SHARE NEW: Tales Of Topographic 80s Vol. 31 - Tokyo

[Rissan]

When I started this project in january 2024 I didn't know what to expect.
How many artists would have created tracks about a town.

To be honest I was surprised to find out that quite a lot of artists in the 80s took the oppertunity to write a song about a city.
So far we had 24 volumes about European cities and the cities Cairo and Jerusalem.
During the creation of these volumes I was already investigating the hommages to worldly cities outside Europe resulting in quite a list of interesting places.

One of the first cities, I lay my eyes on, was Tokyo.
And I should have known. 262 tracks were discovered in our interesting styles. I was able to collect quite a lot of them which resulted in the list below.
And even more are featured in Volume 75 of the Continuous Beauty Of The Unknown 80s which is available as well.

Please note, this in NO way is intended to take away sales from any of the artists included here
but rather a way to discover or rediscover these timeless masterpieces.
Please support these artists and bands if they should have material available! They deserve all the credit!

Up for one month.

The tracks of part 1:

CD01

01. Francis Monkman - Tokyo Traffic (3:26)
02. M. Tosikaz - Tokyo Flight (3:51)
03. Angels Program - Morning In Tokyo (7:04)
04. Takenoko - Elle A Tokyo (2:55)
05. Opera Multi Steel - Piscine In Tokyo (4:59)
06. City-O' - Rose Of Tokyo (8:19)
07. RA MU - Tokyo Yabanjin (4:42)
08. Science - Tokyo (3:43)
09. 1. Futurologischer Congress - Tokyo (2:15)
10. Toshiki Kadomatsu - Moonlight Tokyo Bay (5:58)
11. Hi-Fi - Moonlight In Tokyo (2:11)
12. Miyuki Kosaka - Get Back Tokyo (3:10)
13. Jackie Chan - Tokyo Saturday Night (3:04)
14. The Street Sliders - Tokyo Junk (3:53)
15. Minako Honda - Tokyo Girl (3:34)
16. The Badge - One Boy In Tokyo (4:50)
17. Bonnie Tyler - Sayonara Tokyo (4:18)
18. Masatou Higashi - Tokyo Shining Love (4:35)

CD02

01. Checkers - Tokyo Connection (3:41)
02. Malcolm Neon - Tokyo (2:58)
03. Takumi - Tokyo (4:26)
04. Mio - Good-Bye Tokyo (3:52)
05. Hound Dog - Tokyo (5:28)
06. The Art Of Noise - Hammersmith To Tokyo And Back (live) (10:00)
07. Classix Nouveaux - Tokyo (2:39)
08. Anna Banana - Tokyo Town (3:35)
09. Moskwa TV - Tokyo Jam (3:46)
10. A Flock Of Seagulls - Tokyo (2:54)
11. Masayoshi Takanaka - Tokyo...Singin' In The City (3:19)
12. The Telling - Ghost Of Tokyo (3:24)
13. Frank Chickens - Street Angels, Tokyo (4:01)
14. RAH Band - Tokyo Flyer (7" version) (4:10)
15. Brian Ice - Tokyo (4:18)
16. Jadranka Stojaković - Tokyo (3:16)
17. Silver Moon - Tokyo (3:30)
18. Pallas - Tokyo Detective (2:39)

CD03

01. Tefuukin - Tokyo Town (4:01)
02. Nami Shimada - Tokyo Refresh (4:16)
03. Bruce Cockburn - Tokyo (3:29)
04. Trio Rio - New York - Rio - Tokyo (radio mix) (3:38)
05. Sjardin's Terrible Surprise - Tokyo (live) (2:51)
06. Die Haut And Nick Cave - Tokyo Express (2:57)
07. Marie Et Les Garçons - Tokyo Pékin (2:14)
08. The Deep - Tokyo Speed (3:38)
09. Hubert Kah - Hongkong-Tokyo (3:25)
10. Art Of Noise - From Tokyo To Hammersmith And Back (live) (11:22)
11. Thompson Twins - Tokyo (3:38)
12. Mioko Yamaguchi - Tokyo Lover (4:04)
13. Aki - Tokio's (4:47)
14. Pedro Aznar - Fotos de Tokyo (4:02)
15. Garage Class - Terminal Tokyo (3:11)
16. Mathematiques Modernes - Paris Tokyo (4:18)
17. Rockwell - Tokyo (5:34)
18. Japan - Life In Tokyo (3:58)

CD04

01. Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose (3:48)
02. Bick-Tick - Tokyo (4:24)
03. Marie Léonor - Les Jardins De Tokyo (3:50)
04. Smersh - Tokyo International (5:42)
05. Naoko Ken - Tokyo 見返り美人 (3:37)
06. Ayumi Nakamura - Tokyo City Serenade (5:27)
07. Rush - Tokyo Kunky Lady (4:15)
08. Témpano - Tarden En Tokyo (3:33)
09. Misato Watanabe - Tokyo Calling (4:52)
10. Akira Mitake - Tokyo Great Town (5:16)
11. The Ministers - Tokyo (4:16)
12. Peter Randell - Lost In Tokyo (6:30)
13. Yasushige Utsunomiya - Tokyo Road (2:23)
14. The Adicts - Tokyo (2:59)
15. Dollar - Tokyo (3:36)
16. Tirez Tirez - Sunshine In Tokyo (5:42)
17. Jean-Michel Jarre - Tokyo Kid (5:21)
18. M-Band - Tokyo Kids (4:20)

