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.

Olive's Step
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1977 (1977-09-25)
RecordedJune 1977
StudioNippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length41:46
LabelBetter Days
YX-7580-ND
ProducerKazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
Milky Shade
(1976)
Olive's Step
(1977)
Mermaid Boulevard
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Olive's Step"Kazumi Watanabe4:58
2."Inner Wind"Kazumi Watanabe4:44
3."Mellow Sunshine"Kazumi Watanabe6:47
4."Movin' Nozzle"Kazumi Watanabe4:34
Total length:19:31
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Sky"Kazumi Watanabe6:37
2."Little Apple"Kazumi Watanabe3:06
3."Dindi"Antônio Carlos Jobim6:45
Total length:22:15

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 25, 1977 (1977-09-25) Better Days 30cmLP YX-7580-ND
August 5, 1977 (1977-08-05) YX-7581
October 21, 1993 (1993-10-21) 12cmCD COCA-11113
September 21, 2001 (2001-09-21) COCB-31637 remaster
December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22) J-room COCB-53292 remaster, Peper jacket,
KAZUMI BOX
September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01) Better Days COCB-53918 HQCD,
KAZUMI WATANABE EARLY YEARS BOX
Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc. Music download 387861525 iTunes Store[2]
B6ja2j2g4ob4xqvhqkzsl6joehe Google Play Music[3]
October 24, 2012 (2012-10-24) COKM-30934 mora AAC-LC 320kbps[4]
February 26, 2014 (2014-02-26) B00IG2CIRM Amazon.com[5]
July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19) Better Days 12cmCD COCB-54210 UHQCD
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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Apple Inc. 25 September 1977. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". Google Inc. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ^ "Olive's Step Kazumi Watanabe". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  5. ^ "Olive's Step Katsumi Watanabe". Amazon.co.jp, Inc.. Retrieved 2018-04-28.