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Otomo Yoshihide

Otomo Yoshihide Plays the Music of Takeo Yamashita

(P-Vine Records, PCD-5804) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Playgirl BGM (3:02)
    Kayoko Ishu: vocal
    Kayoko Wada: vocal
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Kumiko Takara: vibraphone
    Sachiko M: sampler
    Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet:
    Otomo Yoshihide: synthesizer, guitar
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: sax
    Kenta Tsugami: sax
    Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums

  2. Lupin the Third: Ending Theme (Original title: Lupin Sansei Shudaika 2) (5:33)
    Charlie Korsey: vocal
    Kayoko Ishu: vocal
    Toru Yamashita: whistle, electric piano, strings
    Tsuneo Imahori: guitar
    Otomo Yoshihide: turntable
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Tatsuki Masuko: drum programming

  3. Giant Robo (2:48)
    Kenji Endo: vocal
    Toru Yamashita: background vocal
    Izumi Yamashita: background vocal
    Natsuki Kido: guitar
    Naoko Eto: keyboards
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntable
    Yusuke Nishimura: bass
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Tatsuki Masuko: drum programming
    Sachiko M: sound effects

  4. Super Jetter (2:48)
    HOAHIO:
    Haco: vocal, toy
    Sachiko M: sampler, toy
    Michiyo Yagi: Mongolian koto, toy
    Guests
    Izumi Yamashita: whistle
    Toru Yamashita: toy piano
    Megu: voice of Super Jetter
    Kumiko Takara: vibraphone, glockenspiel
    Otomo Yoshihide: synthesizer
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: toy percussion

  5. Akuma-kun: Opening Theme (4:02)
    Tenko: vocal
    Sachiko M: sampler
    Toru Yamashita: prepared piano
    Hiromichi Sakamoto: saw
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar

  6. Namida kara Ashita e (4:05)
    Seiichi Yamamoto: vocal
    Natsuki Kido: acoustic guitar
    Otomo Yoshihide: turntable

  7. Shichinin no Keiji, Plot 1 (3:37)
    Toru Yamashita: piano
    Takeo Yamashita: sampled guest
    Otomo Yoshihide: collage

  8. Shichinin no Keiji, Plot 2 (6:21)
    Kayoko Ishu: vocal
    Kayoko Wada: vocal
    Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet:
    Otomo Yoshihide: tunrtable
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: sax
    Kenta Tsugami: sax
    Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums

  9. Gamba no Uta (4:23)
    NOVO TONO:
    Phew: vocal
    Seiichi Yamamoto: guitar
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar, turntable
    Naoko Eto: keyboards, synthesizer
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Yusuke Nishimura: bass
    Guests:
    Natsuki Kido: guitar
    Utah Kawasaki: synthesizer
    Kazunao Nagata: synthesizer

  10. Boken Gaboten-jima (2:52)
    HOAHIO:
    Haco: vocal, toys, percussion
    Sachiko M: sampler, toy, vocal
    Michiyo Yagi: Mongolian koto, toy, vocal
    Guests:
    Toru Yamashita: keyboards
    Kumiko Takara: marimba
    Otomo Yoshihide: ukulele
    Mitsuru Nasuno: bass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: percussion
    Tatsuki Masuko: drum programming

  11. Sabu to Ichi Torimonohikae: Opening Theme (4:16)
    Toru Yamashita: whistle
    Ami Yoshida: vocal
    Yumiko Tanaka: futozao shamisen
    Ko Ishikawa: sho
    Masaaki Kikuchi: bass
    Sachiko M: sampler
    Otomo Yoshihide: turntable

  12. Ooka Echizen: Opening Title (2:30)
    Kayoko Iju: vocal
    Takeo Yamashita: sampled guest
    Otomo Yoshihide: collage

  13. Lupin the Third: Theme of Walther (Original title: Afro Lupin '68) (2:26)
    Charlie Korsey: vocal
    Kayoko Ishu: vocal
    Kayoko Wada: vocal
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Sachiko M: sound effects
    Otomo Yoshihide New Jazz Quintet:
    Otomo Yoshihide: turntable
    Naruyoshi Kikuchi: sax
    Kenta Tsugami: sax
    Hiroaki Mizutani: bass
    Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums

  14. Lupin the Third: Ending Theme (Original title: Lupin Sansei Shudaika 2) (Jazz version) (4:40)
    Charlie Korsey: vocal
    Hiroshi Minami: piano
    Hiroaki Mizutani: bass

  15. Bokensha-tachi no Ballad (6:40)
    Novo Tono:
    Phew: vocal
    Seiichi Yamamoto: vocal
    Otomo Yoshihide: guitar
    Naoko Eto: keyboards, synthesizer
    Masahiro Uemura: drums
    Yusuke Nishimura: bass
    Guest:
    Natsuki Kido: guitar

  16. Kemuri no Osama (Original title: Hitoridake no Sora) (7:09)
    Shuichi Chino: piano
    Oh Akioka: bandrine
    Kazuo Imai: guitar
    Kumiko Takara: marimba
    Sachiko M: sampler with sine wave
    Otomo Yoshihide: sound effects

  17. Song for T.Y. (4:40)
    Filament:
    Otomo Yoshihide: sampler, DX-7
    Sachiko M: sampler with sine wave

All composed by Takeo Yamashita, except track 17, composed by Otomo Yoshihide and dedicated to Takeo Yamashita
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide
Arranged by Otomo Yoshihide and musicians
Co-produced and co-arranged by Toru Yamashita

Recorded and mixed 1999 by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Tokyo
Mastered 1999 by Kazunao Nagata at Transonic Studio in Tokyo

Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yuichi Kishino and Otomo Yoshihide

Released September 1999