Akiko Yano - 'To Ki Me Ki' [LP]

Wewantsounds

£35.08

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: WWSLP73
Barcode: 3700604745310
Release Date: 24 Nov 2023
Genre: Pop

01: Kodomo Tachi - Akiko Yano
02: Katarun Kararan - Akiko Yano
03: Uo Sao - Akiko Yano
04: Two On The Stage - Akiko Yano
05: Okina Ishi - Akiko Yano
06: Andante Cantabile - Akiko Yano
07: Yameru Wakenya Ikanaiwa - Akiko Yano
08: Yo Ro Ko Bi - Akiko Yano
09: To Ki Me Ki - Akiko Yano

Wewantsounds is glad to continue its Akiko Yano reissue series with the release of the singer's third studio album 'To Ki Me Ki', recorded in New York and released in 1978 in Japan. It follows her cult "Iroha Ni Konpeitou" LP and keeps the similar blend of Japanese pop and New York funk found in the latter. "To Ki Me Ki" features such musicians as Rick Marotta, Will Lee and David Spinozza and also programmer Hideki Matsutake who would soon join the YMO with Akiko for their international 1979/1980 tour before she recorded her next studio album "Tadaima" that year, featuring the YMO musicians. "To Ki Me Ki" is reissued outside of Japan for the first time, remastered in Tokyo by revered engineer Mitsuo Koike and featuring original artwork by Tsutomu Murakami with 4 page colour insert and new liner notes by Paul Bowler.