Mermaid Boulevard is Kazumi Watanabe's sixth studio album, released in 1978.

Mermaid Boulevard
Studio album by
Kazumi Watanabe and The Gentle Thoughts
ReleasedFebruary 28, 1978
RecordedOctober 17– 29, 1977
StudioStudio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion
Length37:38
LabelAlfa
ProducerShunsuke Miyazumi
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
Olive's Step
(1977)
Mermaid Boulevard
(1978)
Lonesome Cat
(1978)
Vinyl cover

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Kazumi Watanabe except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Mermaid Boulevard"7:09
2."Neptune"4:03
3."Waltz for Sweet"3:54
4."Q" (Louis Johnson, George Johnson)3:53
5."Sugar Loaf Express" (Lee Ritenour)6:34
6."Poppy's Walk"4:49
7."Gentle Afternoon"4:49

Personnel

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Production

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  1. Executive producer – Kunihiko Murai
  2. Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
  3. Engineers – Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
  4. Re–mixing Engineer – Phil Schier
  5. Assistant engineers – Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
  6. Art Direction – Aijiro Wakita
  7. Illustration – Koichi Sato
  8. Photography – Hiroshi Seo

Release history

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Region Date Label Format
Japan February 28, 1978 Alfa LP
United States Inner City LP
Japan October 29, 1997 Alfa CD

References

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