arrangers:
- link: artist/31442
  names:
    en: Chikara Ueda
    ja: 上田力
catalog: K25G-7106
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Original Soundtrack, Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/31442
  names:
    en: Chikara Ueda
    ja: 上田力
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discs:
- disc_length: '21:55'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Cara De Piedra
    track_length: '9:46'
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: None
    track_length: Unknown
  - names:
      English: Santa Vida
    track_length: '4:36'
  - names:
      English: Fugitive
    track_length: '4:44'
  - names:
      English: Sneaky Soldiers
    track_length: '4:45'
  - names:
      English: Ain't No Paradise
    track_length: '7:14'
  - names:
      English: Silhouette Amour
    track_length: '4:38'
  - names:
      English: Hot To Trot
    track_length: '4:41'
  - names:
      English: Solace
    track_length: '5:22'
link: album/86481
lyricists:
- link: artist/9167
  names:
    en: Suzi Kim
    ja: スージー・キム
media_format: Vinyl (12" 33&frac13; rpm)
meta:
  added_date: 2019-05-05T10:56
  edited_date: 2024-06-11T09:22
  fetched_date: 2025-11-15T07:37
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1654
name: Cara De Piedra
names:
  en: Cara De Piedra
  ja: カラ・デ・ピエドゥラ 愛の奇蹟 ドクターノーマン物語』 より
  ja-latn: Cara De Piedra
notes: 'The original soundtrack for "Ai no Kiseki: Doctor Norman Monogatari," an animated
  TV special that aired on TV Asahi on December 24, 1982.

  Music Composed & Arranged by Chikara Ueda

  02. opening theme (Lyrics: You Yamamoto)

        Lyricist: Suzi Kim

        Vocals: Suzi

        [Translation: 藤原真理子]

  Produced, Arranged, and All songs composed by Chikara Ueda

  Performed by C. Ueda and the Power Station

  Recording Director: Kotaro Nakamura

  Recording and Mixing Engineer: Masaaki Saito

  Assistant Engineer: Takao Suga

  Recorded at King Record 1st and 2nd Studio

     from October 16th to November 18th, 1982, Tokyo Japan

  Album Design: W. Sakaguchi

  • Musicians ————————————————————————————————————————

  Chikara Ueda - Rhodes Electric Piano, Prophet-5, Oberheim OBX-a, OBX, Celesta, Marimba

  Takao Naoi - Electric and Acoustic Guitar

  Kazuya Sugimoto - Electric Bass

  Jun Moriya - Drums

  Tatsuji Yokoyama - Percussions

  Toshio Araki / Hitoshi Okano - Trumpet and Flugelhorn

  Nobuo Kato - Trumpet

  Genji Sawai - Alto and Soprano Sax

  Shigeo Fuchino - Tenor and Alto Sax

  Takaaki Hayakawa - Trombone

  Hideo Iguchi - Trombone

  Yutaka Kono - Trombone

  Fumio Iwase - Bass Trombone

  Toshio Nakamura - Synthesizer Programing

  Suzi Kim - Lead and Background Vocals

  Jada - Background Vocals

  - Suzi Kim

  - Yoshiko Suzuki

  - Eriko Tateno

  • Special guest musicians —————————————————————————————————

  Keiko Amae (Courtesy of Nippon Columbia) - Harp on "Silhouette Amour"

  Hiyoshi Children''s Choir on "Sneaky Soldiers"

  - Takaaki Hoshino

  - Asako Miura

  - Yuka Shinjo

  - Hajime Komiya

  - Kazu Komiya

  - Kow Okubo

  - Jin Okubo

  - Yukie Obara

  - Emi Katano

  - Takeshi Takano

  • Special thanks to ————————————————————————————————————

  Miss Kikuko Tsuji - for coordination of the Hiyoshi Children''s Choir

  Carlos Alvarez - for inspiration on lyrics for "Santa Vida"

  [Toshiya] "Funky" Igarashi And "The Man" Koshimizu - for Background Vocals on "Ain''t
  No Paradise"

  Sir You Yamamoto - for original idea on lyrics for "Santa Vida"

  Contains liner notes written by Chikara Ueda on November 18, 1982.

  Liner notes and song performance commentary are also provided by music critic Hiraku
  Aoki.'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/21
  names:
    en: STARCHILD
    ja: STARCHILD
    ja-latn: STARCHILD
  role: label
- link: org/1251
  names:
    en: King Record Co., Ltd.
    ja: キングレコード株式会社
    ja-latn: King Record Co., Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
performers:
- link: artist/34241
  names:
    en: Chikara Ueda & the Power Station
    ja: 上田力&パワーステーション
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platforms:
- Special
products:
- names:
    en: 'Ai no Kiseki: Doctor Norman Monogatari'
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: K07S-3046
  date: '1982-12-21'
  link: album/86484
  names:
    en: Santa Vida/Ain't No Paradise
    ja: サニタ・ヴィーダ/エイント・ノウ・パラダイス
    ja-latn: Santa Vida/Ain't No Paradise
  type: anime
release_date: '1982-12-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2500.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/86481?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/9167
  names:
    en: Suzi
votes: 0
