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The recent album by Konishi Yasuharu (Pizzicato One, ex-Pizzicato Five), "Love, Lost And Found", released on CD and digitally last October, is being released on vinyl! The jacket photo has been renewed for this LP edition.

His first studio album sung by himself and under his own name, it contains many songs taken from Pizzicato Five's vast repertory, and also ones that he wrote for other artists (Mari Natsuki, Mayumi Chiwaki) and some covers (Hikaru Hayashi's "kokoro no kakera" and "kokoro", and Sumio Wakabayashi's "asa"). The music is performed of Tetsurō Yafune Trio plus guitarist Mitsukuni Tanabe and cellist Orie Hirayama.

Konishi Yasuharu's next show will be at Shimokitazawa Mona records on release day May 30, where he will performed unaccompanied, in an event also featuring chanson singer Seiji Semenov (find details here). Live and DJ information can always be found at Readymade Journal.

Konishi Yasuharu "Love, Lost And Found"
小西康陽 「失恋と得恋」
(Japanese title: "shitsuren to tokuren")

(Original English/French titles are included for reference)
A1. kokoro no kakera (Fragments Of The Heart) (Cover of Hikaru Hayashi)
A2. Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji (the night is still young)
A3. eisei chūkei (Satellite Hour)
A4. watashi no jinsei, jinsei no natsu (Ma vie, l'été de vie)
A5. anata no koto ga wakaranai
A6. soshite imademo (What Now Our Love)
A7. kanasahii uta (Triste)
A8. asa (Cover of Sumio Wakabayashi)
B1. hi no ataru ōdōri (On the sunny side of the street)
B2. mukashi watashi ga ai shita hito (L'homme que j'aimais) (Originally sung by Mayumi Chiwaki, Mari Natsuki)
B3. kimi ni naritai (I Wanna Be Like You)
B4. dōbutsuen ni te (at the zoo) (Originally sung by Mari Natsuki)
B5. nemusō na futari (Two Sleepy People)
B6. utsukushii hoshi (Stars)
B7. kokoro (The Heart) (Cover of Hikaru Hayashi)

Universal Music UCJJ-9051
Out 5/30, ¥4500 (excl. 10% tax)
Order: CDJapan, Play-Asia, Amazon, HMV, Tower Records ^†, Disk Union
† Tower Records ships directly within Japan only. International orders are available via WorldShopping.

"kimi ni naritai (I Wanna Be Like You)"

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