Cobalt Hour

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Length 36:26 Release date 20 June 1975 Songs COBALT HOUR, CHINESE SOUP		Artist Yumi Matsutoya Label EXPRESS Genre J-pop

Released June 20, 1975 (1975-06-20) Recorded March 1 – April 25, 1975 Producer Kunihiko Murai, Shōrō Kawazoe Similar Yumi Matsutoya albums, J-pop albums

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Cobalt Hour (コバルト・アワー, Kobaruto Awaa), stylized as COBALT HOUR, is Yumi Arai's third studio album, released on June 20, 1975 by Toshiba EMI/Express (now part of EMI Music Japan). For a period of time, the album was distributed by Alfa Records. On April 26, 2000, the recording was digitally remastered for re-release on CD by Bernie Grundman. Internet sales of the album began March 10, 2005.

The album cover was illustrated by Pater Sato. Though Arai's nickname "Yuming" is written on the cover, it is clear that the "g" was added later.

Track listing

Lyrics and arrangement by Yumi Arai, editing by Masataka Matsutoya.

Personnel

Haruomi Hosono: electric bass

Shigeru Suzuki: electric and acoustic guitar

Tatsuo Hayashi: drums

Masataka Matsutoya: piano, Fender guitar, Rhodes piano, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, Hammond organ

Nobuo Saito: percussion

Koichi Matsuda: harmonica

Aisuke Matsutoya: fiddle

Tadayuki Harada: baritone saxophone

Teruyoshi Fukushima and Kunitoshi Shinohara: trumpet

Eiji Arai and his fellows: trombone

Yoshihisa Tamano and his fellows: strings

Yasuhiro Yamada, Junji Hayakashi, Soma Mitsuru: flute

Mikiko Imamichi: harp

Hi-Fi Set, Minako Yoshida, Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Kayoko Ishu: backing vocals

References

Cobalt Hour Wikipedia

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