This is fantastic!! The melody reminds me a bit of The Lovin' Spoonful. I love Tatsuro Yamashita and like Taeko Ohnuki, so it was nice to check out what they were doing pre-City Pop. Thanks for the upload! It's way too hard to find Sugar Babe's stuff here on RU-vid.
very angry... the entire album has been taken off youtube and the only place i can find the album again is bilibilli.... shame this album is so obscure, its full of bangers honestly.
What a Wonderful Melody (SUTEKI na MELODY) (Lyrics :Ginji Ito, Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita, Music Composition: Taeko Onuki, Tatsuro Yamashita) 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 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) 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 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.
I uploaded the entirety of this album with each song having its own video like this, but for some reason this was the only one to make it past copy right restrictions. I filed disputes and am really hoping everything works out! Not exactly sure if there's much I can do after that, so hang in there with me. If you haven't heard the album already, here's where I downloaded it myself: jpop80ss.blogspot.com/search/label/SUGAR%20BABE