[1983] Keiko Maruyama - Xanthippe (Full Vinyl Rip)

Tracklist: 1. Jesse Jesse [0:00] 2. L'amour ("Kosuisai" / 湖水祭 TV Drama Theme Song) [3:48] 3. Kazari Mado [7:17] 4. Ai Sureba na Okanashiku [11:29] 5. A Season Of Love [15:37] 6. Salsa Samba [19:32] 7. Ryoshuu [23:08] 8. Ikanaide -Ne Pars Pas- [26:18] 9. Koi Suru Manuel [30:44] 10. Yume no Tsurezure [34:34] Composed by: Bob Garrett, Jim Foelber (1) Kyohei Tsutsumi (2, 4) Hiroshi Ogasawara (3, 7, 9) Naoya Matsuoka (5, 8) Roger Odell, William Sharpe (6) Arranged by Hiroshi Ogasawara. Lyrics by Keiko Maruyama. Ripped/scanned from my vinyl copy. I was searching for more LPs that Hiroshi Ogasawara was involved with in 2019 when I came across a sold-out listing for this album on some site. They had short samples for tracks 5 and 9, both of which I listened to and...my GOD were they superb. I don't know how to explain it but they easily had that flavor to them that Ogasawara knows how to pull off just fine in his other funk/synth-pop works...as you would expect, I purchased it ;^) Thankfully, removing the pops from this LP wasn't too difficult but the surface noise was quite a trouble with some of the tracks, especially with tracks 5 and 10. I tried my best, but this should do until some company decides to remaster this one day. This was Maruyama's last album for a while until she returned to making music in 2001. Enjoy!