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Olive's Step

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Olive's Step
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1977 (1977-09-25)
RecordedJune 1977
StudioNippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length41:46
LabelBetter Days
YX-7580-ND
ProducerKazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
Milky Shade
(1976)
Olive's Step
(1977)
Mermaid Boulevard
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Olive's Step is the 6th album by Japanese guitarist Kazumi Watanabe. The album was released on LP by Better Days label of Nippon Columbia in 1977.

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Olive's Step"Kazumi Watanabe4:58
2."Inner Wind"Kazumi Watanabe4:44
3."Mellow Sunshine"Kazumi Watanabe6:47
4."Movin' Nozzle"Kazumi Watanabe4:34
Total length:19:31
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sky"Kazumi Watanabe6:37
2."Little Apple"Kazumi Watanabe3:06
3."Dindi"Antônio Carlos Jobim6:45
Total length:22:15

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producer - Kazumi Watanabe
  • Assistant Producers & Management Office - Zen Production Inc.
  • Recording Director - Tomohiro Saito
  • Mixing & Remixing Engineer – Kaoru Iida
  • Cover Design – Sign-Satoshi Saitoh, Mobuo Izumi
  • Art stuff - Hideo Nakata (Mok)
  • Cover Photo – Tadayuki Naitoh
  • Liner notes - Masamichi Okazaki
  • Liner notes - Eiichi Yoshimura (COCB-54209)

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 25, 1977 (1977-09-25) Better Days 30cmLP YX-7580-ND
August 5, 1977 (1977-08-05) YX-7581
October 21, 1993 (1993-10-21) 12cmCD COCA-11113
September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21) COCB-31637 remaster
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22) J-room COCB-53292 remaster, Peper jacket,
KAZUMI BOX
September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01) Better Days COCB-53918 HQCD,
KAZUMI WATANABE EARLY YEARS BOX
Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. Music download 387861525 iTunes Store[2]
B6ja2j2g4ob4xqvhqkzsl6joehe Google Play Music[3]
October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24) COKM-30934 mora AAC-LC 320kbps[4]
February 26, 2014 (2014-02-26) B00IG2CIRM Amazon.com[5]
July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) Better Days 12cmCD COCB-54210 UHQCD
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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Apple Inc. 25 September 1977. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". Google Inc. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ^ "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. ^ "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Amazon.co.jp, Inc.. Retrieved 2018-04-28.