08/06/2012

Minako Obata "We Have A Dream" (1995) -City Pop / Westcoast Pop-



  Label : Victor Entertainment


Japon 01 - In The Beginning (Kenji Sano)
02 - Keep On Going (Minako Obata)
03 - Need Me Now* (Minako Obata)
04 - Take Me* (Minako Obata)
05 - Sunshine In Your Eyes (Bill Cantos & Minako Obata)
06 - I Can't Hold You Any More (Minako Obata)
07 - M#What!? (Kenji Sano & Minako Obata)
08 - Mooki's Song (Minako Obata)
09 - The Power Of Love (Kenji Sano & Minako Obata)
10 - Spain (I Can Recall) (Chick Corea, Joaquin Rodrigo, Al Jarreau & Artie Maren)
11 - Just To Know You Love Me (Bill Cantos & Minako Obata)
12 - Without You (Minako Obata & Kenji Sano)


Produced by Kenji Sano
*Produced by Hidehiko Koike for Victor
Mixed by Takeshi Sukegawa
Assistant Engineers : Yoshinori Sakuma, Toyoaki Harada, Yoichi Tokunaga, Kiyofumi Jr. Ueda, Mark Endert, Yutaka Shimoyama & Masayuki Oka
Mastered by Kazushige Yamazaki
Recorded at Baybridge Studio, Sedic, Victor Aoyama & Sony Music Studio (L.A.)
Mixed at Baybridge Studio
Mastered at Victor Aoyama


01 - In The Beginning 

Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Keyboards : Kaiide Keikou
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa

02 - Keep On Going

Arranged by Kenji Sano
Chorus Arrangement & Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Programming : Tomizou Nishiguchi & Hideo Ueda
Piano & Organ : Yasuharu Nakanishi
Bass & Cowbell : Kenji Sano
Percussion : Nobu Saitoh
Background vocals : Melodie Sexton, Joey Johnson, Wornel Joens, Dee Wright & Minako Obata
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa & Hido Ueda

03 - Need Me Now

Arranged by Toshiyuki Honda
Chorus Arrangement & Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Programming : Keiji Toriyama
Guitar : Takayuki Hijikata
Tenor Sax & Baritone Sax : Mantell Nonoda
Soprano Sax & Alto Sax : Toshiyuki Honda
Background vocals : Minako Obata
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa

04 - Take Me

Arranged by Toshiyuki Honda
Chorus Arrangement & Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Programming : Keiji Toriyama
Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Piano : Ken Shima
Guitar : Takayuki Hijikata
Trumpet : Shin Kazuhara & Kenichiro Hayashi
Bass Trombone : Eijiro Nakagawa
Tenor Sax : Mantell Nonoda
Sax Solo : Toshiyuki Honda
Background vocals : Minako Obata
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa 

05 - Sunshine In Your Eyes

Arranged by Bill Cantos
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Keyboards & Programming : Bill Cantos
Additional Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Guitar : Kazuhiko Iwami
Additional Bass : Kenji Sano
Background vocals : Bill Cantos, Kenji Sano & Minako Obata
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa

06 - I Can't Hold You Any More

Arranged by Bill Cantos
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Drums : Nobuo Eguchi
Piano : Haruo Togashi
Guitar : Shigeru Suzuki
Bass : Kenji Sano
Strings : Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa 

07 - M#What!?

Arranged by Kenji Sano
Horns Arranged by Michael Paulo
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Drums : Nobuo Eguchi
Piano : Haruo Togashi
Organ : Yasuharu Nakanishi
Guitar : Shigeru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Matsuura
Bass : Kenji Sano
Trumpet : Toshio Ayaki & Hitoshi Yokoyama
Trombone : Yoichi Murata & Takuo Yamamoto
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa  

08 - Mooki's Song

Arranged By Minako Obata
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa 

09 - The Power Of Love

Arranged by Kenji Sano
Chorus Arrangement : Kenji Sano & Minako Obata
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Drums : Ralph Humphrey
Keyboards : Bill Cantos
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Percussion : Michito Sanchez
Background vocals : Melodie Sexton, Joey Johnson, Dee Wright & Minako Obata
Instruments Recorded by Jay Graydon
Vocals Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa 
 
10 - Spain (I Can Recall)

Arranged by Kenji Sano
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Drums : Ralph Humphrey
Keyboards : Bill Cantos
Bass : Abraham Laboriel
Percussion : Michito Sanchez
Recorded by Jay Graydon

11 - Just To Know You Love Me

Arranged by Bill Cantos
Lead vocals : Bill Cantos & Minako Obata
Piano, Synthesizer & Programming : Bill Cantos
Drums : Yuichi Togashiki
Guitar : Kazuhiko Inami
Bass : Kenji Sano
Vocals Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa  

12 - Without You

Arranged by Bill Cantos
Lead vocal : Minako Obata
Keyboards : Bill Cantos
Vocals Recorded by Takeshi Sukegawa