Olive's Step

1977 studio album by Kazumi Watanabe

Olive's Step

Studio album by

Kazumi Watanabe

Released

September 25, 1977 (1977-09-25)

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 (1977-09-25)	Better Days	30cmLP	YX-7580-ND
	August 5, 1977 (1977-08-05)		30cmLP	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

External links

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

References

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