arrangers: []
barcode: '4988009400822'
catalog: 28AH-1918
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/16270
  names:
    en: Hiromasa Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木宏昌
- link: artist/5180
  names:
    en: Tsunehide Matsuki
    ja: 松木恒秀
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discs:
- disc_length: '21:21'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Eagle Eyes
      Japanese: イーグル・アイズ
    track_length: '6:53'
  - names:
      English: Wonderful Guy
      Japanese: ワンダフル・ガイ
    track_length: '5:24'
  - names:
      English: Kaleidoscope
      Japanese: カレイドスコープ
    track_length: '9:36'
  - names:
      English: Smooch
      Japanese: スムーチ
    track_length: '6:10'
  - names:
      English: Again And Again
      Japanese: アゲイン・アンド・アゲイン
    track_length: '6:13'
  - names:
      English: Galaxy
      Japanese: ギャラクシー
    track_length: '8:58'
link: album/149122
lyricists: []
media_format: Vinyl (12" 33&frac13; rpm)
meta:
  added_date: 2025-04-26T14:34
  edited_date: 2025-04-26T14:39
  fetched_date: 2026-01-06T20:40
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 203
name: THE PLAYERS LIVE
names:
  en: THE PLAYERS LIVE
  ja: ザ・プレイヤーズ・ライヴ
  ja-latn: THE PLAYERS LIVE
notes: 'A pre-release version of 32DH-279 with fewer tracks.

  Specifically, this release is missing the songs "Jack-A-Dandy," "With All Beautiful
  Love" and "Madagascar Lady."

  Composer: Hiromasa Suzuki (01~03, 05, 06)

                   Tsunehide Matsuki (04)

  All tracks arranged by Hiromasa Suzuki

  Live recorded at Roppongi Pit Inn on August 2nd and 3rd, 1985

  Mixed at CBS/SONY Roppongi Studios, Tokyo in August, 1985

  THE PLAYERS

    HIROMASA SUZUKI

      acoustic piano, Rhodes piano, Prophet 5, OB-8,

      Yamaha DX-7, mini Moog synthesizer and Korg DW-6000

    SEIICHI NAKAMURA

      bass clarinet, soprano, alto and tenor saxophones

    BOB SAITOH

      soprano, alto and tenor saxophones

    TSUNEHIDE MATSUKI

      guitar

    AKIRA OKAZAWA

      bass

    YUICHI TOGASHIKI

      drums

  saxophone solo order

    Eagle Eyes: S. Nakamura ~ B. Saitoh

    Kaleidoscope: B. Saitoh

    Smooch: S. Nakamura

    Again And Again: B. Saitoh

    Galaxy: B. Saitoh ~ S. Nakamura

  Producer: Yasohachi "88" Itoh

  Assistant Producer: Taku Kanazawa

  Recording and Mixing Engineer: Yoshihiro Suzuki

  Assistant Engineers: Akira Fukada, Yoshinori Sakuma, Shinichi Sugahara and Junji
  Matsuo

  P.A. Sound Engineer: Akinori Kikuchi

  Management: Mikio Ozeki, Kaeru Production Co., Ltd., Tokyo

  Instruments Coordinators: Tadashi Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Sayama, Tomomi Yasunami and
  Suguru Suzuki

  Design and Art Direction: Makoto Suzuki

  Cover Photography: Yutaka Sakano

  Inner Sleeve Photography: Tohru Moriyama

  Product Manager: Yoshiko Sakazaki

  Special thanks to: Takeshi "Porkey" Yamamoto, Roppongi Pit Inn

                             BOSE "Hi-Fi" Team, Korg and RASK'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/16
  names:
    en: CBS/Sony Records
    ja: シービーエス・ソニーレコード
    ja-latn: CBS/Sony Records
  role: label
- link: org/2205
  names:
    en: CBS/Sony Inc.
    ja: 株式会社CBS・ソニー
    ja-latn: CBS/Sony Inc.
  role: manufacturer
performers:
- link: artist/25987
  names:
    en: The Players
    ja: ザ・プレイヤーズ
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1985-10-02'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2800.0
reprints:
- catalog: 28KH-1737
  link: album/149123
  note: Cassette, Oct 02, 1985
stores:
- link: http://kasumi-do.com/products/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4
  name: Kasumi Record
- link: http://mion.tokyo/en/products/2444787137
  name: MION (OOP)
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/149122?perpage=99999
votes: 0
websites:
  Reference:
  - link: https://www.discogs.com/release/12194076-The-Players-Live
    name: Discogs
