Hiroshi Sato - Awakening Special Edition [Clear Blue / Aqua Blue Vinyl] 【"Record Day" Limited Edition, Available November 3】

The double vinyl album "Awakening Special Edition," released in 2022 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Vocal "Awakening," is now being reissued with a new cutting. Released in 1982 after Hiroshi Sato's musical activities in Los Angeles, this was his fourth original album and his first album after moving to Alpha Records. Featuring Canadian female vocalist Wendy Mathews and incorporating the cutting-edge drum machine of the time, LinnDrum, the work brilliantly fuses Hiroshi Sato's high-quality sound sense with the atmosphere of the American West Coast. Its mellow, soulful, and borderless sound, which shows no trace of the inorganic nature of programmed music, is an eternal masterpiece that transcends generations and continues to greatly influence countless musicians today! Guitarists Tatsuro Yamashita, Tsunenori Matsuki, and Yuji Toriyama also participate. Disc 1 contains the original 1982 version. Disc 2 includes Off Vocal Tracks and an Off SE (sound of waves) Track for the vocal songs, as well as "BLUE AND MOODY MUSIC (WENDY'S VERSION)," which was added for the first CD release in 1986, and a new version of "IT ISN'T EASY" remixed by Hiroshi Sato himself in 2005. This time, with a new cutting by the master Shigeru Takezawa, Disc 1 will be a clear blue vinyl, and Disc 2 will be a clear light blue vinyl.

Tracklist:
[Disc1 / Side ONE]
1.AWAKENING (Awakening)
2.YOU'RE MY BABY
3.BLUE AND MOODY MUSIC
4.ONLY A LOVE AFFAIR
5.LOVE AND PEACE

[Disc1 / Side TWO]
1.FROM ME TO YOU
2.I CAN'T WAIT
3.IT ISN'T EASY
4.AWAKENING
5.SAY GOODBYE

[Disc2 / Side THREE]
1.BLUE AND MOODY MUSIC (WENDY'S VERSION)
2.AWAKENING (Awakening) (Off SE)
3.YOU'RE MY BABY (Off Vocal)
4.BLUE AND MOODY MUSIC (Off Vocal)
5.ONLY A LOVE AFFAIR (Off Vocal)

[Disc2 / Side FOUR]
1.IT ISN'T EASY (Remixed by Hiroshi Sato, 2005)
2.FROM ME TO YOU (Off Vocal)
3.I CAN'T WAIT (Off Vocal)
4.IT ISN'T EASY (Off Vocal)
5.SAY GOODBYE (Off Vocal)