• Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – I Thought It Was You
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Tell Me A Bedtime Story
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Head In The Clouds
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Harvest Time
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Sunlight
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – Butterfly
    • Kimiko Kasai with Herbie Hancock – As
    • 1. I Thought It Was You
    • 2. Tell Me A Bedtime Story
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    First ever official reissue of the positively sublime and very rare 'Butterfly' LP, via Be With Records. Recorded in Tokyo in 1979 by Japanese songstress Kimiko Kasai and jazz legend Herbie Hancock. ESSENTIAL!

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