50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji: Saudade

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50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji: Saudade
50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji Saudade album cover.jpg
Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 8, 2023 (2023-11-08)
Recorded2023
Genre
LanguageJapanese
Label VAP

50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji: Saudade (50th Anniversary Special A Tribute of Hayashi Tetsuji - Saudade -) is a tribute album consisting of songs written by Tetsuji Hayashi, released on November 8, 2023 by VAP. The album contains re-recorded and cover versions of some of Hayashi's hit songs written throughout his 5-decade career as a composer and songwriter.

Contents

Background

On September 11, 2023, it was announced that a tribute album will be released to celebrate Hayashi's 50th anniversary in the music industry. Singers Akina Nakamori, Tomoyo Harada, Kiyotaka Sugiyama and Iyo Matsumoto, who previously worked with Hayashi, will be featured in the album with their re-recorded Hayashi-penned songs. While Junichi Inagaki, Shoko Nakagawa, Yu Sakai, Pii, Sumire Uesaka, GOOD BYE APRIL, Keizo Nakanishi and Yukino Matsuki will also provide their own covers. The album is set to release in 2 editions: a standard CD edition and a limited CD+DVD combo in which the DVD will contain a mix of video footages, including a live session, music videos and an interview. Further details regarding the release are yet to be announced. [1] [2] [3]

Promotion

Prior to the album's release, Hayashi held his 50th anniversary concert on November 5, 2023 at the Tokyo International Forum to promote the album. Some of the artists involved in the album also performed for the said concert. The announcement was made four days after announcing the album's release. [4] [5]

From October 19 to November 4, 2023, VAP uploaded teaser videos previewing the songs on their official YouTube channel. In addition, each of the artists have expressed their felicitations to Hayashi and shared their messages either recorded or written through an official statement. [6] [7] To further promote the album, two songs were released. On October 6, 2023, Pii released her cover of Mariya Takeuchi's 1979 single "September", [8] [9] and GOOD BYE APRIL's version of S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe's 1983 debut single "Summer Suspicion" which was released on October 25, 2023.

Included in the album is Nakamori's self-cover of her 1984 single "Kita Wing". The full version of the song was broadcast on selected radio stations in Japan on October 30, 2023. [10] [11] [12] The said classical rendition is her first song released in six years since she had been on hiatus after the release of her albums Akina and Cage in 2017. During an interview on the making of the album, Hayashi didn't expected Nakamori to be part of the recording, thus, crediting the producers for the initiative. [13]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 7 on the Oricon Daily Album Chart. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal PerformerLength
1."Kita Wing: Classic (北ウイング)" (cover by Nakamori) Akina Nakamori [a] 6:20
2."Kanashimi ga Tomaranai (悲しみがとまらない)" (cover by Junichi Inagaki and Yuki Koyanagi) Anri 4:47
3."Summer Suspicion" (cover by GOOD BYE APRIL) S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe 4:45
4."September" (covered by Pii) Mariya Takeuchi 4:25
5."Dang Dang 気になる (Kininaru)" (cover by Sumire Uesaka)Yuma Nakamura3:55
6."Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima (天国にいちばん近い島) 2017" (cover by Harada) Tomoyo Harada [a] 6:31
7."Shinjikata wo Oshiete (信じかたを教えて)2022 New Vocal Version" (cover by Matsumoto) Iyo Matsumoto [a] 4:00
8."Sotsugyoushiki: Graduation (卒業)" (cover by Yukino Matsugi) Momoko Kikuchi 3:47
9."Kanashii Iro yane (悲しい色やね)" (cover by Keizou Nakanishi) Masaki Ueda 4:47
10."Glass no Palm Tree (ガラスのPALM TREE)" (cover by Shoko Nakagawa and Hyadain Drive)S. Kiyotaka & Omega Tribe4:30
11."Mayonaka no Door: Stay with Me (真夜中のドア)" (covered by Yu Sakai feat. Shingo Suzuki) Miki Matsubara 4:53
12."Kanashimi ga Ippai (悲しみがいっぱい)" (covered by Kiyotaka Sugiyama) Tetsuji Hayashi 4:29

Notes

Charts

Chart (2023)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) - Daily7
Japanese Albums (Oricon) - Weekly [21] 17

Release history

YearFormat(s)Serial numberLabel(s)Ref.
2023CD
CD+DVD
digital		VPCC-86471
VPCC-86470		 VAP [22] [23]

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