Olive's Step Explained

Olive's Step
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Kazumi Watanabe
Cover:	KWatanabe_Olive.jpg
Recorded:	June 1977
Studio:	Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Label:	Better Days YX-7580-ND
Producer:	Kazumi Watanabe
Prev Title:	Milky Shade
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Mermaid Boulevard
Next Year:	1978

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.

Personnel

• 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

• 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

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan		Better Days	30cmLP	YX-7580-ND
				YX-7581
			12cmCD	COCA-11113
				COCB-31637	remaster
		J-room		COCB-53292	remaster, Peper jacket, KAZUMI BOX
		Better Days		COCB-53918	HQCD, KAZUMI WATANABE EARLY YEARS BOX
		Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.	Music download	387861525	iTunes Store^[1]
				B6ja2j2g4ob4xqvhqkzsl6joehe	Google Play Music^[2]
				COKM-30934	mora AAC-LC 320kbps^[3]
				B00IG2CIRM	Amazon.com^[4]
		Better Days	12cmCD	COCB-54210	UHQCD

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe. 25 September 1977 . Apple Inc.. 2018-04-28.
2. Web site: Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe. Google Inc.. 2018-04-28.
3. Web site: Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2018-04-28.
4. Web site: Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe. Amazon.co.jp, Inc... 2018-04-28.