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1980 Pocket Park 12"LP W/OBI + Poster +Insert
This product is 100% authentic. INCLUDES OBI/POSTER/INSERT
Item: Artist: Miki Matsubara Album Name: Pocket Park Label: See Saw Release Yet: 1980 Genre: Japanese City Pop
Condition  Vinyl: Excellent Sleeve: Excellent
About The Hit Song "Stay With Me" The song by Miki Matsubara, Stay with me (Mayonaka no Door), which any City Pop fan would be familiar with, has been played 4.6 million times over the past year on Spotify.
Mayonaka occupies a late 70s, early 80s style jazz fusion, America-meets-rising-sun world, with a combo locking into a funky groove, in consummate session muso fashion. It?s got layers of muted horns, shimmering keys and extended harmony inflected strings.
By the time Miki Matsubara released the song in 1979, aged 19 and a year out of high school, the City Pop genre was just starting to launch into full flight.
About The Artist: During her music career she released 8 singles, and 12 albums. Despite her work being mainly domestic, outside of Japan she was also known for her work as an anime singer and songwriter, singing the opening and ending songs to anime such as Dirty Pair: Project Eden, although recently with the popularisation of city pop her other work has gained overseas fans as well. While singing theme songs for the anime Gu Gu Ganmo, she performed under the name Suzie Matsubara . From the 1990s forwards she especially worked on anime soundtracks and music for commercials.
 Matsubara also had some international work with Motown jazz fusion group Dr. Strut in Los Angeles (becoming a backing band in the album recordings for "Cupid"), Tokyo and Osaka (Hall concerts), later releasing a jazz cover album entitled "BLUE EYES". Her vocal range was that of a mezzo-soprano.
Stay With Me General And Buying Info What Album did Stay With Me appear on?  Stay With Me first appeared as Miki?s debut single on the 5th of November 1979. It would go on to appear on her debut album Pocket Park on the 21st of January 1980, on vinyl and cassette. A CD version of the album in 1990 and was reissued in 2009.
Vinyl grading Mint
(MT)Record is still sealed and has never been played.
Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.Near Mint
(NM)The record itself is in like brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality.
Excellent
(EX)The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. Very Good
(VG)The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Good
(GD)The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise, etc. Fair
(FR)The record has played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. Poor
(PR)The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. 
Sleeve grading Mint
(MT)Cover is still sealed and has never been played.Near Mint
(NM)The sleeve and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet, or poster are in perfect condition.Excellent
(EX)The sleeve and packaging have slight wear, stains, creasing. Very Good
(VG)Normal wear and tear on the sleeve or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable. Good
(GD)The sleeve and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc. Fair
(FR)The sleeve and contents are torn, stained and/or defaced.Poor
(PR)The sleeve and contents are badly damaged or partly missing.