DOWN TOWN/Yasashisa ni tsutsumareta nara LP Re-release Jan 2011

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DOWN TOWN/Yasashisa ni tsutsumareta nara LP Re-release Jan 2011

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dillpops wrote:Now this is interesting, certainly one for the collectors. The YK and Maaya Sakamoto fansite COMA has reported the following:

Quote:2010年11月16日
●1/19 EP Down town / やさしさに包まれたなら

レーベル: Face The Music
12”
¥1,680 (税込)
A1. Down town
A2. やさしさに包まれたなら
B1. Down town -Instrumental-
B2. やさしさに包まれたなら -Instrumental-

リリース前からクラブDJの間でも話題となっていた、フロア受け抜群のキラー・カヴァー2曲を収録 ! 「ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破」(真希波・マリ・イラストリアス)や「Star wars」(パドメ・アミダラ)などの声優としてもお馴染み、坂本真綾による傑作カヴァー・ナンバー2曲がアナログ化 ! 歌手・声優としてだけではなく、ナレーターやエッセイストとしての活動や、舞台やミュージカルへの出演などなど、マルチに活躍する彼女ですが今回はヴォーカリストとしての​魅力がぎゅっと詰まった1枚に。35人編成のビッグ・バンドによるゴージャスなアレンジで華やかに仕上がったシュガー・ベイブの名曲 “Down town”に加え、アコースティック・アレンジとどこまでも伸びやかに響く歌声で爽快かつセンチメンタルにカヴァーした“やさしさに包まれたなら”の2曲を収録 !

Posted by うっしー@管理人 at 22:36


http://ykms.eco.to/

Yes, you are reading that correctly. This single is being re-released as an 11" LP record on the record label Face the Music 0_0 so that the..er...DJ's can fill the dance floor. or whatever. Not the whole single though, just the main tracks and their instrumentals.

So, mark january 19th 2011 as the day Huh

And to prove it, the pre-order links:
http://www.dmr.co.jp/shop/g/g2040410110027/
ニュー・シングル リリース決定!

<15周年記念企画 第4弾> 初のカヴァー・シングル発売決定!!

「DOWN TOWN /やさしさに包まれたなら」
TV アニメ『それでも町は廻っている』OPテーマ/OVA『たまゆら』OPテーマ  

2010.10.20発売  *両A面ダブルタイアップ

* 初回限定盤(CD+DVD)/VTZL-16/¥1,785(税込) *通常盤(CD)/VTCL-35092/¥1,365(税込)

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意外すぎる選曲で挑む、自身初のカヴァー・シングル!
ヴォーカリスト・坂本真綾の成熟ぶりが堪能できるラインナップに!
  

【収録内容】

1.DOWN TOWN  
作詞:伊藤銀次 作曲:山下達郎 編曲:服部隆之
2.やさしさに包まれたなら 
作詞・作曲:荒井由実 編曲:DEPAPEPE
3. 悲しくてやりきれない 
作詞:サトウ ハチロー 作曲:加藤和彦 編曲:J.A.M(piano trio from SOIL&‘PIMP’SESSIONS)
4.DOWN TOWN (instrumental)
5.やさしさに包まれたなら (instrumental)
6.悲しくてやりきれない(instrumental)

*初回限定盤付属DVD:「DOWN TONWN」プロモーションビデオ収録
The fourth wave of Maaya's 15th anniversary attack! A double a-side single featuring the two cover songs revealed in the past few weeks. It'll be released on the 20th of October 2010!

The third track will be 'Kanashikute yarikirenai' which is another cover song! Woo. The first pressing will have a DVD featuring the PV of DOWN TOWN. Or, as Victor Music have put above, DOWN TONWN :D

EDIT: cover is now out:

http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Information ... .html#news

It looks a little like the LOOP cover...
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Woo hoo! Even though these are covers, I'll take what I can get! :lol:

I still wonder if Utsukushii Hito will ever be released on cd. Anyways, gota lots of stuff to post on MS.net. Budokan concert video coming out, new cd single announced, new anime role... oy!
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・最近のPV
新曲「DOWN TOWN」のPVが早くも先日TBSアニメフェスタにて公開されました。今までになく、なんつーか、ぶりっ子してると思います。いやあ、気恥ずかしいっす。でも今回は元気な男の子たちと共演させていただいたので、楽しく賑やかに撮影が行われ皆さんのおかげで今までになく笑顔の多いPVになりました。
From Maaya's new status update on her official homepage. Apparently the PV of DOWN TOWN was previewed at TBS Anime Festa the other day. Burikko?!?? I must see this PV 0_0

Also, from luminaire at Jpopmusic:
And news regarding the three songs from Neowing:

- "DOWN TOWN" has been arranged big-band style, with a 35-piece backing band.
- "yasashisa ni tsutsumareta nara" has been changed into an upbeat, summer-style tune. (A bit late, but heh.)
- "kanashikute yarikirenai" is the simplest of the three, done to a piano jazz trio
Confirms the big band style!
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[quote="dillpops"]
- "yasashisa ni tsutsumareta nara" has been changed into an upbeat, summer-style tune. (A bit late, but heh.)
[/quote]

Well, it's still Maaya singing but..... *a bit afraid of what they could have done of this classic*
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I think it'll be good. I love DEPAPEPE (if you don't know them they're a brilliant acoustic guitar duo) and if they keep to an acoustic guitar arrangement I think it'll suit the song, along with Maaya's vocals.

I'll be interested in hearing DOWNTOWN; I'm so pleased that Maaya continues to work with Kitagawa, although all his arrangements do sound very similar I count some of his Round Table work as some of the best anime themes of the past decade or so (particularly Puzzle and Sunny Side Hill). After the rather disappointing collaborators Maaya worked with on Yuunagi Loop and 30 minutes I think she's working with much better artists these days.
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Yep, this is her taste after all.. hihi XD
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Not a cover fan, but it's Maaya. Wondering why she aceppted to do so.
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[quote="TomoyoHime"]Not a cover fan, but it's Maaya. Wondering why she aceppted to do so.[/quote]

Looking at the press releases so far it looks like Maaya chose the songs she wanted herself.
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late but maaya's going to sing tatsuro yamashita's song.. :maayagrin:
i only know him through kimura takuya's 2002 dorama, good luck theme song... :roll:
and also a yuming's song :lol:
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[quote="dillpops"]Cover out:
http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Information ... .html#news[/quote]

Larger images

http://natalie.mu/music/gallery/show/ne ... e_id/51631
http://natalie.mu/music/gallery/show/ne ... e_id/51630

People in 2channel said, "she became a kind of old lady." :(
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Her eyes are so wide 0_0

EDIT: You can watch the OP with Yasashisa on it now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfpVpKJ60Ek
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Ah, with the higher res you can tell that's a flower she's holding, not marshmallows...

[quote="Tomosaka"]People in 2channel said, "she became a kind of old lady."[/quote]

"Old lady"? I guess that's 2ch for you... My vote goes to "refined" or "elegant".
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