Tracklist

A1	Cobalt Hour	3:39
A2	Sotsugyo Shashin	4:15
A3	Hanakiko	2:50
A4	Nani Mo Kikanaide	3:11
A5	Rouge No Dengon	3:07
B1	Kokai Nisshi	4:48
B2	Chinese Soup	3:23
B3	Sukoshidake Kataomoi	3:16
B4	Ame No Station	5:16
B5	Africa E Ikitai	2:55

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Published By – Alfa
• Recorded At – Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo

Credits

• Arranged By – Masataka Matsutoya
• Arranged By [Background Vocals] – Tatsuro Yamashita
• Backing Vocals – Kayoko Ishu, Minako Yoshida, Taeko Ohnuki, Tatsuro Yamashita
• Backing Vocals [Hi-Fi Set] – Junko Yamamoto, Shigeru Ohkawa, Toshihiko Yamamoto
• Baritone Saxophone – Tadayuki Harada
• Design, Illustration – Kenkichi Satoh*
• Drums – Tatsuo Hayashi
• Electric Bass – Haruomi Hosono
• Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Shigeru Suzuki
• Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa
• Fiddle – Aisuke Matsutoya
• Flute – Junji Hayakashi, Mitsuru Sohma*, Yasuhiro Yamada
• Harmonica – Koichi Matsuda
• Harp – Mikiko Imamichi
• Percussion – Nobuo Saito*
• Piano [Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes Piano], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Moog], Organ [Hammond] – Masataka Matsutoya
• Producer – Kunihiko Murai, Seizo Shimokobe, Shoro Kawazoe
• Producer [Assistant] – Tsuneo Arega
• Strings – Yoshihisa Tamano And His Fellows
• Trombone – Eiji Arai And His Fellows
• Trumpet – Kunitoshi Shinohara, Teruyuki Fukushima
• Written-By, Vocals – Yumi Arai

Notes

Recorded from March 1st to April 25th 1975
Includes album-size folded insert with lyrics and artwork

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): ETP-72071-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): ETP-72071-B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ETP-72071	荒井由実*	Cobalt Hour ‎(LP, Album)	Express	ETP-72071	Japan	1975
TOCT-10713	荒井由実*	Cobalt Hour ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Express	TOCT-10713	Japan	2000
ALR-4004	Yumi Arai	Cobalt Hour ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Alfa	ALR-4004	Japan	1980
TYCT-69033	荒井由実*	Cobalt Hour ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Express, Universal Music	TYCT-69033	Japan	2013
ALCA-5243	荒井由実*	Cobalt Hour ‎(CD, Album)	Alfa	ALCA-5243	Japan	Unknown

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