Another fine 1970’s j-pop singer that I love and have been re-discovering through the magic of YOUTUBE is the always cute and rocking MINAMI SAORI, sometimes better known by her christian name of CYNTHIA!
While I’ve known her singles Irozuku Machi, Asyuu No Page, the rocking Jyunketsu, and of course the incredible 17才 (Juanansai), it was through the viewing of Youtube that I was turned onto other terrific pop-perfect tunes of hers like Natsu No Kanjyo, Yureru Gogo, Shiokaze no Melody and Kizutsuku Sedai.
I was in heaven! The songs were peppy and catchy, really radiating that "natsu" feeling, and Saori was such a cutie!
By the time I’d collected about 8 videos of hers for songs I didn’t have, I knew that I had to get a better retrospective of Cynthia than the five J-pop compilations singles I was getting by with...
Going online, I found that the SONY series “GOLDEN J-POP-THE BEST”, which I had quite a few in my collection, had also released a pretty definitive Saori Minami double CD set. Checking over the track listings, I was pleased to see that it contained almost every one of the new Saori songs I’d just discovered! An order was due!
