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1981 · A Long Vacation
Eiichi Ohtaki’s A Long Vacation, with Hiroshi Nagai’s poolside cover, becomes a phenomenon and fixes the genre’s visual language: blue skies, palms, empty swimming pools.
Key releases of 1981
- A Long Vacation (album) — Eiichi Ohtaki
- Monsters in Town (album) — Minako Yoshida
- Flyday Chinatown (single) — Yasuha
- Sea Breeze (album) — Toshiki Kadomatsu
Full articles: A Long Vacation
Debut albums in 1981
- Toshiki Kadomatsu 角松敏生
- Tomoko Aran 亜蘭知子
- Yasuha 泰葉
- Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama 当山ひとみ
- Makoto Matsushita 松下誠
- Atsuko Nina 二名敦子
- Naoko Kawai 河合奈保子
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A Long Vacation
Eiichi Ohtaki
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Buzz
Casiopea
Casiopea
Colours
Yuko Tomita
Cross Point
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Cupid
Miki Matsubara
Daisuke
Daisuke Inoue
Diskport My Record Festival #7 Live
Various
Eyes Of The Mind
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Feel The Night
Kingo Hamada
First Light
Makoto Matsushita
Gentle Travelin'
Kingo Hamada
Heart
Akira Yamazaki
Heart Beat
Motoharu Sano
I'm A Woman - New Music Special
Junko Yagami
I'm A Woman = アイム・ア・ウーマン
Junko Yagami
I'm Not In Love
Piper
Jealous Night
Masaki Ueda
Just Call Me Penny
Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama
Just Call Me Penny
Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama
Light Ace
Ken Tamura