''Greatest Hits! of Tatsuro Yamashita'' is the first

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by Japanese singer-songwriter

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, 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

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which is only released as a

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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,

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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 phrase "the only album authorized by Tatsuro Yamashita" displayed on the "

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". It was not until February 1991 that when Yamashita received a fan letter complaining that some songs of the album's 12 tracks were different from the previous versions. Claiming the record company had engaged in false advertising, Yamashita and his production company hired attorney Atsushi Naito, and in February 1991 they sent BMG Victor a cease and desist letter. Changes in this release are: *

was taken from the 1984

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and DJ Katsuya Kobayashi can be heard in the intro. *

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was replaced from the single version to the album version. *Funky Flushin' was taken from the studio album Moonglow. *Bomber uses the sound taken from the 1980 compilation album Come Along and DJ Katsuya Kobayashi can once again be heard in the intro *Solid Slider was replaced from the 3 min. version to the 7 min. version from

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*Interlude B Part II from For You is included at the beginning before Your Eyes. A settlement was made in 1995 and it was once collected from the store. All of those edits were fixed in the 1997 issue of the album (BVCR-1541) along with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

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– Electric Guitar (Right) & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *

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– Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion *Keiko Yamakawa – Harp From the 1982 album " For You"

愛を描いて –Let's Kiss The Sun–

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals *Yutaka Uehara – Drums *Akihiro Tanaka – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Kazumi Takeda – Trumpet *

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– Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax From the 1979 album " Moonglow", also released as a

Amaku Kiken na Kaori

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Left), Acoustic Piano (Solo) & Percussion *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki – Electric Guitar (Right) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – 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 Released only as a single.

Ride on Time

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Yoshihiro Nakagawa – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax From the 1980 single "

The Door into Summer

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right),

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Kenji Nakazawa –

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(Solo) *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals From the 1980 album "

Funky Flushin'

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Solo) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion (

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Solo) *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax Re-recording, original mix from the album "Moonglow".

Windy Lady

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– Drums *

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– Bass *

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– Electric Guitar (Right) *Jeff Mironov – Electric Guitar (Left) *

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– Electric Piano *

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– Percussion *

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* George Young – Alto Sax (Solo) *

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– Trumpet *

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– Trumpet * David Taylor – Trombone *

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– Trombone *George Marge – Tenor Sax *Romeo Penque – Baritone Sax *

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– Strings Concertmaster From the 1976 album " Circus Town".

Bomber

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Solid Slider

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar *Yutaka Uehara – Drums *Akihiro Tanaka – Bass *

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– Keyboards *Kenji Ohmura – Electric Guitar (Solo) *Nobu Saito – Percussion *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Koji Hatori – Trumpet *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax From the 1977 album "

Let's Dance Baby

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Right), Percussion, Background Vocals & Bang! *Yutaka Uehara – Drums *Akihiro Tanaka – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar (Left) *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Tomoo Okazaki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Ryuzo Kosugi – Background Vocals From the album "Go Ahead!", also released as a single.

潮騒 –The Whispering Sea–

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar (Solo), Percussion, Arp Bass, Percussion & Background Vocals *Yutaka Uehara – Drums *Hiroyuki Namba – Acoustic Piano *Ryuichi Sakamoto – Synthesizer *

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– Acoustic Guitar *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals From the album "Go Ahead!".

Your Eyes

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar, Electric Piano,

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, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Kazuo Shiina – Electric Guitar *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Chuei Yoshikawa – Acoustic Guitar *Tadaaki Ohno – Strings Concertmaster *Koji Hajima – Conductor *Strings arranged by Hiroki Inui From the album "For You".

Love Space

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– Drums *

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– Bass *Tsunehide Matsuki – Electric Guitar * Hiroshi Sato – Acoustic Piano *Nobu Saito – Percussion *Tomoo Okazaki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Tatsuro Yamashita – Background Vocals *Tadaaki Ohno – Strings Concertmaster *Hitoshi Yoshizawa – Conductor From the album "Spacy".

Sparkle

*Tatsuro Yamashita – Electric Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals *Jun Aoyama – Drums *Koki Ito – Bass *Hiroyuki Namba – Keyboards *Hidefumi Toki – Alto Sax (Solo) *Minako Yoshida – Background Vocals *Shin Kazuhara – Trumpet *Masahiro Kobayashi – Trumpet *Shigeharu Mukai – Trombone *Tadanori Konakawa – Trombone *Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax *Shunzo Sunahara – Baritone Sax From the album "For You".