Yujiro Mabuchi, '68 All Stars
港町ブルース～魅惑のテナー・サックス・ムード [Port Town Blues: The Alluring Mood of the Tenor Saxophone] (LP)
Tracked express shipping from Italy, no customs or import VAT in the EU. Shipping costs
condition (record/cover): NM / VG+ (light foxing inside gatefold)
Gatefold sleeve. No obi.
Minatomachi Blues, the port-town blues, was one of the biggest enka hits of 1969, and every mood-tenor player in Tokyo cut a version. Yujiro Mabuchi's Crown album takes it as title track and mission statement: a whole side of harbour melancholy, tenor with echo over a rhythm section that never rises above a slow sway, then a second side of similar material from the same season.
Crown was the budget end of the Japanese majors, and its mood records have a rougher, closer sound than Victor's or Columbia's, which is part of their appeal. The "alluring" of the title (miwaku) is a standard genre word; the record earns it. Japanese pressing with obi.
Release notes
Instrumental / Cover song.
| A1 | 時には母のない子のように Toki Ni Wa Haha No Nai Ko No Yoni | ||
| A2 | 夜明けのスキャット Yoake No Scat | ||
| A3 | 七色のしあわせ Nanairo No Shiawase | ||
| A4 | 風 Kaze | ||
| A5 | 涙の中を歩いてる Namida No Naka O Aruiteru | ||
| A6 | 不思議な太陽 Fushigina Taiyo | ||
| A7 | ブルーライト・ヨコハマ Blue Light Yokohama | ||
| B1 | 君は心の妻だから Kimi Wa Kokoro No Tsuma Dakara | ||
| B2 | 夜の慕情 Yoru No Bojo | ||
| B3 | 京都・神戸・銀座 Kyoto Kobe Ginza | ||
| B4 | 港町・涙町・別れ町 Minatomachi Namidamachi Wakaremachi | ||
| B5 | 港町ブルース Minatomachi Blues | ||
| B6 | みんな夢の中 Minna Yume No Naka | ||
| B7 | 君からお行きよ Kimi Kara Oyuki Yo |
- 福山峯夫
- Arranged By
- '68 All Stars
- Backing Band
- Yujiro Mabuchi
- Tenor Saxophone
