I wish I was alive during that time to see her live. I don’t think she performs these songs anymore, which makes me kind of upset knowing that they are my favorites. One day I’ll see her perform in Japan, hopefully.
Windy World (KAZE no SEKAI) / SUGAR BABE Lyrics and Music composed by Taeko Ohnuki, Arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita Produced by Eiichi Ohtaki and Tatsuro Yamashita From SUGAR BABE's 1st album - "SONGS" Released on April 25, 1975 (English translation of the rough meaning of the Japanese lyrics) You came to visit me suddenly, like the wind, when I was lonely Through the open window of my heart You crept into the shadows of my night and swirled around in my heart I keep the windows of my heart tightly closed so that you cannot see into my mind But my heart is blown away by you who appear like the wind I seem to be blown away to everywhere in the empty city In order to keep you from stealing my heart Even though I keep the windows of my heart tightly closed My heart is blown away by you who appear like the wind I seem to be blown away everywhere in the empty city of nothingness Performed by “SUGAR BABE” Tatsuro Yamashita : Vocals Electric & Acoustec Guitars, keyboards, Taeko Onuki :Vocals Keyboards, Kunio Muramatsu : Electric Guitar, Vocals Kikuo Wanikawa :Base Akihiko Noguchi :Drums Yutaka Uehara, :Drums ・・・・・・ Eiichi Otaki :Bass, Vocals
Windy World (KAZE no SEKAI) / SUGAR BABE (Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki) From "SUGAR BABE" 1st album -『SONGS』 Released April 25, 1975 (Niagara ⁄ Elec LP: NAL-0001) Produced by Eiichi Otaki , Tatsuro Yamashita All tracks Arranged by Tatsuro Yamashita SUGAR BABE was Tatsuro Yamashita Vocals Electric & Acoustec Guitars, keyboards, Taeko Onuki Vocals Keyboards, Kunio Muramatsu Electric Guitar, Vocals Kikuo Wanikawa Base Akihiko Noguchi Drums Yutaka Uehara, Drums ・・・・・・ Eiichi Otaki Bass, Vocals 01. Show 00:00:00~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita) 02. Down Town 00:03:28~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition Tatsuro Yamashita) 03. The City in the Mirage (SHINKIROU no MACHI)00:07:54~(Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki) 04. World in the Wind(KAZE no SEKAI) 00:10:57~ (Lyrics & Music Composition:Taeko Onuki) 05.JustSigh (TAMEIKI BAKARI) 00:14:30~(Lyrics &MusicComposition :Kunio Muramatsu) 06. As Usual (ITUMO DORI), 00:18:53~(Lyrics & Music Composition : Taeko Onuki) 07. Wonderful Melody (SUTEKI na MELODY) 00:22:31~ (Lyrics Ginji Ito, Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Music CompositionTaeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita) 08. I'm in a mood today (KYOU wa NANDAKA) 00:25:10~ (Lyrics Tatsuro Yamashita, Ginji Ito, Music Composition:Tatsuro Yamashita) 09. Rain fills my palm (AME wa TENOHIRA IPPAI) 00:29:43~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita) 10. the Days Gone by "60's Dream (SUGISARISI HIBI)" 00:33:34~(Lyrics Ginji Ito, Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita) 11. Sugar 00:37:09~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita) 〇Bonus Tracks 12 At the End of Summer (NATSU no OWARI NI) (demo) 00:43:06~(Lyrics & Music Composition :Tatsuro Yamashita) 13 Parade (demo) 00:46:38~(Lyrics & Music Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita) 14 Show (demo) 00:50:46~(Lyrics & MusicComposition: Tatsuro Yamashita) 15 Pinky Promise (YUBI KIRI) (demo) 00:54:28~(Lyrics Takashi Matsumoto ,Music Composition :Otaki Eiichi) 16 My Feelings (OMOI) (Live Version) 00:57:43~(Lyrics & music Yasuyu Komiya) Studio : CBS SONY Roppongi Tokyo, ELEC Studio, Mohri Studio Their production of the debut album was decided in September 1974. The label was the Niagara label presided over by Eiichi Otaki (ex-Happy End), and the publisher was Eleck Record, an independent record company. The Niagara label by Eiichi Otaki got its start as the first musicians' label in Japan. Sugar Babe was chosen as the label's first artist. Tatsuro Yamashita, Taeko Onuki and everyone else made their debut on the LP for the first time in their careers. It can be said that the moment of the birth of the Japanese CITY POP has risen. Among the members of this unknown new band, first handled and discovered by Eiichi Otaki of HAPPY END, were born members who would later have an impact on the Japanese music world in the 1980s and beyond. This album could not be released in Europe and the United States, and it became an unknown treasure buried only in Japan of far east, and it did not reach the ears of people around the world for about 50 years, until the Internet was born and spread around the world.