[1982] NIJO - Night Flight / Suigintoh (Vinyl Rip / Rare Japanese City Pop Private Press)

01. Night Flight [0:00] 02. Suigintoh [4:34] Musicians: Arranged By – Hiroyuki Iso Bass – Tomohito Aoki Chorus – Etsuko Watanabe, Keiko Toh Composed By – Kimikazu Uetake Drums – Hideo Funamoto Electric Piano – Yoshihiro Tomonari Guitar – Daisuke Shutoh, Takashi Kawashima, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Yoshinori Teramae Handclaps – Etsuko Watanabe, Hideo Funamoto, Keiko Toh, Kimikazu Uetake, Kimiko Ishikawa, Tomohito Aoki, Toshiki Kadomatsu, Yoshihiro Tomonari Lead Vocals – Kimikazu Uetake Lyrics By – Susumu Kishi Percussion – Hiroyuki Iso Synthesizer – Hiroyuki Sugano Ripped/scanned by me. 1st track was included in a recent mix I uploaded not too long ago, but here's the separate upload for it---alongside the B-side of the single. In 1982 there was a music competition held in Seibu called the "Seibu Music Grand Prix"---the winners, NIJO, had their songs pressed onto a 7-inch 45 RPM single. Up until recently there were only like 3 results for this on Google (or on the internet in general), heck I don't think it had ever even been sold at ALL before 2020. Anyways. This single is particularly interesting because of the musicians in it---besides the (very obviously) notable Toshiki Kadomatsu, several other musicians listed here have gone on to perform in various other future releases, or they themselves collaborated with Toshiki as session musicians in several of his studio albums too. I'd say it's because of Toshiki's name alone that explains why this single costs a lot...but eh. It is what it is. Fun fact: The 2nd track right here was re-used and re-arranged differently for a future Anri album under the name "Mercury Lamp"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkiIgSQQj2Q Enjoy ;^)