Chiemi Hori – 夢日記 (Yume Nikki) Canyon Records, 1982 – C28A0249 – White Vinyl
Released when she was 14, Yume Nikki catches Chiemi Hori at that moment between childhood and the structured routine of Japan’s idol world. The songs are straightforward, written for radio and television, but there’s a trace of awkward sincerity beneath the studio perfection that gives the record its character. The unused postcard tucked inside is what stands out now, a small piece of paper meant to be filled out and mailed away, never expected to survive four decades later. Someone kept it, sealed in with the record, and that small act of preservation says more about how people connected to these albums than any chart history could.
