1990

9000125

Kyouko Tougawa
O'Can

  
Teichiku Sixty WPCL-137; WPTL-137 (cassette)
1/25/90

TRACKS:
1. Dansei no suki na sports
2. Angel fish
3. Hunsui
4. Aru bisho
5. Kekkon no subete
6. Groove
7. Nageki
8. Uwasa no otokonoko
9. Katerine Supaaku
11. Kilimanjaro no yuki

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NOTES: Konishi remade "Kekkon no subute" (All About the Married Life) on 1991's Readymade Recordings. "Nageki" could be the same song as on Mari Natsuki's album, but this needs verifying. Tracks 6 and 8 were written with Tougawa.
"Katerina Supaaku" is about the actress who starred in "The Libertine", better known in Japan as "This Year's Girl" (see a very nifty P5 connection you can tell all your friends!)

900100

Kyouko Togawa
Dansei no suki na sports (single)

  
Teichiku Sixty 09L3-4134
1/90c

TRACKS:
1.Dansei no suki na sports
2.Group

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NOTES: The related single

900325

Chiharu Iwamoto
Kagami

  
Teichiku/Sixty WPCL-137
3/25/90

TRACKS:
Kiss SEE: Sushi 3003
Dekigoto
Vous le vous

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900502

Yoko Kuga
Suki dakara (single)

  
Victor VIDL-13
5/2/90

TRACKS:
Suki dakara

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900516

Hiroyuki Hanada
Riff Rough

  
East World TOCT-5671
5/16/90

TRACKS:
9. Anoko niwa wakaranai

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RELATED: Rock 'n' Roll Gypsies
NOTES: Hiroyuki Hanada was a member of the rock group The Roosters.

90.5.21: Pizzicato Five release SOFT LANDING ON THE MOON

900530

Ribbon
Lucky Point

  
Pony Canyon PCCA-00067
5/30/90

TRACKS:
9. Bad Boyfriend

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900530a

Martin Denny
Exotica '90

  
EMI TOCP-6160
5/30/90

TRACKS:
Tokyo Melody
Sake Rock
Firecracker

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NOTES: "Firecracker" was covered by Yellow Magic Orchestra back in 1979. Konishi is credited with "handclaps".

90.6.21: Pizzicato Five release LOVERS ROCK E.P.

900625

Carlos Toshiki and Omega Tribe
Toki wa kagerou (single)

  
Warner Pioneer WPDL-4164
6/25/90

TRACKS:
2. Throughout Fullbase

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RELATED: Bad Girl, Natsuko, Greatest Hits, Goodbye Omega Tribe
NOTES: Live version on The Graduate

900701

Yui Haga
Starry Sky Passport (single)

  
CBS Sony CSDL-3118
7/1/90

TRACKS:
1. Starry Sky Passport (kitaku bu) remix (3:53)
2. ...suki desu (4:31)

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NOTES: In the Emperor's Closet liner notes, Konishi writes: "I wonder whether or not there are people who still remember the artist Yui Haga. At one time, she was promoted as a mysterious, faceless idol whom Mr. Hikaru Ijuuin placed in a Nippon Broadcasting radio program. This song, "Hoshizora no PASSPORT," is a rewrite of the idol-pop parody, "Sanso [Oxygen] de lululu," which was included on the album, "Naiyou no nai ongakukai" [No Content Concert], by the group, Namafuku. The singer is Ms. Yukari Shizaki, who played Haniwa-chan [children's show character]. She is also the wife of Michael Kawai, the director who is in charge of this album. Also included is its B-side, "...suki desu" [I Like You]. This is a song that I reworked from demo tapes I made before forming Pizzicato Five. In this same fashion, I made "Na mida no PIZZICATO" [Pizzicato Tears] for Shinobu Nakayama (see below), but unfortunately I couldn't include it here.
Words are by Tamio Okuda (Unicorn, Puffy).


900721

Jive
Pump It Up

  
BMG Victor BVCR-8
7/21/90

TRACKS:
7. Angel Dust
8. Love Acid #9
10. Heartbeats

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900725

Carlos Toshika and Omega Tribe
Natsuko

  
Warner Pioneer WPCL-170
7/25/90

TRACKS:
4. Kawaki

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RELATED: Bad Girl, Toki wa Kagerou, Natsuko, The Graduate, Greatest Hits, Goodbye Omega Tribe

900801

Shinobu Nakayama
Hakoin Musume—Kono Mamajairarenaiwa

  
CBS Sony CSCL-1481
8/1/90

TRACKS:
2. Namida no Pizzicato
4. Peppermint Rainbow
5. Lament No. 5

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NOTES: "Lament No. 5" was remade by Pizzicato Five on Readymade Recordings in 1991.

900821

Yoko Oginome
Knock on My Door

  
Victor VICL-56
8/21/90

TRACKS:
7. Type: B

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900829

Hiroyuki Yonekawa
Sweet Voyage

  
Polydor POCH-1021
8/29/90

TRACKS:
2. Shadow of Your Smile
8. Mayonaka he 8 Miles

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NOTES: Yonekawa was once lead guitarist in the Coconut Boys.

901101

Unicorn
Odoru Kappa Yapashi

  
CBS Sony CSCL-1546
11/1/90

TRACKS:
PTA - Hikari no network (5:41)

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NOTES: The group that featured Tamio Okuda before he went solo and produced Puffy. Okuda turns up on Soft Landing on the Moon on the track "This Can't Be Love."
In the Emperor's Closet notes, Konishi writes: " I worried my head over their offer wanting me to combine songs by each of their two members, Tamio Okuda and Yoshiharu Abe, and create one song out of them. Ultimately, I used Abe's song for the hook part and Okuda's song for the verse part, which recalls the sound of TM Network, and connected them by the orchestral sound, "jan." For merely this "jan," I was given a writing credit and received some royalties. This is a perk."
(TM Network featured Tetsuya Komuro, before he went on to fame as the producer of trf, globe, and Namie Amuro.)

901110

Various Artists
White Album 90

  
Polydor POCH-1032
11/10/90

TRACKS:
2. Hideyuki Yomekawa and Keiko Utsumi: Lovers' Holiday

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901220

Masamuchi Sugi
Wonderful Life

  
CBS Sony CSCL-1599
12/20/90

TRACKS:
Boku no pin-up girl (3:53)

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NOTES: In the Emperor's Closet liner notes, Konishi writes, "a song on which I did the arrangement. Keitaro Takanami did the orchestration. I tried to make it sound like Tony Hatch on the Pye label. I wonder if it was done well."

901221a

Shinobu Nakayama
Romantic (single)

  
CBS Sony CSDL-3214
12/21/90

TRACKS:
1. Romantic

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