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1977 · THE LISTENING ROOM

Marine Blue

Mother Goose

The review

“Marine Blue” is the softer half of an unusually strong single by Mother Goose. The trio's close voices retain a folk-like freshness, while the arrangement opens around them with the smooth, carefully measured atmosphere of late-seventies city pop.

The other side, “Boekifu ni Sarasarete,” brings a brighter rhythmic lift and chorus work with clear Sugar Babe affinities. Together they show two sides of the group: breezy and direct on one face, gently mellow on the other.

Sides

  • A · Boekifu ni Sarasarete
  • B · Marine Blue

Original single

Express / Toshiba EMI · ETP-10342

Coupled with

Boekifu ni Sarasarete

Tatsuro Yamashita · Amaku Kiken na KaoriMinako Yoshida · Koi wa Ryusei Part I & IIAnn Lewis · Boogie Woogie Love TrainLisa Tatsuki & Yuji Konno · Kibun o Dashite Mo IchidoYoshitaka Minami · Sobakasu no Aru ShojoAmii Ozaki · My Pure LadyYumi Matsutoya · Hoshi no Rouge LienHi-Fi Set · Hoshi Furu MayonakaCircus · Futari no KaerimichiAkira Terao · Cinema HotelJin Kirigaya · Summer SunsetKengo & Sweet Relation · Wareta NatsuKengo Kurozumi · Paradise IslandKazuhito Murata · Up to LoveYasuhiro Abe · Still I Love YouKazushi Inamura · GoyojinOff Course · City NightsYou Yamashita · Ever After LoveMasato Fujiwara · New York City SerenadeGoro Noguchi · Good LuckBAHO · VoicesYuko Asano · Summer ChampionBal Balloon (バルバルーン) · Stardust SerenadeSeiko Matsuda · Komugiiro no MermaidYoshiko Takahashi · Kumo ni NotteMakoto Kubota · Shoka no KaoriLily · HinikuFrank Nagai · WomanSaori Yuki · Kokoromochi KimagureMami Horie · Loving YouNoriyo Ikeda · HitonemuriThe Eastern Gang · CharlotteCools Rockabilly Club · Sentimental New YorkEri Kojima · Lonely Feelin'Yuko Ohtaki · Koi no Warming UpAyako Sawada · Air PocketYumi Seino · Piano WomanShinji Harada & Crisis · Let Me Hold You Again TonightTavito Nanao × Yakenohara · Rollin' Rollin'Kou Shibasaki · Chiffon Blue no CurtainMicrostar · Night Flight