Yumi Arai Yumi Arai 1972-1976
2004 Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, DVD
Kayōkyoku
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Express, Express
tracks 2-10, 4-1 to 4-10 acoustic guitar Ryusuke Seto
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 acoustic guitar Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 2-2, 2-3, 2-5 acoustic guitar Tadahide Yoshikawa
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 5-3, 5-4, 5-14 arranged by Caramel Mama
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10, 5-5 to 5-13 arranged by Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 5-1 to 5-14 arranged by Yumi Arai
tracks 2-1 to 2-10, 3-1 to 3-10 arranged by [backing vocals] Tatsuro Yamashita
tracks 4-9 arranged by [chorus] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-3 arranged by [chorus] Singers Three
tracks 4-1 to 4-8, 4-10 arranged by [chorus] Tatsuro Yamashita
tracks 2-1 to 2-10 arranged by [rhythm, horns & strings] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-1, 1-4 arranged by [strings] Mitsuo Miyamoto
art direction [misslim] Koshi Takeyama
art direction [the 14th moon] Yumi Arai
tracks 2-6 backing vocals Akiko Suzuki
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Amii Ozaki
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Corporation Three
tracks 3-4, 3-5 backing vocals Daddy Oh
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 backing vocals Hi-fi Set
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 backing vocals Junko Yamamoto
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 backing vocals Kayoko Ishu
tracks 2-1, 2-6, 2-8, 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Minako Yoshida
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 backing vocals Shigeru Ohkawa
tracks 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 2-8 backing vocals Sugar Babe
tracks 2-6, 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Taeko Ohnuki
tracks 2-6, 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Tatsuro Yamashita
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 backing vocals Time Five
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 backing vocals Toshihiko Yamamoto
tracks 1-2 backing vocals [side vocal] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-10 banjo Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 banjo Ryusuke Seto
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 baritone saxophone Tadayuki Harada
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10 bass Haruomi Hosono
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 bass Leland Sklar
tracks 2-4 bongos, tambourine, bells Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Eiji Arai
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Haruyoshi Mita
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Koji Hatori
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Sumio Okada
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Susumu Kazuhara
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 brass Yasuo Hirauchi
tracks 1-3 chorus Singers Three
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 clavinet Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 2-1, 2-6 congas [congo] Nobu Saito
tracks 2-2 congas [congo] Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 2-1, 2-5 cowbell Haruomi Hosono
design [cover - cobalt blue] Kenkichi Sato
design [hikō-ki gumo] Takeshi Kitamura
design [misslim, the 14th moon] Miwako Kato
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 drums Mike Baird
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-1 to 3-10 drums Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 electric bass Haruomi Hosono
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 electric guitar Masaki Matsubara
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 electric guitar Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 electric piano [fender rhodes] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 engineer Norio Yoshizawa
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 engineer [assistant] Atsushi Saito
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 engineer [remix] Norio Yoshizawa
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 fiddle Aisuke Matsutoya
tracks 2-1 finger cymbals Nobu Saito
tracks 1-2 flute Akira Miyazawa
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 flute Junji Hayakashi
tracks 2-1 flute Makio Shimizu
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 flute Mitsuru Soma
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 flute Yasuhiro Yamada
tracks 2-8 guiro Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10 guitar Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 1-2, 1-5 guitar [nylon-string] Haruomi Hosono
tracks 1-6 handclaps [hand clapping] Recording Staff
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 harmonica Koichi Matsuda
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 harp Matsue Yamabatake
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 harp Mikiko Imamichi
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 horns Yasuhiro Okita
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 horns Yasuyo Ito
illustration [cobalt blue] Kenkichi Sato
