Year : 1993
Label : VAP
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco, Pop
Mad Police '80 (Daigekito Mad Police) was a police drama serie ranked in the hard boiled genre, produced by the TOEI Company, and composed of 26 episodes, originally broadcasted on NTV from april to september 1980. Recorded in 1979, the soundtrack is among the best work of Yuji Ohno, one more time surrounded by his Jazz Funk-Disco band "You & The Explosion Band" featuring jazz guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tsunehide Matsuki, Michio Nagaoka, Yasushi Ichihara, all supported by full string orchestra. Titles include over thirty tracks offered in several variations, the opening (Theme From "Daigekito") &the ending theme ("How Can You Love The City" featuring Noboru Kimura). All tracks are composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno.
MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Michio Nagaoka - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - electric guitar - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - accoustic guitar - Yuichi Tokashiki - drums - Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Susumu Kazuhara - trumpet
TRACKLIST : Yuji Ohno - Theme From "Daigekito" (TV Size) Opening - JAPAN MAFIA - MAD POLICE - Illusion of MAD CITY - Theme From "Daigekito" (Ballad Versions) - BIG BATTLE - Theme From Daigekito (Variations Theme - Opening) - How Can You Love The City (Instrumental) - How Can You Love The City (TV Size) / You & The Explosion Band Feat. Noboru Kimura - How Can You Love The City (Single Version) - Theme From "Daigekito"
