| Olive's Step | ||||
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| Released | September 25, 1977 | |||
| 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 | ||||
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| 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.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | September 25, 1977 | Better Days | 30cmLP | YX-7580-ND | |
| August 5, 1977 | YX-7581 | ||||
| October 21, 1993 | 12cmCD | COCA-11113 | |||
| September 21, 2001 | COCB-31637 | remaster | |||
| December 22, 2004 | J-room | COCB-53292 | remaster, Peper jacket, KAZUMI BOX | ||
| September 1, 2010 | 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 | COKM-30934 | mora AAC-LC 320kbps [4] | |||
| February 26, 2014 | B00IG2CIRM | Amazon.com [5] | |||
| July 19, 2017 | Better Days | 12cmCD | COCB-54210 | UHQCD | |
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