Down Town Mystery

Down Town Mystery (Japanese: ダウン・タウン・ミステリー; stylized as DOWN TOWN MYSTERY) is the first studio album by Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe, released by VAP on March 9, 1988. The album peaked at #2 on the Oricon charts.

For the single, see Down Town Mystery (song).
Down Town Mystery
Studio album by
Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe
ReleasedApril 6, 1988 (1988-04-06)
RecordedMarch 11, 1987 – January 19, 1988
Studio
  • Nichion
  • Sound Valley
  • The Peninsula
  • Free Port
  • Discomate
  • Sound Design, Tokyo
  • Jive
  • CBS/Sony Roppongi
  • Onkyo
GenreFunk, pop[1]
Length43:28
LabelVAP
ProducerKoichi Fujita
Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe chronology
Down Town Mystery
(1988)		 Be Yourself
(1989)
Alternative cover
Cover of the "Daylight" version
Singles from Down Town Mystery
  1. "Stay Girl Stay Pure"
    Released: October 18, 1987
  2. "Down Town Mystery"
    Released: March 9, 1988

Background

After Mitsuya Kurokawa left 1986 Omega Tribe due to health issues, and the band renamed themselves to "Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe" with three members.[2][3]

The "Night Time" version was mixed by Kunihiko Shimizu, who was in charge of recording and mixing engineer for songs in the 1986 era, while the "Daylight" version was mixed by Eiji Uchinuma, who was newly appointed in this work. The plan to announce these two versions was planned by Koichi Fujita, the president and producer of the band's affiliated office, and thought it would be good to have separate record studios used for mixing.

During the recording stages of the single and album, Kurokawa participated with the band as well as the band's fourth tour that started in 1987. The tour was scheduled to end on January 21, 1988, but four performances were postponed due to singer Carlos Toshiki's illness. The single was released and it was announced that Kurokawa left the band.[2]

Kurokawa also participated in the Iwate Prefectural Hall performance on March 4, 2014.

Album

The analog version and CD are called the "Night Time" version, and the cassette is called the "Daylight" version. The "Daylight" version has not been released as a single unit, but can be purchased separately in the iTunes Store.[4]

In the album, vocalist Joey McCoy, who will later become a member, participates as a backup singer. Also, the original works of the members are not included in this album. When Omega Tribe moved to WEA Japan (now integrated with Warner Music Japan) in 1991, it was re-released by the company.

Although Kōji Kikkawa is mentioned in the "Special Thanks" column of the recording credit, Koji Yoshikawa is a musician who is a member of the company "Mixers Lab" to which a lot of engineers such as Kunihiko Shimizu and Eiji Uchinuma belonged to this time.

Track listing

All music is composed by Tsunehiro Izumi.

Side A
No.TitleLyricsArrangementLength
1."Emmy Angel"Shun TaguchiMotoki Funayama4:38
2."Call Back Again"Keiko AokiMotoki Funayama4:59
3."Sky Surfer"Masao UrinoHiroshi Shinkawa4:07
4."Dream"Shun TaguchiHiroshi Shinkawa4:59
5."Slow Boat To Moonlight"Masao UrinoHiroshi Shinkawa5:28
Total length:24:11
Side B
No.TitleLyricsArrangementLength
1."Down Town Mystery"Masao UrinoHiroshi Shinkawa4:36
2."Matenro Island"Shun TaguchiHiroshi Shinkawa4:22
3."Stay Girl Stay Pure"Masao UrinoHiroshi Shinkawa4:30
4."The Last Love Song"Shun TaguchiHiroshi Shinkawa5:49
Total length:19:17

Charts
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Oricon 3

References
  1. "Carlos Toshiki And Omega Tribe - Down Town Mystery ("Night Time" Version)". Upsingers.
  2. "黒川照家さんが脱退した理由は？". Aya Log (in Japanese). June 27, 2014.
  3. "畳の上で「Cosmic　Love」！". Aya Log. September 3, 2014.
  4. "Down Town Mystery (Daylight Version)". iTunes Store.
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