A COOL EVENING / Yu Imai / A COOL EVENING / 今井裕 / A COOL EVENING / Yu Imai

Track 01
Vocal by Yu Imai, 桑名ハルコ, 芳野フジ丸, Casey David Rankin
Lyrics by 松山猛, Gregory Starr
Composed & Arranged by Yu Imai (except "Blue Moon" by Loreny Hart-Richard Rodger)
String & Brass Arrangement: Yu Imai (except "Blue Moon" by Jake.H.Concepcion)
Fender Rhodes: Yu Imai
E.Gt: Masayoshi Takanaka
E.Bass: Tsugutoshi Goto
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Per: Nobu Saito
Harmmonica: Blue Harmonicats

BLUE MOON
©1934 METRO GOLDWYN MAYER inc./©Assigned 1934 ro Robbins MUSIC Corp.
Right for Japan control by THE BIG 3 Nippon Music Co.,Ltd.

Track 02
Vocal, Composed, Arranged & Brass Arrangement by Yu Imai
Lyrics by Etsuko Kisugi
Fender Rhodes, Solina, Steiner-Parker synthesizer YAMAHA, CP-70: Yu Imai
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Per: Motoya Hamaguchi
Chorus: 桑名ハルコ

Track 03
Vocal by Yu Imai, Motoya Hamaguchi
Lyrics, Composed, Arranged & String Arrangement by Yu Imai
Translation: PETROL CASTELY BLENCO
E.Gt: Shigeru Suzuki (by courtesy of CROWN RECORD)
Gut Gt: Sadanori Nakamure
E.Bass & Malimba: Haruomi Hosono
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Perc: Motoya Hamaguchi

Track 04
Vocal, Composed, Arranged & Strings Arrangement by Yu Imai
Lyrics by Etsuko Kisugi
Steinway Piano (YAMAHA), Polyponic Synthesizer CS-80: Yu Imai
E.Bass & Malimba: Haruomi Hosono
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Perc: Nobu Saito, Tatsuo Hayashi

Track 05
Composed, Arranged, Strings Arrangement & Steinway Piano by Yu Imai
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi

Track 06
Vocal, Composed, Arranged & Steinway Piano by Yu Imai
Lyrics by Etsuko Kisugi, Veto Galati Jr.
E.Gt: Katsutoshi Morizono, Hirofumi Tokutake
E.Bass: Tsugutoshi Goto
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Per: Nobu Saito
Chorus: 桑名ハルコ, Alexanger Easley
A.Sax: Hidefumi Toki

Track 07
Vocal, Composed & Arranged by Yu Imai
Lyrics by Yukihiro Takahashi
Fender Rhodes Steiner, Perker Synthesizer: Yu Imai
Dr: Tatsuo Hayashi
Per: Nobu Saito
Flugel Horn: Shin Kazuhara


[RECORDING STAFF]
Producer: Yu Imai
Asociate Producer: Hiroshi Tanaka

Executive Producer: Akira Higashimoto
Director: Toyoho Ryujin
Recording & Remixing Engineer: Hideo Takata
Recording Engineer: Tatsuo Umezu, Shozo Inomata, Koji Morikawa
Mastering Engineer; Sizuo Nomiyama
Conductor: Yu Imai
Art Director: M.Sukita & Pigeon
Photographer: Masayoshi Sukita
Designer: Kouichi Kanagawa
Stylist: Hiro Matsuzaki (Pigeon)
Artist Cordinator: Shinji Kurata
Artist Manager: Hiroshi Tanaka (Sadistics Mv.Co.)
Sadistics Super Roady: Akitoshi Kimura (Sadistics Mv.Co.)
Special Thanks to: SIDDHI-Margarita, Tatsuo Michy Hayashi, Shigenori Tanaka (YAMAHA), Kikuo Imano
Recording at Victor, Onkyo, Sound City Studio A. & Freedom Studio
Recorded at Sep.~Nov.1077

Reissue Superviser: Toshikazu Kanazawa (www.lightmellow.com)
Product Manager: Jun Teramura (VIVID SOUND CORPORATION)
Cover Design: Kenji Teramura (Stareyes), Tomona Kikegawa (VIVID SOUND CORPORATION)
Thanks to Yu Imai, Masanori Kasai (Victor Entertainment, Inc.)

Originally Released in 1977 as Victor/invitation VIH-6012