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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 Otomo Yoshihide, 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

Otomo Yoshihide (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 ( 4, 10, 12): sampler

Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Quintet (5, 6, 13, 17)
Otomo Yoshihide: 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, Tokyo, January 18 and 19, 1999 (1-3, 7-9, 11, 14-16); and July 20, 1999 (5, 6, 13, 17)
Recorded and remixed by Otomo Yoshihide at A-102 Studio, Tokyo, January 20 and 21, 1999 (4, 7, 10-12, 16)
Produced by Otomo Yoshihide
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Akihiro Suzuki

Released in October 1999