Reissue label Light in the Attic has announced the new Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986 compilation, the sequel to 2019’s Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1976-1986. It’s due out May 15 on digital, cassette, CD, and 2xLP vinyl formats.
The compilation was curated by Vetiver’s Andy Cabic and dublab‘s Mark “Frosty” McNeill. Many of its songs have never been released outside of Japan. The compilation’s cover art was again created by Hiroshi Nagai.
Pacific Breeze 2: Japanese City Pop, AOR & Boogie 1972-1986:
01 Bread & Butter: Pink Shadow
02 Eiichi Ohtaki: Yubikiri
03 Kimiko Kasai: Vibration (Love Celebration)
04 The Mystery Kindaichi Band: Kindaichi Kosuke No Theme
05 Tetsuji Hayashi: Hidari Mune No Seiza
06 Anri: Last Summer Whisper
07 Momoko Kikuchi: Blind Curve
08 Tomoko Aran: I’m In Love
09 Yu Imai: Kindaichi Kosuke Nishi E Iku
10 Sadistics: The Tokyo Taste
11 Piper: Hot Sand
12 Junko Ohashi & Minoya Central Station: Rainy Saturday & Coffee Break
13 Eri Ohno: Skyfire
14 Yumi Murata: Kanpoo
15 Kyoko Furuya: Harumifutou
16 Yuji Toriyama: Bay/Sky Provincetown 1977