Try and Try Again / Sing Like Talking
First album of S.L.T.And very high completeness -especially "Dancin' With Your Lies".Although Chikuzen's vocals show his youth, we can see his singing technique was already prominent -especially from "Raining Blues".I read about "Kimiga inakereba" (without you): Back then, Chikuzen just started to play the keyboards, and when he was inquiring into harmony with keyboards, this song was born spontaneously.The members -Chikuzen Satou, Chiaki Fujita, Tomohiko Nishimura- are classmates of high school in Aomori.In 1982, they went to Tokyo and formed a band, aspiring for professional.In 1986, they applied for a band contest with "Try and Try Again".They won first prize, and got a chance to make a debut.After that, they took part in recordings of other musicians for a while: The producer back then intended to have them learn a lot about music business.Chikuzen sang a jingle of Coca-Cola, too.Then they finally got a chance to record their first album.However, when almost all the songs were finished, Chikuzen decided to record the album from scratch.He thought that the sound being finished at that time would be different from where S.L.T. wanted to go.And the producer and staff understood how they wanted to be, and let them do what they wanted.This episode shows how they have been faithful on music they want to create with strong belief from the beginning.On Sep. 30, 1988, they made a debut with a single "Dancin' With Your Lies".Jeff Porcaro and Nathan East took part in their debut concert.According to Chikuzen, they encouraged S.L.T. saying that S.L.T. would not make a hit immediately, but they would be recognized in the future -and told them to believe themselves and music they want to create.As they predicted, S.L.T. went through hardship -until they gradually rose in popularity and their 6th album "Encounter" and 7th album "Togetherness" won first place of hit chart.Today is 20-year anniversary of S.L.T's professional career.November 1, 1988, BMG Fun House, FHCF-9516◇ :Ready to place translation if asked