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Otomo Yoshihide
Shabondama Elegy
(Station Kids, SKCA-1002) (CD)
1. Bath Cream 1 (2:51)
2. Police Impossible 1 (2:01)
3. Shabondama - Bubbly Version (0:41)
4. Tattoo (3:28)
5. El derecho de vivir en pas (a.k.a. Heiwa ni Ikiru Kenri) (2:01)
6. Elegy - New Jazz Version (5:56)
7. Bath Cream 2 (2:43)
8. Shabondama - Electro Version (0:59)
9. Sad Theme -Film Version (2:30)
10. Black and White (5:12)
11. Bath Cream 3 (2:50)
12. Somber Anthem (2:22)
13. Sad Theme - New Jazz Version (3:56)
14. Shabondama - Solo Sax Version (1:09)
15. Elegy -Film Version (2:22)
16. Police Impossible 2 (3:20)
17. Shabondama - Ending Version (2:27)
All composed by Yoshihide Otomo, except 3, 8, 14 and 17 by Shimpei Nakayama and 5 by Victor Jara
Tracks 1-4, 7-12, 13-16: Original soundtrack of the movie Shabondama Elegy, directed by Ian Kerkhof
Tracks 5, 6, 13, 17: Additional recordings for the CD
Yoshihide Otomo (1, 2, 4, 7-12, 15, 16): guitar, turntables, electronics
Naruyoshi Kikuchi (1, 9, 14-16): tenor sax, soprano sax
Mitsuru Nasuno (1, 2, 9, 15, 16): electric bass
Tatsuki Masuko (1-3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 16): MPC-3000 effects, DX-7, organ; (2, 16): guitar
Sachiko M (sampler): 4, 10, 12
Yoshihide Otomo’s New Jazz Quintet (5, 6, 13, 17)
Yoshihide Otomo: guitar
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: tenor sax
Kenta Tsugami: alto sax
Hiroaki Mizoguchi: double bass
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, pocket trumpet
Recorded and mixed by Naoaki Kose at Earth Studio in Tokyo on January 18 and 19, 1999 (1-3, 7-9, 11, 14-16); and on July 20, 1999 (5, 6, 13, 17)
Recorded and remixed by Yoshihide Otomo at A-102 Studio in Tokyo on January 20 and 21, 1999 (4, 7, 10-12, 16)
Produced by Yoshihide Otomo
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Akihiro Suzuki
Released October 1999
this info originally appeared on japanimprov.com

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