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Go Ahead! (Tatsuro Yamashita Album)
''Go Ahead!'' is the third studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in December 1978. Overview "A masterpiece third solo album that marked the creativity of Yamashita's brilliant and versatile writing style which determined his subsequent path." In commercial music, etc., there was a high demand for Yamashita as a musician who works under anonymity, but Yamashita's evaluation as a contract musician for a record company, was favorable, but he wasn't meeting the sales figures RCA wanted. Yamashita himself felt that the world of rock and folk that he had lived in had entered a new stage at that time, and thought that if he went on like this, he would probably have to give up his records and live activities. So he had a pessimistic prediction that this album would probably be the last. The album was criticized by critics and listeners for being disorganized, but it can be said that the writer's principle, which began to suffer, was the sprout of the alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatsuro Yamashita
, occasionally credited as Tatsu Yamashita or Tats Yamashita, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer, who is known for pioneering the style of Japanese adult-oriented rock/soft rock music. His most well-known song is "Christmas Eve", the best-selling single song released in Japan in the 1980s, appearing on the Japanese singles chart for over 35 consecutive years. He is known for his collaborations with his wife, singer Mariya Takeuchi, on many songs including "Plastic Love" as well as with American songwriter Alan O'Day with whom he wrote hit songs "Your Eyes," "Magic Ways," "Love Can Go the Distance," and "Fragile." Active since the 1970s, Yamashita is considered an important contributor to Japanese music, ranked by HMV Japan as sixth in the Top 100 Japanese Artists. Career Yamashita was a member of the band Sugar Babe with musicians Taeko Onuki and Kunio Muramatsu, who released their only album ''Songs'' in 1975. After the group disbanded in 1976, Yamashit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greatest Hits! Of Tatsuro Yamashita
''Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita'' is the first greatest hits album by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in July 1982. Overview The album consists of Yamashita's songs mostly included on his previous six albums ranging from '' Circus Town'' to '' For You''. The only song not included in any album is Amaku Kiken na Kaori which is only released as a single and a re-recording of Funky Flushin'. According to Yamashita, "Greatest Hits" is just a mundane joke that I thought of as a western music lover.(1997) Tatsuro Yamashita's "Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita" album notes. AIR/ BMG Funhouse (BVCR-1541). The original album release (RAL-8803) included Yamashita's biography, discography, and various photographs in the form of a booklet. Lawsuit In 1990, BMG Victor told Yamashita of its plans to release the album, and it asked Smile to provide technical help for the project. Smile agreed, and in September 1990 the album was released (BVCR-2505) with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigeharu Mukai
is a Japanese jazz trombonist. Mukai attended Doshisha University but left before obtaining his degree to become a professional musician. Early in his career he worked with Yoshio Otomo, Ryo Kawasaki, and Hiroshi Fukumura, then led his own ensemble, including a performance at the Shinjuku Jazz Festival. He went on to work with Terumasa Hino, Akira Sakata, Kazumi Watanabe, and Yosuke Yamashita, as well as the ensemble Spik and Span and international musicians such as João Bosco, Billy Hart, and Elvin Jones. In the 1990s and 2000s he taught jazz at Senzoku Gakuen school of music. References *"Shigeharu Mukai". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians. Education In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U .... 1949 births Living people Japanese jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Namba
(occasionally credited as Hiroyuki Nanba) is a Japanese musician. He has composed for and arranged songs from Japanese anime, OVA and video games. Notably, Hiroyuki Namba composed for ''Dallos'', the first anime Original video animation. However, in the United States, he is known for composing the soundtrack to the ''Armitage III'' film. Namba plays keyboards in Sense of Wonder, a Japanese progressive rock band. Works * 1983 - ''Dallos'' (OVA) * 1987 - '' Ladius'' (OVA) * 1987 - '' Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei'' (OVA) * 1988 - ''Starship Troopers'' (OVA) * 1989 - ''Baoh'' (OVA) * 1989 - '' Wrestler Gundan Seisenshi Robin Jr.'' (TV series) * 1991 - '' Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings'' (OVA) * 1995 - ''Armitage III'' (OVA) * 1996 - ''Burn Up W'' (OVA) * 1997 - '' Armitage III: Poly-Matrix'' (Movie) * 1998 - ''DT Eightron'' (TV series) * 2000 - '' Transformers: Car Robot'' (TV series) * 2014 - ''Space Dandy'' (TV series) Associated acts * Sense of Wonder (1987 -) * Tatsu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibraphone
