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Album dossier / 1984

Magical

Junko Ohashi · City Pop/Soul

Produced by Masaharu Honjo with Sai Ishida co-producing and Eiji Uchinuma engineering, Magical (subtitled Ohashi Junko no Sekai III) gathered Junko Ohashi's smooth, funk-and-soul-inflected city pop sound onto one LP for Philips Japan, its cover photographed against the World Trade Center towers in New York. The urban-groove single 'I Love You So' and the synth-boogie 'Telephone Number' (composed by Ken Sato with lyrics by Yoshiko Miura) later became favorites of the genre's international vinyl-collector revival, and original first-pressing copies of Magical now regularly change hands for $400-600, making it one of city pop's most sought-after and expensive reissue targets.

Year1984
GenreCity Pop/Soul
Chart peakN/A (Japanese domestic release)
Vinyl sales (est.)Original 1984 Philips (Japan) LP now a $400-600+ collector rarity

Record facts

Label
Philips (Japan)
Producer
Masaharu Honjo (producer), Sai Ishida (co-producer)
Chart peak
N/A (Japanese domestic release)
Notable tracks
  • ★ I Love You So
  • ★ A Love Affair
  • ★ Telephone Number

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Magical
1984 · Philips (Japan)

Complete 1980s Studio Discography

4 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Junko Ohashi. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.

♫ 1981
Tea For Tears
1981 ·
⏳ Queued for Harvesting
♫ 1982
黄昏 ~Postcard Fantasy~
1982 ·
⏳ Queued for Harvesting
♫ 1983
Point Zero
1983 ·
⏳ Queued for Harvesting
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Magical
1984 · Philips (Japan)
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Complete track listing · 12 tracks

  1. Isn’t It Magic
  2. Perfume
  3. A Love Affair
  4. I Love You So
  5. Lost Love
  6. Tasogare
  7. Telephone Number
  8. Sherry
  9. Another Day, Another Love
  10. Dancin’
  11. In Your Lovin’
  12. Sugao no Mamade

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mion.music, discogs.com, shazam.com, vanpaugam.com · track listing: https://musicbrainz.org/release/db9d5907-72b5-4283-9fe3-c7b1726d9fc3 · cover art: coverartarchive.org

Last enriched: 2026-09-12