Chie - 23 - Twenty-Three Years Old Artist_Willie Hutch This reissue has been mixed

This reissue has been mixed from the original tapes and re-mastered for the occasion

* color >  BLACK / MUSTARD YELLOW / GRAY / SAXE BLUE / PINK

The album combines Maria's own compositions with her unique takes on some Brazilian classics by Ary Barroso

The lyrics of Ballad of the Absent Mare are based on the twelfth-century ten bulls (or ten ox-herding pictures)

Chie - 23 - Twenty-Three Years Old Artist_Willie Hutch This reissue has been mixedDJ Yoshizawa dynamite. jp, an avid record digger and "wamono" style expert who has been active as a professional DJ, remixer, composer, and producer in Japan since the late 80s, published his record guidebook "Wamono A to Z" in 2015. The book introduced many classic and rare Japanese Groove records that were not yet known at the time. Now, DJ Yoshizawa dynamite. jp recommends four rare light mellow funk and soft rock LPs by Junko Hirotani, Kyoko Omiya