Masa Takagi "Take a Ten" (1974)

 

Full Album Friday this week, is taken from a playlist posted to YouTube, and pointed out to me, by a high school buddy who also happens to be a guitar player and music afficionado.  This is Masa Takagi, a Japanese singer/songwriter and her 1974 record "Take a Ten" and this record is filled with songs that are really a part of the country rock genre and the cannon of American music.  So, there's country and western, rock, pop, and rhythm & blues influence in a lot of this record.  The musicians on this record are also top-notch session players.  Plus, the producers and arrangers for this record really did it right.  It has stood the test of time for half a century, so you know the music is good.  Nice to finally introduce it to people, who like me, have only just recently heard of it.

https://www.discogs.com/master/1219796-%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E9%BA%BB%E6%97%A9-%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E9%BA%BB%E6%97%A9

The track listing is:

1. My City

2. Mardi Gras

3. Why

4. Love Clock

5. After The Rain

6. Goodbyes at Sunset

7. Colors of the Wind

8. Living The Lonely Life

9. Beat Seven

10. Song of Spring

11. My Shiny Bicycle

12. Surigarasu (demo)

13. Greeting Card (early demo, late 1974, early 1975)

14. (Fushigi na Kibun) Mysterious Mood (demo, 1974/'75)

15. Song of Spring (English version)

16. Too Many Memories (live, '74)