Hiroshi Sato Featuring Wendy Matthews - Awakening +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Artist ..... : Hiroshi Sato Featuring Wendy Matthews | | Album ...... : Awakening | | Year ....... : 2014 | | Label ...... : GT Music | | Cat.No ..... : MHCL 30275-6 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+ | | | Genre ...... : Soul | | Tracks ..... : 20 | | Duration ... : 83:40 min | | Source ..... : CDDA | | Street Date : Dec-10-2014 | | URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/6947532 | | | | Release Size : 156.7 MB | | Ripping Tool : EAC | | Encoder .... : Lame 3.100 -V0 | | Quality .... : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo | | Rip Date ... : Apr-30-2020 | | | +--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+ | | | CD 1/2 39:29 | | ------ ----- | | 01. Awakening 02:33 | | 02. You're My Baby 03:46 | | 03. Blue And Moody Music 04:33 | | 04. Only A Love Affair 04:49 | | 05. Love And Peace 04:25 | | 06. From Me To You 03:49 | | 07. I Can't Wait 04:15 | | 08. It Isn't Easy 04:18 | | 09. Awakening 03:38 | | 10. Say Goodbye 03:23 | | | | CD 2/2 44:11 | | ------ ----- | | 01. Awakening (Off SE) 02:19 | | 02. You're My Baby (Off Vocal) 04:00 | | 03. Blue And Moody Music (Off Vocal) 04:57 | | 04. Only A Love Affair (Off Vocal) 05:27 | | 05. From Me To You (Off Vocal) 04:42 | | 06. I Can't Wait (Off Vocal) 04:53 | | 07. It Isn't Easy (Off Vocal) 04:52 | | 08. Say Goodbye (Off Vocal) 03:44 | | 09. Blue And Moody Music (Wendy's Version) 04:44 | | 10. It Isn't Easy (Remixed By Hiroshi Sato, 2005) 04:33 | | ----- | | Total: 83:40 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+ | | | As one of the most prolific and respected keyboardists in Japan, Sato | | has appeared on a countless number of classic recordings as a session | | player in addition to the dozen-plus solo works he made over his four- | | decade career. He collaborated often with Haruomi Hosono and his Tin | | Pan Alley crew and was a member of Shigeru Suzuki's short-lived band, | | Hucklebuck. Declining an offer from Hosono to join Yellow Magic | | Orchestra, Sato moved to Los Angeles instead and began collaborating | | with West Coast heavy hitters like Maria Muldaur, Spencer Davis, and | | Randy Crawford. After signing with Alfa Records, Sato convinced the | | label to purchase him Linn LM-1 drum machine which he used extensively | | on Awakenings. Recorded mostly as a one-man band in Tokyo after he | | moved back to Japan in 1982, the album featured Canadian-Australian | | singer Wendy Matthews (whom Sato had met in L.A.) who would later have | | several top-20 hits in Australia. Guest musicians include Tatsuro | | Yamashita and Yuji Toriyama. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+