Author of "Japanese A to Z", DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.JP's 4 female singer masterpieces recommended by JP will be reissued as analog LPs on color records on August 3rd!

“PONY CANYON It has been decided that it will be reissued as an LP on August 3rd.

DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.JP is the author of the record guidebook “Japanese A to Z” (Ritto Music), and breathes life into many hidden Showa and Japanese records from a DJ’s perspective. It redefined the genre of “Japanese things” as “things that should be done.” In 2022, his DJ-MIX “Japanese Mix” will be distributed worldwide on the internet radio “Worldwide FM” operated by Giles Peterson, a world-famous DJ, and the range of his activities as a DJ will be broadcast worldwide. It is expanding to

Masataka Matsutoya arranged all songs on singer-songwriter Junko Hirotani’s first album “Sono Ai ni…”. Full of mellow tunes such as the famous song “Koto Meguri”, the mellow song bossa “Last Scene…Sayonara”, and “Summer Moonlight” and “Asamoya no Naka.” In addition, Ken Sato was in charge of arranging all songs for her second album “BLENDY”. In addition to the famous song “Day Dreamin’,” which begins with a drum break, there is a wide variety of arrangements. Hirotani’s works are also available on CD as part of the Light Mellow series.

“Kyoko Omiya & Orange”, which is famous as a masterpiece of free soul ~ soft rock, was arranged by Tetsuji Hayashi, who was a rising composer at the time, and nine of the album’s 10 songs were arranged, including the singles “Mirage” and “In the・Rain” was written by Takashi Matsumoto.

Chie Sawa’s “23” was arranged by Makoto Yano and featured Caramel Mama (Haruomi Hosono, Tatsuo Hayashi, Shigeru Suzuki), Masayoshi Takanaka, who was a member of Sadistic Mika Band at the time, and Sugar Babe (Tatsuro Yamashita, Onuki). Taeko) participated in this album, which was released in 1974 at the dawn of city pop, and its reissue has been eagerly awaited.

Rare Groove ~ Light Mellow ~ Kayo Bossa ~ Soft rock, these four works, which can be said to be the origin of city pop, have been reevaluated as “things that should be heard now”, and auction and second-hand prices have soared, making them a hidden treasure only known to those in the know. With this reissue, it is about to take off as a masterpiece and a worldwide masterpiece.

The master sound source will be reprinted using a digitally remastered sound source, all translucent color records, and a newly wrapped band with captions by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite.JP, so please take this opportunity to listen to it.

So, put the needle on the record, turn up the volume, and dig right now to “Japanese A to Z Recommended LPs”!

【release information】

“PONY CANYON x Japanese Mono A to Z recommended by DJ Yoshizawa dynamite.jp” analog edition reprint series

・Junko Hirotani “In that love…”

PCJA-00141 ¥5,000 (tax included)