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10, 4-1 to 4-10 keyboards Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 2-7 mandolin [flat] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 music director Tony Ariga
tracks 1-1 to 1-11 music director Toshifumi Mutoh
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10 music director Tsuneo Ariga
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 organ [hammond] Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 2-3 pedal steel guitar Hiroki Komazawa
tracks 1-3 percussion Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 percussion Nobu Saito
tracks 1-9 percussion Ray Ohara
tracks 1-3 percussion Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 1-3, 1-5, 1-9 percussion Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 1-1 to 1-11 performer Caramel Mama
photography by [cover - the 14th moon] Kazu Nomura
photography by [hikō-ki gumo] Junnosuke Akita
photography by [inside - the 14th moon] Osamu Nagahama
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 piano Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 4-6 piano Yumi Arai
tracks 1-1 to 1-11, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-1 to 3-10 producer Kunihiko Murai
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 producer Masataka Matsutoya
tracks 2-1 to 2-10 producer Seizo Shimokobe
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 producer Shoro Kawazoe
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 producer [assistant] Tsuneo Ariga
remastered by Bernie Grundman
tracks 2-6 shaker Nobu Saito
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 steel drums Haruomi Hosono
tracks 1-7, 1-10, 4-1 to 4-10 steel guitar Hiroki Komazawa
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-10 strings Yoshihisa Tamano And His Fellows
tracks 1-5 tenor saxophone Konosuke Saijo
tracks 2-1 timpani [tympal] Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 trombone Eiji Arai And His Fellows
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 trumpet Kunitoshi Shinohara
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 trumpet Teruyuki Fukushima
tracks 2-10, 4-1 to 4-10 twelve-string guitar Ryusuke Seto
tracks 2-5 twelve-string guitar Shigeru Suzuki
tracks 2-6 vibraslap Tatsuo Hayashi
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 woodwind Ichiro Mimori
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 woodwind Makio Shimizu
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 woodwind Shigeo Suzuki
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 woodwind Shunzo Sunahara
tracks 4-1 to 4-10 woodwind Takeru Muraoka
written-by Yumi Arai
Record Company EMI Music Japan Inc
Manufactured By EMI Music Japan Inc
Recorded At Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
Disc 1 Hikō-Ki Gumo originally released 1973.11.20
Disc 2, Misslim recorded and remixed at STUDIO A, from July 15 to August 6, 1974. Originally released 1974.10.5
Disc 3, Cobalt Blue recorded and remixed at Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo from March 1st to April 25th 1975. Originally released 1975.6.20
Disc 4 The 14th Moon recorded at Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo September through October 1975. Originally released 1976.11.20
Disc 5 Singles:
Tracks 1 and 2 originally released 1972.7.5
Tracks 3 and 4 originally released 1973.11.5
Tracks 5 and 6 originally released 1974.4.20
Tracks 7 and 8 originally released 1974.10.5
Tracks 9 and 10 originally released 1975.2.20
Tracks 11 and 12 originally released 1975.10.5
Tracks 13 and 14 originally released 1976.3.5

Six disc set in sealed jewel cases with white trays within a hard card slipcase.
Disc 1, Hikō-Ki Gumo: Twelve-page booklet with textured cover includes lyrics in Japanese and personnel credits in English; Twelve-page reproduction of the original LP's supplementary booklet includes bio/writings by Yumi Arai.
Disc 2, Misslim: Twelve-page booklet includes lyrics in Japanese and personnel credits in English; Four-page reproduction of the original LP's insert with lyrics in Japanese.
Disc 3, Cobalt Blue: Twelve-page booklet includes lyrics in Japanese and personnel credits in English; Four-page reproduction of the original LP's insert with lyrics in Japanese and personnel credits in English.
Disc 4, The 14th Moon: Twelve-page booklet includes lyrics in Japanese and personnel credits in English; Double-sided reproduction of the original LP's insert with lyrics in Japanese.
Disc 5, Singles: Twelve-page booklet includes lyrics and writing/arrangement credits in Japanese.
Disc 6, Kamihikō-Ki Promotion Video: Four-page booklet includes DVD specifications.
Barcode: 4 988006 190207
Matrix / Runout: TOCT-25350 1 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: TOCT-25351 3 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: TOCT-25352 3 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: TOCT-25353 2 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: TOCT-25354 2 (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: NVD-1031 A0 3 (DVD)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L278 (CD1, 2, 4, 5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L277 (CD3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L273 (DVD)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 45NO (CD1, 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 45KA (CD3, 4, 5)
Mould SID Code: 45Y6 (DVD)
Rights Society: JASRAC