Olive's Step

Olive's Step
Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe
Released	September 25, 1977 (1977-9-25)
Recorded	June 1977
Studio	Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	41:46
Label	Better Days YX-7580-ND
Producer	Kazumi Watanabe
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
Milky Shade (1976) Olive's Step (1977) Mermaid Boulevard (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Olive's Step"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:58
2.	"Inner Wind"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:44
3.	"Mellow Sunshine"	Kazumi Watanabe	6:47
4.	"Movin' Nozzle"	Kazumi Watanabe	4:34
Total length:			19:31

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sky"	Kazumi Watanabe	6:37
2.	"Little Apple"	Kazumi Watanabe	3:06
3.	"Dindi"	Antônio Carlos Jobim	6:45
Total length:			22:15

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	September 25, 1977 (1977-9-25)	Better Days	30cmLP	YX-7580-ND
	August 5, 1977 (1977-8-5)			YX-7581
	October 21, 1993 (1993-10-21)		12cmCD	COCA-11113
	September 21, 2001 (2001-9-21)			COCB-31637	remaster
	December 22, 2004 (2004-12-22)	J-room		COCB-53292	remaster, Peper jacket, KAZUMI BOX
	September 1, 2010 (2010-9-1)	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 (2014-2-26)			B00IG2CIRM	Amazon.com [5]
	July 19, 2017 (2017-7-19)	Better Days	12cmCD	COCB-54210	UHQCD

External links

• Kazumi Watanabe – Olive's Step at Discogs
• Kazumi Watanabe – Olive's Step at MusicBrainz

References

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.