05/04/2012

Off Course "As Close As Possible" (1987) -City Pop / High Tech AOR-



 Label : FunHouse


Japon 01 - もっと近くに (As Close As Possible) (Kazumasa Oda & Randy Goodrum)
02 - It's All Right (Anything For You) (Kazumasa Oda)
03 - ガラスの破片 (Yasushi Akimoto & Kazuhiko Matsuo)
04 - 白い渚で (Kazumasa Oda)
05 - Tiny Pretty Girl (Hitoshi Shimizu & Kazuhiko Matsuo)
06 - Love Everlasting* (Randy Goodrum & Dann Huff)
07 - I'm A Man (Yasushi Akimoto & Kazuhiko Matsuo)
08 - 心の扉 (Kazumasa Oda, Hitoshi Shimizu & Kazuhiko Matsuo)
09 - She's Gone (Kazumasa Oda & Kazuhiko Matsuo)
10 - 嘘と噂 (Kazumasa Oda)


Produced & Arranged by Off Course
*Produced by Bill Schnee & Arranged by Dann Huff
Executive Producer : Toshifumi Muto
Recorded by Shiro Kimura, Bill Schnee, Dan Garcia & Kazuhiko Yanagisawa
Assistant Engineers : Eiko Honda & Tokuo Inoue
Mixed by Bill Schnee & Shiro Kimura
Recording & Mixing Studios : Yamaha R&D, Studio Sky, Off Course Studio, Studio 55 & Schnee Studio
Mastering : Mastering Lab


01 - もっと近くに (As Close As Possible) 

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

02 - It's All Right (Anything For You) 

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

03 - ガラスの破片

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

04 - 白い渚で

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

05 - Tiny Pretty Girl 

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

06 - Love Everlasting 

Robbie Buchanan : Keyboards
Jeff Porcaro : Drums
Lenny Castro : Percussion
David Hungate : Bass
Dann Huff : Guitars & Arrangements

07 - I'm A Man 

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

08 - 心の扉

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

09 - She's Gone 

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals

10 - 嘘と噂

Kazumasa Oda : Keyboards & Background vocals
Jiro Oma : Drums & Percussion
Kazuhiko Matsuo : Guitars & Background vocals
Hitoshi Shimizu : Bass & Background vocals
Ryuichi Sakamoto : Keyboards
Taeko Onuki : Female Vocal


Additional Musicians :
Yoshiyuki Sawada & Hideki Mochizuki : Synthesizers Programming
Jerry Hey & Gary Grant : Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone
Brandon Fields & Tom Peterson : Sax
Kim Hutchcroft : Baritone Sax & Flute