{"product_id":"tatsuro-yamashita-melodies-2025-reissue","title":"Tatsuro Yamashita - Melodies (2025 reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMelodies is the eighth studio album recorded by Japanese singer-songwriter Tatsuro Yamashita, released in June 1983. It was his first LP issued under the Moon Label which was distributed by Alfa Records at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike his previous albums, where Minako Yoshida wrote most of the lyrics, most of the songs heard on Melodies are penned by Yamashita alone, except for \"Blue Midnight\" (co-written by Yoshida) and a cover version of \"Guess I'm Dumb\" (composed by Brian Wilson and Russ Titelman and originally recorded by Glen Campbell in 1966).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the album came out, \"Koukiatsu Girl\" was released as a lead single. It featured a chorus by Mariya Takeuchi, who married Yamashita in 1982 and then temporarily suspended her recording career. The most well-known song in this album is \"Christmas Eve\". The song did not receive much attention when it was released on 12-inch single in December 1983, but it was widely recognized through a series of television advertisements by the Central Japan Railway Company aired during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because of the massive success \"Christmas Eve\" gained, the album also enjoyed long-term commercial success. - Wiki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl tracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Kanashimi No Jody (She Was Crying)    \u003cbr\u003eA2 Koukiatsu Girl    \u003cbr\u003eA3 Yashou (Night-Fly)    \u003cbr\u003eA4 Guess I'm Dumb    \u003cbr\u003eA5 Hitotoki    \u003cbr\u003eB1 Merry-Go-Round    \u003cbr\u003eB2 Blue Midnight    \u003cbr\u003eB3 Ashioto    \u003cbr\u003eB4 Mokusou    \u003cbr\u003eB5 Christmas Eve    \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8CgehqveLI?si=42f7FGyYaQEoDlXb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Moon Records \u003cbr\u003eSeries: Tatsuro Yamashita Moon Vinyl Collection\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g\u003cbr\u003eCountry: Japan\u003cbr\u003eReissued: 2025 \/ Original: 1983\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Japanese, Jazz, Rock, Funk \/ Soul, Pop\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ballad, Funk, Jazz-Rock, Soul, City Pop\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Japanese Pop\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moon Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45800988770462,"sku":"4943674404407","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a_5338afe1-1696-4c6a-aeed-5f0457d3e2b0.png?v=1752988171","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/tatsuro-yamashita-melodies-2025-reissue","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}