Olive's Step

Olive's Step
Olive's Step
Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe
Released	September 25, 1977
Recorded	June 1977
Studio	Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:46
Label	Better Days; YX-7580-ND
Producer	Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[edit]

Side A
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Olive's Step"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:58
2.	"Inner Wind"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:44
3.	"Mellow Sunshine"	Kazumi Watanabe	6:47
4.	"Movin' Nozzle"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:34
Total length:			19:31

Side B
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sky"	Kazumi Watanabe	6:37
2.	"Little Apple"	Kazumi Watanabe	3:06
3.	"Dindi"	Antônio Carlos Jobim	6:45
Total length:			22:15

Personnel[edit]

Kazumi Watanabe - Electric guitar (A1-A4, B1-3), Acoustic guitar (A1, A3), Clap Hand(B3)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Electric piano (A1-A4), Clavinet (A1), Piano (A2), ARP Odyssey (A2, A4), Yamaha Polyphonic Synthesizer (A2-A4), Solina (A4)
Hiroshi Matsumoto - Electric piano (B1-B3), ARP Odyssey (B1), Piano (B2-B3), Solina (B2), Clap Hand(B3)
Tsugutoshi Goto - Electric bass (A1-A4)
Nobuyoshi Ino - Electric bass (B1-B3), Clap Hand(B3)
Hiro Tsunoda - Drums (A1-A4)
Arihide Kurata - Drums (B1-B3), Clap Hand(B3)
Tatsuji Yokoyama - Percussion (B1-B3)

Production[edit]

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[edit]

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)		30cmLP	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

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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

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[1] Allmusic review

[iTunes-2] "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Apple Inc. 25 September 1977. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[Google_Play_Music-3] "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". Google Inc. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[mora-4] "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

[Amazon.jp-5] "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Amazon.co.jp, Inc.. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

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v t e Kazumi Watanabe
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Endless Way (1975) Monday Blues (1974) Olive's Step (1977) Mermaid Boulevard (1977) To Chi Ka (1980) Dogatana (1981) The Spice of Life (released 1987) The Spice of Life Too (released 1988) Kilowatt (released 1989) Mo' Bop II (2004)
Live albums	One for All (1999)
Compilations	Tokyo Joe (released 1982)