Zerosen's Asphalt (1976) and Sunrise (1977)

This band, highly adept at library-style light fusion, similar perhaps to Golden Section (though not as good) or Tranzam, made three albums apparently in this period: it's hard to know if the database is complete.  There are some tracks with female vocals (this person), in fact on Asphalt the singer sounds a lot like the Fukamachi-related Martha Miyake in hoarseness especially.  Distantly, maybe to the wonderful and powerful yet nameless Crystal Ship singer.

Anyways, the last track of Asphalt, with its opening resembling the phenomenal Encounter with UFO:





Moving forward from the opening one must admit there is less to hang on to than one would have hoped, really.  One is also surprised to be archaically referred to as 'one'.  Note the professionalism though of the musicians, and the overall library album sound.

I haven't heard the second album, apparently quite rare anyways, but their third Sunrise is definitely superior to the first.  The track called Work Out must be an early indication of exactly when the leggings and headbands 'aerobics craze' fell upon the Western world like a stinking sweaty towel:





Ah, the memory of watching young women in tight leotards and 'big hair' doing aerobics on tv...
Note the intro which my wife so astutely pointed out seems copied from George Benson with his trademark guitar frills in third intervals.  For once I had to admit she was right.  Unlike the Asphalt track, there is a little more to be excited about here overall when the song finally takes its clothes off with the disco rhythm.

In terms of the vocal tracks, the jazzy tune Why he never knows is the one that reminded me of Fukamachi cum (that's a latin word) Miyake: