Mermaid Boulevard

Mermaid Boulevard
Studio album by Kazumi Watanabe and The Gentle Thoughts
Released	February 28, 1978
Recorded	October 17– 29, 1977
Studio	Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	37:38
Label	Alfa
Producer	Shunsuke Miyazumi
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
Olive's Step (1977) Mermaid Boulevard (1978) Lonesome Cat (1978)
Vinyl cover

Mermaid Boulevard is Kazumi Watanabe's sixth studio album, released in 1978.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kazumi Watanabe except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mermaid Boulevard"	7:09
2.	"Neptune"	4:03
3.	"Waltz for Sweet"	3:54
4.	"Q" (Louis Johnson, George Johnson)	3:53
5.	"Sugar Loaf Express" (Lee Ritenour)	6:34
6.	"Poppy's Walk"	4:49
7.	"Gentle Afternoon"	4:49

Personnel

• Kazumi Watanabe – guitar, guitar synth
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, flute
• Patrice Rushen – electric piano, clavinet
• Jun Fukamachi – synthesizer, strings arrangement
• Lee Ritenour – guitar, arrangements
• Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
• Harvey Mason – drums
• Steve Forman – percussion
• Minako Yoshida – backing vocals

Production

1. Executive producer – Kunihiko Murai
2. Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
3. Engineers – Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
4. Re–mixing Engineer – Phil Schier
5. Assistant engineers – Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
6. Art Direction – Aijiro Wakita
7. Illustration – Koichi Sato
8. Photography – Hiroshi Seo

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Japan	February 28, 1978	Alfa	LP
United States		Inner City	LP
Japan	October 29, 1997	Alfa	CD