Artist: Latin Fingers Title: Latin Juice - the sound of that smooth latin beat Production Co: Cat#: BVCR-1417 Release: 1993 Price: 2800 yen Length: 8 tracks (34'12") Track Data: 1. White Pepper 2. Tanga, Pa Katanga 3. Anata ga Inakutemo (Even If You're Not Around) 4. Crickets Sing For Anamaria 5. Love Girl 6. Its Great to Be Here 7. Koi No Charock 8. That Lady Goodies: Comments: Latin-flavored Acid Jazz. Among this albums 8 instrumental tracks, there are few standouts, but an excellent flow, and the salsa rhythm is engaging. Grade: B+ Other Comments: Bought via special order at Kinokuniya Bookstore. (Benjamin List: list@chaph.usc.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Les 5-4-3-2-1 Title: un Production Co: Catalog #: COCA-10858 Release: 1993 Price: 2000 yen Length: (7 track) 23'19" Track Data: 1. un 2. Le Couer Qui Jazze 3. Les 5-4-3-2-1 et Leur Style de Danse 4. Un Garcon et Une Fille 5. Vol De Nuit 6. Ah oui Bonbon 7. Avec Toi Avec Moi Cover: un"un"un"un"un"un"un"un"un"un"un" les 5-4-3-2-1 les 5-4-3-2-1 les 5-4-3-2-1 Photo of girl with bob hairstlye and yellow gloves floating over red, green and white background. Comments: The French language doesn't go far past the song titles in this too short mini-album. These two girls have a psychadelic, dancy stlye, which blends well over at times funky, at other times jazzy structure. An interesting blend, though a bit of a sensory overload on initial listens. Grade: B+ Genre: Acid Jazz, jpop Other Comments: Bought at Kinokuniya Bookstore via special order. (Benjamin List: list@chaph.usc.edu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: LINDBERG (Watase Maki, Vocal; Hirakawa Tatsuya, Guitar; Kawazoe Tomohisa, Bass; Koyanagi Masanori, Drums) Title: LINDBERG VI Production Co: Public Image Records Cat#: Release: 6/18/1993 Price: 3,000 yen Length: 12 tracks Track Data: 1 I Love You 2 Munesawagi no After School 3 SIDE By SIDE 4 July Blue Rain 5 I can't live your life 6 TIME 7 Kimi ni fuku kaze 8 Aitakute - Lover Soul - 9 Omoide no Water Moon 10 Onegai Kamisama Dream Come True 11 Be My Valentine 12 Nenzureba Hana Hiraku Packaging: Disc comes in a black see-through sleeve, colored by the all-primary-colored jewel box designs. Goodies: Discography in the back gives info on L. I-V, other albums, Flight-001,002,003 Videos. Comments: This album goes in a very different direction than the band's previous hard-rock "Lindberg V". The songs are more melodic and there is a lot of use of synth (by Tomotsune Maeno). If you're looking for high-energy, upbeat rock with nice harmonies, this is the album for you! My faves for this album are tracks 1,8,11,and 12. #8 was used as an image song for Axia, and looks like the hot single of the album (confirmations??) #11 is a very nicely done almost-ballad, and #12 starts out with lounge music but breaks into the rockin'est piano since Jerry Lee Lewis. It tells about the band's life and gives a little glimpse of what the members are like (Maki's lonely being the only girl, Tomo-chan has a cat, Cherry owns a motorcycle). The book that accompanies the CD is decked out in bright colors, and closeups of the band members are b/w, tinted with one color or another. (Rick Frankum: frankum@cs.ucdavis.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Lindberg Title: Lindy Wingding Production Co: Tokuma Japan Communications Cat#: TKCP-70296 Release: 3/16/94 Price: 3800Y Length: Track Data: Title Time Album the song was originally on Disk 1 1. TIME 5:12 Lingberg VI 2. Aitakute -LOVER SOUL- 4:54 Lindberg VI 3. Yume de Aetara -DO YOU LOVE ME?- 4:06 Extra Flight II 4. Kimi ni Fuku Kaze 5:03 Lindberg VI 5. VOICE OF ANGEL 5:52 Lindberg III 6. I LOVE YOU 5:10 Lindberg VI 7. Datte Soujanai!? -BURNING DOWN THE CHAIN- 5:10 Extra Flight II 8. Ima Sugu KISS ME 4:15 Lindberg III Disk 2 1. MINE 2:49 Lindberg I 2. RAINY DAY 4:49 Lindberg III 3. CHANGE 5:30 Lindberg IV 4. Aoi Kakera 5:14 Lindberg V 5. Tobikiri no Yoru -HOLY NIGHT IS LONELY NIGHT- 5:01 Extra Flight II 6. DREAM FACTORY 4:21 Extra Flight 7. OVER THE TOP 5:36 Lindberg V 8. Nagareboshi wo Sagashite -MISSING YOU- 4:40 Extra Flight II Comments: Songs 8 on Disk 1, and 1 and 7 on Disk 2 were also on their "Best Of" album, "Flight Recorder 1989-1992", as someone already mentioned. Like I said, I like the CDs, but I can't give an unbiased review since I like almost all of their songs. I guess my only gripe is that they didn't put the song "BELIEVE IN LOVE" on the CD (I'm almost sure they played it at the concert). There's not much for improvisation or adlibbing (sp?), they basically play just like they do on the album. I liked listening to how they "really" sound like, and I wasn't dissappointed. (Yutaka Sasagawa: sleeper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)