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Track listing

All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima, except the music of "Bibou no Miyako" composed by Kyouhei Tsutsumi

Side one

Side two

Personnel

Kai Band

*Yoshihiro Kai – guitars, backing vocals *Nobukazu Omori – guitars *Hideo Matsufuji – drums *Ichiro Tanaka – guitars

Sentimental City Romance

*Nobutaka Tsugei – E. Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion & Chorus *Fumio Kondo – drums *Yutaka Hosoi – keyboards, chorus *Tokuo Nakano – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, chorus *Kiyoshi Hisada – electric bass, chorus

Crystal King

*Katsumasa "Monsieur" Yoshizaki – percussion, chorus *Masayuki Tanaka – chorus *Kimiharu Nakamura – piano *Hiromi Imakiire – keyboards *Michio Yamashita – electric guitars *Hidetoshi Nomoto – electric bass *Kazuyoshi Takagi – drums

Additional musicians

*Yasuo Tomikura – electric bass *Tsugutoshi Goto – electric bass, electric guitar *Haruo Togashi – piano, keyboards *Elton Nagata – keyboards *Kuni Kawauchi – pipe organ *Hideki Matsutake – synthesizer programming *Shigeo Fuchino – saxophone *Kiyoshi Saito – saxophone *Pecker – percussion *Hideo Yamaki – drums *Maeda Strings – strings

Production

*Composer, lyricist, Producer and Performer: Miyuki Nakajima (credited in association with Airando) *Composer for "Bibou no Miyako": Kyohei Tsutsumi *Arrangers: Chito Kawauchi (on M1,6), Nobutaka Tsugei (on M2,3,5), Michio Yamashita and Crystal King (on M4,7), Tsugutoshi Goto (on M8),Kuni Kawauchi (on M9) *Recording Director: Yoshio Okujima *Director: Yuzo Watanabe *Art Director: Jin Tamura *Designer: Hirofumi Arai *Costume Designer: Kazumi Yamase *Manager: Osamu Tsuchiya *Executive Producer: Genichi Kawakami *Special Thanks: Ken Okugawa Mixed at the TAKE ONE and Epicurus Studios, Tokyo, Japan

Chart positions

Release history

References

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