[1985] Nihon Kogakuin College - The Image Of You (Full Vinyl Rip || 80s Private Press Fusion)

Japanese college name: 日本工学院専門学校 Tracklist: 1. The Image Of You [0:00] 2. Indoor Lovers [4:42] 3. Street Song [9:41] 4. Water Sprite [14:52] 5. Sail Away [21:07] 6. The Beginning Of Spring [27:16] 7. Precious Memories [31:29] 8. Nights On The Island [37:23] Credits: Acoustic Guitar – H. Ogata Arranged By, Directed By – S. Funamori (Shuichi Funamori) Art Direction, Design – H. Kukuchi Bass – R. Dramer, T. Inoue Drums – T. Ono Electric Guitar – J. Satoh Keyboards – H. Furukawa, M. Hirashita, M. Muramatsu Percussion – T. Hoashi Producer – S. Hirano Recorded By – 日本工学院専門学校芸術専門課程音響芸術科3期生 Saxophone – H. Sakai Trombone – T. Okano Trumpet – S. Okano Ripped/scanned by me. Special thanks to an anonymous user for helping restore some audible gaps from this recording. Another rare entry from Nihon Kogakuin College's series of private press citypop-esque/fusion albums with college students performing them. Unlike the previous albums I've uploaded so far this one is entirely instrumental and, as usual, consists of original songs (except for B1, sorta—though it is original it is a cover of a song that was previously featured on NKS' Love And Affection album). So far this is currently my favorite LP of the ones I own from this college so far. That's all in regards to the background of the album but I have a bit of recent history with this LP myself. I had managed to obtain it long long ago and, though it is a good album, wasn't high on my priority list of stuff to edit. Back in April of this year my pet boxer of 8 years passed away. During her last week of her life, the introduction to "Precious Memories" was the only thing in my mind whenever I thought about her, and even for some time after she passed away both her and the song's introduction were still floating around in my thoughts. Some people have different ways of coping with things, and for me I felt the best way was to finally edit this LP and get it over with. Unusual, I know—I had almost finished coping with the reality of things once I began editing this but finishing it helped bring closure to the whole situation. That is all I have to say on the matter. This LP had a lot of problems, including being clicky as hell, audio dropouts throughout the record and the surface noise being difficult to work with on a few tracks—but I stuck it through and managed to restore this to a serviceable state for listening. I hope you enjoy.