Blue Moon Blue
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Blue Moon Blue is a 2006 album by drummer Yukihiro Takahashi
, current member of YMO
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Yukihiro Takahashi
Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
, current member of YMO
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Sakamoto first worked with Hosono as a member of his live band in 1976, while Takahashi recruited Sakamoto to produce his debut solo recording in 1977 following the split of the Sadistic Mika Band...
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Track listing
- "Something New" (4:51)
- "Blue Moon Blue" (4:47)
- "A Star Is Born" (4:45)
- "In Cold Queue" (4:48)
- "Lay My Love" (5:18)
- "I Like The Wright Brothers, But No Airplanes" (3:33)
- "Still Walking To The Beat" (4:58)
- "Exit To Reality" (3:29)
- "Slow Turning Of My Heart" (4:46)
- "Where Are You Heading To?" (4:11)
- "In This Life" (5:04)
- "Eternally" (4:25)
Personnel
- Yukihiro TakahashiYukihiro TakahashiYukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band.-Biography:...
- lead Vocals, keyboards, drums - Haruomi HosonoHaruomi Hosono, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
- bass (track 2) - Hirofumi Tokutake - acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 12)
- Marke Newton - artwork
- Tomohiko Gondo - engineer (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12), EuphoniumEuphoniumThe euphonium is a conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument. It derives its name from the Greek word euphonos, meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced"...
(tracks 5, 6, 12), GlockenspielGlockenspielA glockenspiel is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal plates or tubes, and making it a metallophone...
(tracks 1, 4, 5), melodicaMelodicaThe melodica, also known as the "blow-organ" or "key-flute", is a free-reed instrument similar to the melodeon and harmonica. It has a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole,...
(tracks 2, 10), flugelhornFlugelhornThe flugelhorn is a brass instrument resembling a trumpet but with a wider, conical bore. Some consider it to be a member of the saxhorn family developed by Adolphe Sax ; however, other historians assert that it derives from the valve bugle designed by Michael Saurle , Munich 1832 , thus...
(track 1), trombone (track 2), programmer - Yoshifumi Iio - engineer (tracks 7, 9)
- Tom CoyneTom CoyneTom Coyne is an American writer and professor. Coyne has published three books, A Gentleman's Game, Paper Tiger, and A Course Called Ireland as of 2009. A Gentleman's Game was adapted into a full length film starring Gary Sinise and Dylan Baker...
- mastering - Shunji Suzuki - acoustic guitar (track 6)
- Chiho Shibaoka - voice [Swedish] - (tracks 1, 2, 9)
- Albrecht Kunze - vocals (track 1)
- Yusuke Hayashi (track 6)
- Eriko Sekiya - voice (track 10)
- Yasuo Kimoto - engineer (track 8)
- Steve JansenSteve JansenSteve Jansen is an English drummer, percussionist, singer and composer. He was educated at Catford Boys' School, Catford, South East London, where he failed academically, leaving at 16....
- producer (sound) (track 11)