Yumi Arai "Hikouki Gumo"

Label       Express - ALR-4006
Format    LP
Press       1980 (Japan / First Press)
Release   1973
Vinyl        VG
Description
A memorable debut album. A masterpiece that can be said to be the crystallization of Yuming's teenage years.
Yuming, who had begun her activities as a songwriter in her mid-teens(!), met Murai Kunihiko of Alpha Records and spent over a year working on this debut album, which was released in 1973 at the age of 19. This album is a moving one with delicate and introspective masterpieces such as "Hikouki Gumo," "Ame no Machi wo," and "Kitto Ieru." Caramel Mama's performance is also superb!

[Musician & Staff]
Producer: Murai Kunihiko
Artist: Arai Yumi
Composer/Author: Arai Yumi
Arranger: Arai Yumi, Caramel Mama
Strings Arrangement: Miyamoto Mitsuo
Chorus Arrangement: Singers Three
Vocal: Arai Yumi
Piano: Arai Yumi
Bass: Hosono Haruomi
Keyboard: Matsutoya Masataka
Guitar: Suzuki Shigeru
Drums: Hayashi Tatsuo
Tenor Sax: Saijo Konosuke
Nylon-String Guitar: Hosono Haruomi
Percussion: Hayashi Tatsuo, Suzuki Shigeru, Matsutoya Masataka, Ohara Rei
Flute: Miyazawa Akira
Side Vocal: Matsutoya Masataka
Chorus: Singers Three
Hand clapping: Recording Staff
Banjo: Matsutoya Masataka
Steel Guitar: Komazawa Hiroki