From grobertson@uu.net Thu Oct 19 11:40:01 1995
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From: grobertson@uu.net (Graham Robertson)
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Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.
It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP?

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Graham Robertson
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From mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Oct 21 02:46:01 1995
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From: mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Choi)
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Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Oct19.114001.8943@uu.net>, grobertson@uu.net (Graham Robertson) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

-- 
Morag Choi -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science
"Marcus is not one man."

From mnovak@pipeline.com Sat Oct 21 10:36:01 1995
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Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Oct21.024601.5888@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Choi) writes:
> She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

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=== Mike Novak ===
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"They will send a copy in my place."