Junko Ohashi = 大橋純子 Minoya Central Station – Flush 1978 Philips – S-7070 A 1978 release by Junko Ohashi, a female singer representing Japan, from Hokkaido. Kyōhei Tsutsumi composed and arranged the music, with a stellar lineup of musicians including Ryuichi Sakamoto (p), Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami (Dr), Akira Okazawa (b), and Masaki Matsubara (g)!! This city pop/rare groove masterpiece is packed with great tracks, including the disco-funk A4 "Hold On, Hold Tight" which opens with a percussion break, "Safari Night" with its disco groove, the mellow dancer A2 "Shoshin Hikō," "Deep Soul" on side B, and "Rouge et Noir (Red and Black)" on B3, whose outro part was sampled by Alchemist in Jay Worthy's "Lost My Lex"!!