The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,'' or ''vibist''. The vibraphone resembles the steel marimba, which it superseded. One of the main differences between the vibraphone and other keyboard percussion instruments is that each bar suspends over a resonator tube containing a flat metal disc. These discs are attached together by a common axle and spin when the motor is turned on. This causes the instrument to produce its namesake tremolo or vibrato effect. The vibraphone also has a sustain pedal similar to a piano. When the pedal is up, the bars produce a muted sound; when the pedal is down, the bars sustain for several seconds or until again muted with the pedal. The vibraphone is commonly used in jazz music, in which it often plays a featured role, and was a defining element ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammond Organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated sound by creating an electric current from rotating a metal tonewheel near an electromagnetic pickup, and then strengthening the signal with an amplifier to drive a speaker cabinet. The organ is commonly used with the Leslie speaker. Around two million Hammond organs have been manufactured. The organ was originally marketed by the Hammond Organ Company to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, or instead of a piano. It quickly became popular with professional jazz musicians in organ trios—small groups centered on the Hammond organ. Jazz club owners found that organ trios were cheaper than hiring a big band. Jimmy Smith's use of the Hammond B-3, with its additional harmonic percussion feature, inspired a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Nilsson
Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined canon of significant early-20th-century American jazz standards, popular songs, and show tunes. Definition According to the Great American Songbook Foundation: The "Great American Songbook" i ..., and fusions of Caribbean music, Caribbean sounds. A tenor with a octave range, Nilsson was one of the few major pop-rock recording artists to achieve significant commercial success without ever performing major public concerts or undertaking regular tours. Born in Brooklyn, Nilsson moved to Los Angeles as a teenager to escape his family's poor financial situation. While working as a computer programmer at a bank, he grew interested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osamu Yoshioka
was a renowned Japanese lyricist. Vice-president of the Japan Lyricists' Association. Earlier he used the pen name "" (pronounced the same). Songs with lyrics by Yoshioka Kayōkyoku * Kazuhiko Shima * Sayuri Ishikawa , , , * Seri Ishikawa * Hiroshi Itsuki * Eisaku Ōkawa * Miyuki Kawanaka , , , * Eiko Segawa * Kaoru Chiga * Kenji Niinuma * Nobue Matsubara * Hibari Misora , * Harumi Miyako , , * Shin'ichi Mori * George Yamamoto * The King Tones (Tatsurō Yamashita) * Cute (Japanese idol group), Cute "Edo no Temari Uta II" * Hiroyuki Okita "Kimi Ni Sasageru Lullaby" (Captain Tsubasa) Nursery songs * "Omocha no cha-cha-cha" (:ja:おもちゃのチャチャチャ, おもちゃのチャチャチャ), co-lyricist with Akiyuki Nosaka Awards * 1989: 31st Japan Record Awards — Lyrics Award — for Akari Uchida's * 1980: 13th Japan Lyricist Awards, Japan Lyrics Award — for Miyako Harumi's * 1990: 23rd Japan Lyricist Awards, Japan Versification Award — for Say ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minako Yoshida
is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, "beauty, name, child" *美梨子, "beauty, pear, child" *聖名子, "holy, name, child" *聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child" *皆子, "everybody/all, child" *水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child" *実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child" *実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child" *実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child" *実名子 "truth, name, child" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People *Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group ''Kome Kome Club is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1982 which achieved commercial success by blending soul and funk musical styles. They also use the style of '' rakugo''. History 1982–1997: Commercial success Kome Kome Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remaster
Remaster refers to changing the quality of the sound or of the image, or both, of previously created recordings, either audiophonic, cinematic, or videographic. The terms digital remastering and digitally remastered are also used. Mastering A master is the definitive recording version that will be replicated for the end user, commonly into other formats (e.g. LP records, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays). A batch of copies is often made from a single original master recording, which might itself be based on previous recordings. For example, sound effects (e.g. a door opening, punching sounds, falling down the stairs, a bell ringing) might have been added from copies of sound effect tapes similar to modern sampling to make a radio play for broadcast. Problematically, several different levels of masters often exist for any one audio release. As an example, examine the way a typical music album from the 1960s was created. Musicians and vocalists were recorded on multi-track tape. This tape w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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