This is the debut album and masterpiece of Matsushita Makoto, one of the iconic icons of the city pop boom.
A flawless pop album that perfectly sublimates the Western music (East Coast AOR) of the time.
Matsushita had exhausted pop music with this album released in 1981, but although his later albums had a certain pop feel to them, his sound changed to something far removed from city pop. Even so, the content of this album is truly wonderful. The title song, "FIRST LIGHT," is the ultimate mid-tempo urban mellow song.
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10 TRACKS:
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1)
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First Light
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2)
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One Hot Love
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3)
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Resort For Blue
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4)
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September Rain
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5)
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Lazy Night
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6)
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This Is All I Have For You
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7)
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I Know…
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8)
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Love Was Really Gone
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9)
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Sunset
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10)
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September Rain (Japanese Version)
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Chorus - Eve
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Synthesizer [OBX], Effects - Haruo Togashi
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Remastered By - Atsuhiro Sakamoto
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Strings - Joe Kato Group
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Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] - Masato Matsuda
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Flugelhorn - Susumu Kazuhara
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Percussion - Makoto "Kimuchi" Kimura
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Chorus - Makoto Matsushita
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Lead Vocals, Guitar - Makoto Matsushita
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Music By [Songs By], Arranged By [Arrangements By] - Makoto Matsushita
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Producer - Makoto Matsushita
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Bass, Fretless Bass - Yasuo Tomikura
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Engineer [Engineered By], Mixed By - Eiji Uchinuma
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Chorus - Toshio Oguri
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Producer - Toshio Oguri
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Chorus - Eiji Kawamura
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Chorus - Kazuo Nobuta
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Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer [Prophet 5] - Kazuo Nobuta
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Drums - Masahiro Miyazaki
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Chorus - Hidetoshi Yamada
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Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Piano [Acoustic] - Hidetoshi Yamada
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Concertmaster [Concert Mastered By] - Joe Kato
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Coordinator [Artwork Coordination] - Masayo Kuroda
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Photography By - Kaoru Ijima
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Programmed By [Synthesizer Programming] - Yuji Oyamada
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Conductor - Naochika Yamamoto
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Art Direction, Design - Hiroshi Takahara
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Management [Musicians Management] - Makoto Ibe (2)
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A&R - Yoshikazu Ozawa
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Directed By - Katsuhisa Kawakita
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Production Manager [Production Control] - Yasuyuki Mori
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Management [Musicians Management] - C. M. C. (2)
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Artwork - Tsutomu Kizawa
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Production Manager [Production Control] - Kahoru Asai
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Production Manager [Production Control] - Nagi Nishimoto
