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Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden

Musical from Chaos 2

(Columbia Music Entertainment, COZA-125-6) (Japan) (CD + DVD)

CD

  1. Structure I - La Structure de la Magie Moderne (12:36)
  2. Structure II - La Structure de l'Amérique Médiévale (9:25)
  3. Structure III - La Structure du Solide Rotatoire et de la Prostitution (17:21)
  4. Structure IV - La Structure du Temple et du Paradis (15:18)
  5. Structure V - La Structure du Port et des Lieux de Plaisir (12:54)
  6. Structure VI - La Structure l'Extraction de la Bouteille de Champagne (7:47)

DVD

153 minutes. NTSC (region 2)

  1. Structure I - La Structure de la Magie Moderne
  2. Structure II - La Structure de l'Amérique Médiévale
  3. Structure IV - La Structure du Temple et du Paradis
  4. Structure V - La Structure du Port et des Lieux de Plaisir
  5. Stayin' Alive
  6. Hey Joe
  7. Playmate at Hanoi
  8. Mirror Balls
  9. Circle/Line - Hardcore Peace
  10. Playmate at Hanoi - Promotion Video
  11. Structure I - La Structure de la Magie Moderne - Promotion Video
  12. Stayin' Alive - Promotion Video

All music composed and arranged by Naruyoshi Kikuchi except "Structure I," composed by Naruyoshi Kikuchi with Masayasu Tzuboguchi; "Structure (4)" and "Structure (5)," arranged by Naruyoshi Kikuchi with Masayasu Tzuboguchi; "Stayin' Alive," music by the Bee Gees; "Hey Joe," composed by Billy Roberts; and "Circle/Line," composed by Masabumi Kikuchi

Date Course Pentagon Royal Garden
Naruyoshi Kikuchi: conductor, CD-J, keyboard
Jason Shalton: guitar
Koki Takai: guitar
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums
Nobuo Fujii: drums
Masaki Kurihara: bass
Kenta Tsugami: soprano saxophone
Gosekky: tenor saxophone
Masayasu Tzuboguchi: synthesizers, electric
Gen Oogimi: percussion
Masaki Yoshimi: tabla
Takero Sekijima: tuba
Taisei Aoki: trombone
Shiro Sasaki: trumpet

Recorded by Shigeki Nakamura and Kenji Konishi
Recorded at Seibu Kodo, Kyoto, July 2003 (CD 1) and September 2004 (DVD 8); at Liquid Room, Tokyo, September 2004 (CD 2/DVD 3, 5), December 2003 (CD 5), and October 2003 (DVD 2, 6, 7, 9); at Shibuya Club Quattro, Tokyo, June 2003 (CD 3, 4, 6); and at Shibuya Ax, Tokyo, February 2004 (DVD 1)
Produced by Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Edited and mixed by Naruyoshi Kikuchi and Shigeki Nakamura
Mastered by Masahiro Tabayashi
Visual editing by Gen Natsume
Artwork by Michihiro Yawaka

Released in March 2005