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Mermaid Boulevard 
Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe and The Gentle Thoughts Released February 28, 1978 Recorded October 17-October 29, 1977, Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo Genre Jazz fusion Length 37:38 Label Alfa Records ALR-6001 Producer Shunsuke Miyazumi Kazumi Watanabe chronology OLIVE'S STEP
(1977)Mermaid Boulevard
(1978)LONESOME CAT
(1978)Vinyl cover 
Mermaid Boulevard is Kazumi Watanabe's sixth studio album, released in 1978.
Contents
Track listing
Side One No. Title Music Length 1. "Mermaid Boulevard" Kazumi Watanabe 7:09 2. "Neptune" Watanabe 4:03 3. "Waltz For Sweet" Watanabe 3:54 4. "Q" Louis Johnson, George Jonson 3:53 Side Two No. Title Music Length 1. "Sugar Loaf Express" Lee Ritenour 6:34 2. "Poppy's Walk" Watanabe 4:49 3. "Gentle Afternoon" Watanabe 4:49 Personnel
- Kazumi Watanabe - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer
- Lee Ritenour - Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Arrangement
- Patrice Rushen - Electric Piano & Clavinet
- Ernie Watts - Tenor Sax & Flute
- Steve Forman - Percussion
- Anthony Jackson - Electric Bass
- Harvey Mason - Drums
- Jun Fukamachi - Synthesizer, Strings Arrangement
- Minako Yoshida - Background Vocal
Production
- Executive producer - Kunihiko Murai
- Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Recording Engineers - Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
- Re-mixing Engineer - Phil Schier
- Assistant Engineers - Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
- Art Direction - Aijiro Wakita
- Illustration - Koichi Sato
- Photography - Hiroshi Seo
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note Japan February 28, 1978 Alfa Records stereo LP ALR-6001 30 cm United States ? INNER CITY stereo LP IC6071 Japan October 29, 1997[1] Alfa Records CD ALCA-9177 References
- ^ "Yahoo!Music Watanabe Katumi MERMAID BOULEVARD". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop/c/10/alca9177. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
Categories:- 1978 albums
- Kazumi Watanabe albums
- Alfa Records albums
- Inner City Records albums
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