced, lightly fusion/"island sounds" rays caught from tracks like "レインボー・シーライン" and "Night in L.A.".

While it's difficult to find a detailed list of contributors without a physical copy, such notables as Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Minako Yoshida, Kenji Omura, Yoshida Minako and
Kenji Takamizu appear on the record.

Tracklist

A1	私の彼氏は200歳
A2	レインボー・シーライン
A3	F. W. Y.
A4	用意はいいかな
A5	Night In L.A.
B1	High Times
B2	いとしのマリー
B3	スーパー・マーケット
B4	パラダイス
B5	For Jun

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Moon Riders Mega-Post

Used to be you could find these albums in a bunch of different places on the web. Now it seems like a lot of the blogs are gone and the leftover links dead. Here's a bunch of Moon Riders records. Not too much for me to report here, the Riders seem reasonably documented elsewhere.

MODERN MUSIC (1979)



CAMERA EGAL STYLO (1980)



MANIA MANIERA (1982)



AMATEUR ACADEMY (1984)

Complex - Romantic (1990) [REQUEST]

As promised, here is the second (and final studio) album from Complex, Romantic. Romantic was Released in 1990, again by Toshiba EMI, a year after the self-titled album. Go here for the first album.

PERSONNEL:
Koji Kikkawa - vocals
Tomoyasu Hotei - guitar, vocals, keyboard
Takeshi Fujii, Tsukasa - Keyboard
Hideo Yamaki - Drums
Miyawaki Satoshi - Drums
and more here.

TRACKLISTING:
01. Romantica
02. Propaganda
03. Love Charade
04. 1990
05. Blue
06. Modern Vision
07. The Wall
08. No More Lies
09. Good Savage
10. Half Moon
11. Dragon Crime.
12. Majestic Baby
13. After the Rain (For China)

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ALBUM WIKI
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Complex - Complex (1989) [REQUEST]

Here is the self-titled Toshiba EMI debut from Japanese rock band Complex, released April 26, 1989. Complex is guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei and singer Koji Kikkawa. Don't know too much about this one beyond that. Note that the track-listing is slightly different than what Wikipedia says. Couldn't find a Discogs entry for the band. Second album Romantic coming soon.

PERSONNEL:
Koji Kikkawa - vocals
Tomoyasu Hotei - guitar , backing vocals, bass (4,5,7,9,10,11,12)
Takeshi Fujii, Tsukasa - Keyboard Programming
Hoppy Kamiyama - Keyboard
Junji Ikehata - Drums (3,10,12)
Further credits here.

TRACKLISTING:
01. Pretty Doll
02. Crash Complexion
03. Koi wo Tomenaide
04. Can't Stop The Silence
05. Hutarino Another Twilight
06. Imagine Heroes
07. Clockwork Runners
08. Be My Baby (Album Version)
09. Venus
10. Rambling Man
11. 11 そんな君はほしくない
12. Cry for Love

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