This vinyl reissue is the only album released in 1981 by Colored Music, a unit formed by Hashimoto Kazuko and Fujimoto Atsuo, who are also known as support members of YMO.
This special Clear Sky Blue edition includes the track "Giant Bird," which was recorded at the time the album was produced but was unreleased until the CD reissue in 2018.The new wave sound, a crossover of earthy rock rhythms and minimalist sounds, is still striking today.
Original release: YF-7031 (September 25, 1981)
Produced by COLORED MUSIC & Taku Kashiwabara
Ichiko Hashimoto: vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass
Atsuo Fujimoto: vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer, sax, percussion
Kazutaka Horio: guitar
Anthony Johnson, Tamio Kawabata, Tatsuhiko Hizawa: bass
Shuichi Murakami, Mansaku Kimura, Francis Jerry Eddy: drums
Kiyohiko Senba, Pecker: percussion Shigeo Natori: trumpet Taisuke Nishijima: trombone
Kozo Watanabe: alto sax
Toru Odajima: tenor sax Keiji Azechix: kokyu
Koichi Fujii, Koji Efuku, Mayumi Hashimoto, Yukiyo Ikeda, Maki Okamoto: chorus
Takaaki Fuse: MC-8 programming