The link to Part 1: https://mega.nz/file/Rw4QDCoI#x5CM2Vd_Y ... 6nJYr3ymms

The tracks of Part 2:

CD05

01. Banzai! - Tokyo Nights (3:35)
02. Miyuki Kosaka - Tokyo Magic Town (4:25)
03. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Tokyo Storm Warning (6:24)
04. Akira Terao - まさか・Tokyo (4:07)
05. M-Band - Tokyo Morning (4:02)
06. Yudaai Suzuki - Tokyo (3:57)
07. Donna Summer - Tokyo (4:20)
08. Tetsuji Hayashi - Good-Bye Tokyo (4:39)
09. Mark Boyce - Tokyo Girl (3:34)
10. Peter Seiler - Tokyo IC Salad (2:31)
11. Glamor Cult - Tokyo Street (4:44)
12. Naomi Maki - Tokyo ジェンヌ (3:07)
13. Soviet Sex - Tokyo (4:40)
14. Saint 4 - 不思議 Tokyo シンデレラ (3:54)
15. Kazuhito Murata - Tokyo Transfer (3:25)
16. IKO '83 - Approach On Tokyo (5:15)
17. Carola - Tokyo (3:21)
18. The Namens - Tokyo Twilight (3:47)

CD06

01. Yuji Nomi - 1991 Tokyo (1:05)
02. Ikue Sakakibara - Tokyo コレクション (4:51)
03. Splinter - Plane Leaving Tokyo (3:57)
04. Tokyo Rose - This Is Tokyo Rose (4:17)
05. Meiko Nakahara - Tokyo Game (4:04)
06. Miyuki Kosaka - Tokyo Shadow (3:55)
07. Sandra Kim - Tokyo Boy (3:53)
08. Gareth Joh - Tokyo Transfer (8:36)
09. Alaska Y Los Pegamoides - Tokyo (2:22)
10. Gruppo Sportivo - Life In Tokyo (3:21)
11. Bee Gees - Tokyo Nights (3:54)
12. E Mallet & J L Fauvel - Break In Tokyo (2:04)
13. Carola - Tokyo (English version) (3:19)
14. Pierre & Franz - Life In Tokyo (maxi version) (5:21)
15. Nena - Tokyo (4:26)
16. Yuko Kawai - Tokyo Cheek Girl (3:29)
17. Marvin - Tokyo Girl (4:02)
18. Kelli - Tokyo Nights (2:43)

CD07

01. Casal - Tokyo (4:25)
02. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Calling From Tokyo (4:26)
03. Bill Nelson - Time In Tokyo (3:04)
04. Van Dyke Parks - Tokyo Rose (5:10)
05. Pink - Tokyo Joy (3:58)
06. Earthling - Tokyo Shines (4:06)
07. Allergy - Tokyo Frustration (2:07)
08. Masaki Ueda - Tokyo Express (3:27)
09. Sarah - Tokyo Town (5:46)
10. Krypton - Tokyo Girl (6:28)
11. Tommy Kelvin - Tokyo Nights (8:11)
12. Noa - Summer In Tokyo (5:19)
13. Gruppo Sportivo - Tokyo (1:11)
14. Innocent Cry - Tune In Tokyo (3:57)
15. The Revox Cadets - Tony Goes To Tokyo (and rides the bullettrain) (4:06)
16. Yuki Matsumura - Tokyo Night (3:35)
17. Stroke - Tokyo Amazon (6:42)
18. M-Band - Tokyo Graffiti (3:48)

CD08

01. Tokio - Back To Tokyo (5:56)
02. Noh Mask - Twilight In Tokyo (6:02)
03. Char - Tokyo Night (3:39)
04. Piper - New York, Paris, London, Tokyo (3:45)
05. Sayaka Ito - Tokyo Night (4:32)
06. Bon Jovi - Tokyo Road (5:52)
07. Masami Tsuchiya - Tokyo Ballet (4:27)
08. The Babys - Turn Around In Tokyo (3:54)
09. Tony Carey - Radio Tokyo (3:17)
10. Hideki Saijo - City Dreams From Tokyo (5:08)
11. Linda T Đ - Tokyo Town (3:52)
12. Ryuichi Sakamoto & Kazumi Watanabe - Tokyo Joe (4:10)
13. Metal Boys ft. China - Tokio Airport (5:45)
14. Takako Ohta - 1988 - From Tokyo (5:20)
15. Andy Partridge - Work Away Tokyo Day (4:04)
16. Interior - Out Of Tokyo (2:23)
17. The Ska Flames - Tokyo Shot (3:55)
18. Yumi - From Tokyo-Endingメロディーはリピートで- (3:51)

The link to Part 2: https://mega.nz/file/h5wGjK6Y#FmtgMLMgW ... W0lkCiDdkA

Enjoy!

[FrostInn]

Gone through a couple of these, there is some gems in them... Thank You Rissan !

[80sInNYC]

Thank you for this! Incredible find!