Groovin' Blue (Miho Nakayama album) explained

Groovin' Blue
Type:	studio
Artist:	Miho Nakayama
Cover:	Miho Nakayama - Groovin' Blue.jpg
Language:	Japanese
Recorded:	1997
Studio:	Hitokuchizaka Studio
Length:	61:39
Label:	King Records
Prev Title:	Treasury
Prev Year:	1997
Next Year:	1997

is the 19th studio album by Japanese entertainer Miho Nakayama. Released through King Records on June 21, 1997, it features the single "March Color". It is the first album to have all songs written by Nakayama.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The album peaked at No. 28 on Oricon's albums chart and sold over 22,000 copies.^{[4] [5]}

Personnel

• Miho Nakayama – vocals
• Satoshi Takebe – keyboards (1, 12)
• Makoto Kuriya – keyboards (8)
• Keisuke Araki – keyboards (13)
• Tetsuo Ōtake – synthesizer programming (1, 12)
• Shinya Naitō – synthesizer programming (2–4, 6, 10–11), backing vocals (2–4)
• Shigeo Miyata – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
• Kenji Miyamoto – synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13)
• Yoshinobu Takeshita – synthesizer programming (7–8)
• Satoru Shionoya – piano (11)
• Yoshiyuki Asano – guitar (2)
• Masayoshi Furukawa – guitar (4–6, 13), sitar (5)
• Kazuya Takayama – guitar (7–8)
• Jun Kajiwara – guitar (10)
• Yoshiyuki Sahashi – guitar (11)
• Yūji Toriyama – guitar (12)
• Kenji Takamizu – bass (11)
• Gen Ōgimi – percussion (2)
• Joe Katō Group – strings (1)
• Shirō Sasaki – trumpet (2, 4)
• Masanori Suzuki – trumpet (2, 4)
• Yōichirō Mizue – trumpet (12)
• Mitsukuni Kohata – trumpet (12)
• Hideaki Nakaji – trombone (2, 4)
• Hajime Yamamoto – saxophone (3), flute (3)
• Yoshinari Takegami – saxophone (7, 12)
• Akira Fujiyama – flute (11)
• Masaharu Ishibashi – flute (11)
• Masatsugu Shinozaki Group – strings (11)
• Junko Hirotani – backing vocals (2–3, 6–7)
• Seishirō Kusunose – backing vocals (5)
• Yūko Ōtaki – backing vocals (8, 12)
• Toshinori Yonekura – backing vocals (9)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中山美穂 . Idol.ne.jp . 2021-08-07.
2. Web site: 中山美穂 / グルーヴィン・ブルー [廃盤] ]. CDJournal . 2021-08-07.
3. Web site: Groovin' Blue 中山美穂 . Mora . 2021-08-07.
4. Web site: Groovin' Blue 中山美穂 . . 2021-08-07.
5. Web site: 中山美穂 . Yamachan Land . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814070230/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_miho.html . Japanese . 2021-08-07. 2011-08-14 .