Record Collectors March 2010 Issue [Feature] Singer-Songwriters James Taylor and Carole King, considered among the leading musicians of the 1970s singer-songwriter movement, will be performing together in April, and Jackson Browne will be coming to Japan for concerts in March. In 1970, James Taylor's hit "Fire and Rain" sparked attention on this new scene, and many musicians emerged. Although their musical backgrounds varied, they shortened the distance with audiences through the expression and messages unique to this era, centered on acoustic guitars and pianos, creating fresh music different from the rock of the time. Before the rush of concerts by these amazing artists that didn't even happen "back then" (Tadashi Igarashi) Singer-songwriters who created a new trend in the 70s music scene (Kazuhiro Uda) Singer-Songwriter Directory (Yoichi Aoyama, Tadashi Igarashi, Kazuhiro Uda, Tetsuo Endo, Shinichi Ogawa, Takashi Obi, Masakazu Kitanaka, Yutaka Kimura, Masaru Konishi, Noboru Takanami, Kenta Hagiwara, Yu Hasegawa, Haruo Miyake, Kazuma Miyako, Tsutomu Mori) 100 Masterpieces by Singer-Songwriters (Yoichi Aoyama, Tadashi Igarashi, Kazuhiro Uda, Tetsuo Endo, Shinichi Ogawa, Takashi Obi, Masakazu Kitanaka, Yutaka Kimura, Masaru Konishi, Noboru Takanami, Kenta Hagiwara, Yu Hasegawa, Haruo Miyake, Kazuma Miyako, Tsutomu Mori) Peter Gallway - 2-disc set of session recordings from '89 / live DVD (Toru Watanabe) 15 More Albums to Deepen Your Understanding of the Singer-Songwriter World (Ryohei Matsunaga) Following veterans who are still steadily active (Shinichi Ogawa) Klaus Schulze The pioneer of German electronic music, who captivates listeners with his vast sonic universe, will make his long-awaited first visit to Japan in March (Osamu Sakamoto) The Residents The "anonymous" brain trust of San Francisco, their first 7 titles are released on paper jacket CDs (Toshikazu Otaka) AC/DC is coming to Japan soon! Three items released to further enjoy the appeal of live performances that hit the rock soul (Toshikazu Okada) Olivia Newton-John The eternal songstress who captivated 70s Western music fans with her breeze-like crystal voice (Yasuhito Kitai) Hawkwind 13 titles released by the veteran psychedelic band, closely related to punk and metal, since 1976 are released in paper jackets (Kiyohiro Shiratani)