2012

Year 2012 is considered "complete".
If you notice any omission or mistake, please contact me.

120125 Maki Nomiya 30 ~Greatest Self Covers & More!!!~ 野宮真貴

Maki Nomiya
30 ~Greatest Self Covers & More!!!~

Sony AICL-2343     
1.25.12

TRACKS:
2. The night is still young wordsmusic
4. Baby Portable Rock wordsmusic
5. Superstar wordsmusic
6. Sweet Soul Revue wordsmusic
7. Magic Carpet Ride wordsmusic
9. They All Laughed words
11. Triste wordsmusic
12. Message Song wordsmusic
13. On the sunny side of the street wordsmusic
15. Portable Rock: Sweet Renaissance words SEE: Lost & Found

NOTES: Self-cover album by Maki Nomiya. Included as a bonus track is a rare recording by Portable Rock (Maki Nomiya's 80's band) for which Konishi wrote lyrics, "Sweet Renaissance" remained unreleased until this album. (Pizzicato Five cover tracks listed for reference.)

120314 Portable Rock Lost & Found ポータブル・ロック

Portable Rock
Lost & Found

Bigpink Records BPR-1004    
3.14.12

TRACKS:
1. Sweet Renaissance words SEE: 30 ~Greatest Self Covers & More!!!~
2. Edie words

ALSO AVAILABLE ON: PAST & FUTURE ~ My Favorite Portable Rock
NOTES: Live album by Portable Rock (Maki Nomiya's 80's band), except for these two studio tracks which were previously unreleased. Both had lyrics written by Konishi.

120425 MEG La japonaise

MEG
La japonaise

Starchild KICS-1763     
4.25.12

TRACKS:
9. Rouge no dengon (from "Kiki Delivery Service") arrangeproduce

RELATED: Trap, Wear I Am
NOTES: Anime covers collection previously released on iTunes in France only.

120613 MEG Trap

MEG
Trap

Starchild KICM-1393 (Regular edition)     
6.13.12

TRACKS:
Disk 2 track 3. watashi ga obasan ni natte mo arrangeproduce
Disk 2 track 6. watashi ga obasan ni natte mo (Instrumental) arrangeproduce

RELATED: La japonaise, Wear I Am
NOTES: Single of which the regular edition only contains a Konishi-produced cover of Chisato Moritaka.

120620 Inoko Noko Noko Inoko taizen Returns のこいのこ のこいのこ大全リターンズ

Inoko Noko
Noko Inoko taizen Returns

Victor VICL-63893    
6.20.12

TRACKS:
13. Shapoklyak no uta arrangeproduce

ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Cheburashka Tokyo no kyuujitsu
NOTES: Collection of works (mostly TV commercial songs) by singer Inoko Noko.

120711 Scooters Une Manche et La Belle スクーターズ 女は何度も勝負する

Scooters
Une Manche et La Belle

Hotwax trax CD-1002     
7.11.12

TRACKS:
6. kanashii uwasa wordsmusic

ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018
RELATED: Be My Baby, zenya Pizzicato One In Person, kanashii uwasa, Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji, Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji
NOTES: The Scooters is a band led by Mitsuo Shindo (art director for Pizzicato Five and many Shibuya-kei artists), which came back in 2012 after 30 years since their previous original album "musumegokoro wa Scooters" (1982). The Konishi-written song's music video shows the English title "I heard it through the grapevine". The album's Japanese title is "onna wa nando mo shōbu suru".

120808 SMAP GIFT of SMAP

SMAP
GIFT of SMAP

Victor VIZL-1011 (Limited edition)  ; VICL-64111 (Regular edition)  
8.8.12

TRACKS:
Disk 2 track 4. karajishi botan arrangeproduce

RELATED: We are SMAP!
NOTES: Cover of the theme song from late-60's drama series "Showa zankyōden".

121003 MEG Wear I Am

MEG
Wear I Am

Starchild KICS-91832 (Limited edition)    ; KICS-1832 (Regular edition)     
10.3.12

TRACKS:
2. natsu ga owaru wordsmusicarrange

ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018
RELATED: La japonaise, Trap

121010 Aki Yashiro Songs Around Midnight 八代亜紀 夜のアルバム

Aki Yashiro
Songs Around Midnight

Emarcy UCCJ-2105 (SHM-CD)    
10.10.12

TRACKS:
1. Fly Me To The Moon (Bart Howard) arrangeproduce SEE: Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018
2. Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) arrangeproduce
3. Johnny Guitar (The Spotnicks) arrangeproduce
4. Lullaby of Itsuki ~ The Shadow of Your Smile arrangeproduce
5. Summertime (George Gershwin) arrangeproduce
6. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma) arrangeproduce
7. Sway (Pablo Beltran Ruiz) wordsarrangeproduce
8. watashi wa naiteimasu (Lily) arrangeproduce
9. One Rainy Night In Tokyo (Wada Hiroshi & His Mahinastars) arrangeproduce
10. saikai (Matsuo Kazuko) arrangeproduce
11. tada sore dake no koto (Ibuki Jirō) arrangeproduce
12. Over The Rainbow (Julie Garland) arrangeproduce

RELATED: yume no yoru Live In New York
NOTES: First jazz album by famous enka singer, entirely produced by Konishi. All are covers of songs from the world and Japan. Japanese title: "yoru no Album".

121024 Kyoko Koizumi Koizumi Chansonnier 小泉今日子

Kyoko Koizumi
Koizumi Chansonnier

Victor VIZL-499 (Limited edition)    ; VICL-63932 (Regular edition)     
10.24.12

TRACKS:
5. Ma plus belle histoire d'amour arrangeproduce
10. omoshiro okashiku ikitekita keredo wordsmusicarrangeproduce SEE: Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018

NOTES: The limited edition contains a bonus remix CD.

121128 Original Soundtrack Tokyo zenryoku shōjo オリジナル・サウンドトラック 日本テレビ系水曜ドラマ『東京全力少女』オリジナル・サウンドトラック

Original Soundtrack
Tokyo zenryoku shōjo

Vap VPCD-81758    
11.28.12

TRACKS:
1. Pianist ga Wild ni naru musicproduce
2. mae o muite arukō musicproduce
3. kono Groovy na sekai de musicproduce
4. toshokan no ongaku musicproduce
5. mijikai toshokan no ongaku musicproduce
6. Grand gekijō 1974 musicproduce
7. mizumore tenshi musicproduce
8. watashi mitai na Type ni datte nayami wa aru musicproduce
9. Mexican Rock 2012 musicproduce
10. New Vaudeville Sound musicproduce
11. kanashimi no toshokan musicproduce
12. tantei gokko musicproduce
13. okkake Rock musicproduce
14. Drum o tatake musicproduce
15. suiyō yoru 10ji no Suspense musicproduce
16. Tokyo zenryoku shōjo no seishun musicproduce
17. konshū wa Happy End de musicproduce
18. Tokyo wa Merry Go Round musicproduce
19. Pianist futatabi musicproduce

RELATED: kui tan Soundtracks : Remixed, kui tan 2, Dekawanko, 'senryokugai sōsakan' Original Soundtrack
NOTES: Nippon TV drama series aired in 2012, with original BGM by Konishi.

121205 May J. Brave

May J.
Brave

rhythm zone RZCD-59206 
12.5.12

TRACKS:
6. watashi ga Cover Girl musicarrange

ALSO AVAILABLE ON: Brilliant Ideas Works Of Yasuharu Konishi 1986-2018