------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artist: Checkers (Fujii Fumiya(V), Fujii Naoyuki(sax), Odoi Yu^ji(Ba), Takamoku Yoshihiko(V), Takeuchi Toru(G), Tokunaga Yoshiya(Dr), Tsuruku Masaharu(V)) Title: Sayonara-o Mo^ichido Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: PCDA-00131 Release: 1990/11/21 Price: 800yen Length: 12'34" (2 tracks) Track Data: (3" single) 1 Sayonara-o Mo^ichido 6'16" 2 Hello 6'18" Goodies: Comments: Probably one of my all time favorite single releases from the Checkers, both songs are among their best. Spanning over 12 minutes of time, it starts slow ("Sayonara..") and ends in a easy going upbeat soud ("Hello") Definite must-have for Checkers fans. (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Checkers (Fujii Fumiya(V), Fujii Naoyuki(sax), Odoi Yu^ji(Ba), Takamoku Yoshihiko(V), Takeuchi Toru(G), Tokunaga Yoshiya(Dr), Tsuruku Masaharu(V)) Title: Love '91 Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: PCDA-00171 Release: 1991/ 3/21 Price: 800yen Length: 9'29" (2 Tracks) Track Data: (3" single) 1 Love '91 4'41" 2 China Town 4'48" Goodies: Comments: A nice song by the Checkers. Nothing truly exceptional, just an average song done in the Checkers' style. (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Checkers (Fujii Fumiya(V), Fujii Naoyuki(sax), Odoi Yu^ji(Ba), Takamoku Yoshihiko(V), Takeuchi Toru(G), Tokunaga Yoshiya(Dr), Tsuruku Masaharu(V)) Title: GO Production Co: Canyon Cat#: D32A0284 Release: 1987/ 7/31 (?) Price: 3008 yen Length: 46'04" (11 tracks) Track Data: (5" album) 1 REVOLUTION 2007 3'36" 2 YOU'RE A REPLICANT 4'18" (CAMA CAMA MOO MOO) 3 MELLOW TONIGHT 4'22" 4 NANA 3'51" 5 BLUES OF IF 3'24" 6 TOKYO CONNECTION 3'40" 7 I LOVE YOU, SAYONARA 4'59" 8 MY GRADUATION 4'17" 9 GO TO THE WHOLE 3'25" 10 QUATRE SAISONS 5'49" 11 MR. BOY-o Sagashite 4'22" on CD only Goodies: Comments: One of their earlier releases, this is probably one of their better albums. The songs (as the cover photo seems to suggest) have an overall 50's Rock'n Roll sound which the Checkers do well. The last track ("Mr. Boy-o Sagashite") appears only in the CD release. (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Checkers (Fujii Fumiya(V), Fujii Naoyuki(sax), Odoi Yu^ji(Ba), Takamoku Yoshihiko(V), Takeuchi Toru(G), Tokunaga Yoshiya(Dr), Tsuruku Masaharu(V)) Title: Best (The BEST with original KARAOKE) Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: PCCA-00325 (1, 2) Release: 1991/12/15 Price: 3500 yen Length: 65'32 (14 tracks) Discs 1 & 2 Track Data: (5" album) Discs 1 & 2 1 NANA 3'53" 2 I Love you, SAYONARA 4'59" 3 WANDERER 4'00" 4 Blue Rain 3'46" 5 ONE NIGHT GIGOLO 4'26" 6 Jim & Jane no Densetsu 4'59" 7 Sunao-ni I'm Sorry 4'37" 8 Room 4'10" 9 Cherie 5'03" 10 Friends and Dream 4'31" 11 Sadame 4'46" 12 Yoake-no Buresu 5'23" 13 Sayonara-o Mo^ichido 6'21" 14 Love '91 4'39" Goodies: Double CD case (to hold, duh, 2 discs) Comments: The second "best of" album release by the Checkers is a 2 disc set containing all the single A-sides spanning the years from 1987 ("NANA") to 1991 ("Love '91"). Rather than just getting together all the songs and passing that off as a "new release", it also includes Original Karaoke on the second disc. The Checkers have come up with another great way to grab more yen from their fans! (another being NO singles after "Room" being on an album. =^) (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Checkers (Sax: Fujii Naoyuki, G: Takeuchi Toru, Dr: Tokunaga Yoshiya, B: Odoi Yuji, Vo: Fujii Fumiya, Tsuruku Masaharu, Takamoku Yoshihiko) Title: Blue Moon Stone (3" Single) Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: PCDA-00311 Release: 1992/ 5/21 Price: 1000yen Length: 15'45" (3 tracks) Track Data: 3" single 1 Blue Moon Stone 4'34" 2 Don't Cry Sexy 6'41" 3 Blue Moon Stone 4'30" original karaoke Goodies: Comments: Another good song from the Checkers. "Blue Moon Stone" is a mildly upbeat, easy going pop tune, likely to satisfy many musical tastes. "Don't Cry Sexy" is a slower "heavier" (no, not as in Metal) tune, may require a few listenings to take down, but will make that "third" of the CD worthwhile. (ps. For the first time since "Room", a single release appears on the corresponding album release.) (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Checkers (Sax: Fujii Naoyuki, G: Takeuchi Toru, Dr: Tokunaga Yoshiya, B: Odoi Yuji, Vo: Fujii Fumiya, Tsuruku Masaharu, Takamoku Yoshihiko) Title: Blue Moon Stone Production Co: Pony Canyon Cat#: Release: Price: 3000yen Length: (11 tracks) Track Data: 5" album 1 Count Down 00's 2 FINAL LAP 3 Blue Moon Stone single release 4 Moshimo Ashita-ga... 5 Sea of Love 6 Mari^ 7 Hitokiri 2nd. Ave. 8 Yellow Cab 9 Don't Cry Sexy c/w Blue Moon Stone (#3) 10 Smiling like children 11 Rainbow Station Goodies: Comments: If you enjoyed the second half of the "I Have A Dream" album, this one should be to your liking. The music presented here appears to continue and expand from where "IHAD" left off, and brings back some elements from the period of the "SCREW" and "GO" albums. Surprisingly, this album lasts only 54 minutes (the last two clocked in at just over an hour) and includes the single of the same name (and it's c/w track.) Of course this doesn't make "Blue Moon Stone" any "less" of an album. (Galen Komatsu: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu, ar592@cleveland.freenet.edu) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------