Tokyo's Coolest Sound

13 songs of Pizzicato Five that have music written by K-taro Takanami and are sung by Maki Nomiya, from the catalog of Nippon Columbia, have been released digitally as a compilation album! This is apparently the first of a series of three "Pizzicato Five On Demand" digital albums.

The songs included previously appeared on "This Year's Model e.p." (1991), "London-Paris-Tokyo e.p." (1991), "Readymade Recordings e.p." (1991), "Sweet Pizzicato Five" (1992) and "Bossa Nova 2001" (1993). Of those included, Maki wrote (or co-wrote) the lyrics of five of the songs, Konishi Yasuharu wrote lyrics of three songs, and a cover of Morio Agata is also included.

Maki Nomiya did an online concert for the 40th anniversary of her debut on September 21, and sung several of K-taro's songs. The show is viewable archived until September 28 (Japan time). The site and support is only in Japanese.

The release of a Pizzicato Five 7" has been announced for Record Day 2021 on November 27, though the tracklist hasn't yet been revealed (it can be pre-ordered at CDJapan, Amazon, HMV, etc.). Also, somehow the set of sixteen 7"s titled "The Band of 20th Century" is still available at Jet Set and HMV. A must for fans and collectors!

Pizzicato Five "PIZZICATO FIVE On Demand (Takanami keitaro edition)" (Download)
ピチカート・ファイヴ 「配信向けのピチカート・ファイヴ その1 高浪慶太郎の巻」
(Japanese title: "haishin muke no Pizzicato Five sono 1 Takanami keitaro no maki")

1. Brigitte Bardot T.N.T.
2. Tokyo's Coolest Sound
3. Past, Present, Future
4. Vacance
5. soratobu rikakyoushitsu
6. Shock Treatment
7. Funky Lovechild
8. Cosmic Blues
9. Peace Music
10. Sleeper
11. Rain Song
12. Eclipse
13. Saga

********** records / Nippon Columbia
Out now (9/22)
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