MASAYOSHI TAKANAKA
FUSION / JAPAN / GUITAR 1977
高中正義: AN INSATIABLE HIGH
MASAYOSHI TAKANAKA: AN INSATIABLE HIGH
KITTY RECORDS, MKF 1023(LP)
(P)1977 KITTY RECORDS, INC., JAPAN
RELEASED: DECEMBER 1977, JAPAN
CREDITS (productions) :
Produced by 高中正義 (Masayoshi Takanaka)
Executive Producer: Katsuya Yasumuro
Recorded by Bob Stone (at Larrabee Sound Studio, L.A.)
Recorded and remixed by Teruaki Kitagawa (at Polydor Studio Tokyo)
Music Co-ordinator: Olivia Page, Naomi Nimura
Production Assistant: Tokio Shibata
Artist Manager: Hiroshi Tanaka
Tracks 1,4,5 horn arranged by Greg Adams
Track 2 strings arranged by 深町純 (Jun Fukamachi)
Tracks 4,6 strings arranged by 高中正義 (Masayoshi Takanaka)
Track 7 strings arranged by 星勝 (Katz Hoshi)
Photographer: Masayoshi Sukita
Design: Isao Sakai (P.C.C.)
Paulinho Da Costa courtesy of Pablo Records
Tower Of Power courtesy of Columbia Records
Maxine Anderson courtesy of Blue Note Records
Julia Tillman Waters and Maxine Willard Waters courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
CREDITS (musicians) :
guitar: Masayoshi Takanaka (on all tracks)
Lee Ritenour (on all tracks)
keyboards: Patrice Rushen (except on 5)
Jun Fukamachi (on 3,5)
bass: Chuck Rainey (on 2,3,5,7)
Abraham Laboriel (on 1,4,6)
drums: Harvey Mason (on 1,3,4,5,6)
Ed Green (on 2,7)
Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (on 4)
percussion: Paulinho Da Costa (on 2,3,5,6,7)
Motoya Hamaguchi (on 1,3,4,5)
Steve Forman (on 1,3,4,5)
horn: Tower Of Power Horns (on 1,4,5)
Greg Adams (trumpet)
Mic Gillette (trumpet)
Steve Kupka (bariton saxophone)
Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone)
Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone)
vocals: Jim Gilstrap (on 4)
Maxine Anderson (on 4,6)
Julia Tillman Waters (on 4,6)
Maxine Willard Waters (on 4,6)
TRACKS (total time 41:24) :
1. Sexy Dance (5:51) [music by M.Takanaka; lyrics by Elise Krentzel]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, keyboards; Harvey Mason, drums; Aberaham Laboriel, bass; Motoya Hamaguchi, Steve Forman, percussion; Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, vocals; Power Of Power Horns
2. Malibu (6:16) [music by M.Takanaka]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, keyboards; Chuck Rainey, bass; Ed Green, drums; Paulinho Da Costa, percussion
3. An Insatiable High (10:08) [music by M.Takanaka]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, Jun Fukamachi, keyboards; Harvey Mason, drums; Chuck Rainey, bass; Paulinho Da Costa, Steve Forman, Motoya Hamaguchi, percussion
4. E.S.P. (4:11) [music by M.Takanaka; lyrics by Roy Alfred]
Jim Gilstrap, Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, vocals; Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, keyboards; Abraham Laboriel, bass; Harvey Mason, Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, drums; Motoya Hamaguchi, Steve Forman, percussion; Power Of Power Horns
5. M5 (4:23) [music by M.Takanaka]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Jun Fukamachi, keyboards; Chuck Rainey, bass; Harvey Mason, drums; Paulinho Da Costa, Steve Forman, Motoya Hamaguchi, percussion; Power Of Power Horns
6. Sundrops (5:10) [music by M.Takanaka]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, keyboards; Abraham Laboriel, bass; Harvey Mason, drums; Paulinho Da Costa, percussion; Maxine Anderson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, vocals;
7. Good (Bad ?) Old Days (5:25) [music by M.Takanaka]
Masayoshi Takanaka, Lee Ritenor, guitar; Patrice Rushen, keyboards; Chuck Rainey, bass; Ed Green, drums; Paulinho Da Costa, percussion
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