''Amaku Kiken na Kaori '' (あまく危険な香り, ''Sweet & Dangerous Scent'') is the ninth

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by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, released in April 1982. This was his last single under the AIR/RVC label.

Overview

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'', '' Opus (All Time Best 1975-2012)''. The remastered reissue of '' For You'' contains an instrumental version and a one-shot long version recorded for BGM. The reissue of ''

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'' also included a

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'' contains a live version of the song. Meanwhile, "Music Book" is taken from his studio album ''For You''. It is said that this song was transcribed from a passage called "Music Book" that Minako Yoshida wrote down in her notebook. Yamashita originally wrote this song with the intention of having someone veteran singer sing it, but at the recommendation of director Ryuzo Kosugi, he said that he would release it as his own single, and the low-pitched piano phrase of the interlude. It seems that the tune of the "adult line", which had never existed before, seemed to be fresh on the contrary.(1997) Tatsuro Yamashita's "Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita" album notes. AIR/ BMG Funhouse (BVCR-1541). Eizin Suzuki made the art for the jacket. The front cover design features a Schlitz beer and the sign at the horizon mostly resembles "Bob's Cafe" sign located at

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. In 2019, the sign was removed and made for sale. In the back cover, the advertisement for the album ''For You'' can be seen.

Track listing

Personnel

Amaku Kiken na Kaori

: Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano (Solo) & Percussion *Jun Aoyama: Drums *Koki Ito: Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar (Right) *

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: Keyboards *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *

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: Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master *Koji Hajima: Conductor *Strings arranged by Masahide Sakuma

Music Book

''(from the album For You)'' *Tatsuro Yamashita: Percussion & Background Vocals *Yuichi Togashiki: Drums *Akira Okazawa: Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki: Electric Guitar * Hiroshi Sato: Electric Piano *Motoya Hamaguchi: Percussion *Shigeharu Mukai: Trombone Solo *Minako Yoshida: Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara: Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi: Trumpet *Yasuo Hirauchi: Trombone *Sumio Okada: Trombone *Takeru Muraoka: Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara: Baritone Sax *Tadaaki Ohno: Strings Concert Master

Chart positions

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Release history

References

{{reflist Tatsuro Yamashita songs Song articles with missing songwriters Japanese songs Japanese pop songs 1982 singles