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Toshiharu Osato

Takaranetanchototakaine: Osato Toshiharu Anthology

(Super Fuji Discs, FJSP-154/9) (Japan) (5 CDs + 1 DVD)

Disc 1

  1. Shakaifukki (2:08)
    Gaseneta
    Harumi Yamazaki: vocal
    Jun Hamano: guitar
    Toshiharu Osato: bass
    Tatsumi Murata: drums
    Recorded at a temporary studio, Izumi School student hall, Meiji University, spring 1978

  2. (9:37)
    Jun Hamano: guitar
    Toshiharu Osato: bass, vocal
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, Agust 13, 1978

  3. (4:57)
    Tamio Shiraishi: synthesizer, keyboard
    Ayuo Takahashi: drums, violin, voice
    Fumiko Takahashi: keyboard, guitar, drums
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, violin, drums, keyboard, voice
    Recorded at Tokyo Institute of Technology, May 10, 1979

  4. Session at Minor (1:49)
    Bide: vocal
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Koichiro Watanabe: synthesizer
    Tori Kudo: drums
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, June 24, 1979

  5. (9:12)
    Tori Kudo: synthesizer
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Guwanichika, Shibuya, Tokyo, August 4, 1979

  6. (7:19)
    Ayuo Takahashi: piano
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, August 21, 1979

  7. (3:39)
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Meidaimae, Tokyo, September 24, 1979

  8. (6:12)
    Uetsubumi
    Tamio Shiraishi: alto saxophone, synthesizer
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, October 14, 1979

  9. (3:46)
    Junichi Kawara: clarinet, etc.
    Geso: guitar, reeds
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Gaya, Hatsudai, Tokyo, November 25, 1979

  10. (4:07)
    Akihiro Ishiwatari: guitar
    Koji Imuta: guitar
    Onnyk: violin
    Yasutami Kindaichi: cello
    Kenichi Takeda: electric taishogoto
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, December 30, 1979

  11. (4:41)
    Yasutami Kindaichi: violin
    Takafumi Sato: piano
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, January 31, 1980

  12. (9:34)
    Harumi Yamazaki, Tamio Shiraishi, Toshimasa Matsumoto, Shinnosuke Misawa, and Toshiharu Osato
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, June 22, 1980

  13. (5:03)
    Harumi Yamazaki: vocal
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Shinnosuke Misawa: guitar
    Masafumi Yamanouchi: synthesizer
    Toshimasa Matsumoto: synthesizer
    Fumiko Takahashi: piano
    Nischyakovsky: drums
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, 1980
    Originally released in 1980 on the LP Aiyoku Jinmin Juji Gekijo, on Pinakotheca Records (PRL#1)

Disc 2

  1. (17:39)
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, September 20, 1980

  2. (29:34)
    Tamio Shiraishi: alto saxophone, bass, etc.
    Toshimasa Matsumoto
    Toshiharu Osato: clarinet, guitar
    Recorded at Minor, Kichijoji, September 28, 1980

  3. (6:30)
    Onnyk, Kino Kawamoto, Junichi Kawara, Geso, Hirohito Koyama, Takeo Suzuki, and Toshiharu Osato
    Recorded at Sukiyabashi Park, Tokyo, December 31, 1980

  4. (5:00)
    Sakasakurage
    Dotsubo Yamamoto: bass clarinet
    Toshiharu Osato: cello
    Recorded at Goodman, Ogikubo, Tokyo, June 5, 1981

  5. (12:28)
    Tamio Shiraishi: alto saxophone, synthesizer
    Ryo Goitsuka: piano
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Banana Moon, Shinjuku, Tokyo, July 5, 1981

Disc 3

  1. Takaranetanchototakaine (5:41)
    Toshiharu Osato: synthesizer, etc.
    Recorded at Toshiharu Osato's house, February 1982

  2. (7:56)
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Toshima Kokaido, September 6, 1981

  3. (3:43)
    Fumio Kosakai: noise
    Yuichi Masuda: guitar
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Kid Ailack Art Hall, Meidaimae, Tokyo, February 10, 1982

  4. Shinda Otoko no Nokoshita Mono wa (5:17)
    Music by Toru Takemitsu and words by Shuntaro Tanikawa
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    A-Musik
    Kenichi Takeda: vocal, electric taishogoto
    Tetsuto Koyama: bass
    Recorded at Goodman, Ogikubo, Tokyo, March 12, 1982

  5. El Vito [Spanish traditional] (12:19)
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    A-Musik
    Kenichi Takeda: vocal, electric taishogoto
    Tetsuto Koyama: bass
    Recorded at Goodman, Ogikubo, Tokyo, March 12, 1982

  6. Presque Rien (6:55)
    Music and words by Toshiharu Osato
    Worukintoharumonia including
    Masahiro Osato: drums
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, vocal
    Recorded at Gatty, Kichijoji, April, 11, 1983

  7. Nue (8:35)
    Taco
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    Fumio Kosakai: bass
    Tori Kudo: piano
    Masahiro Osato: drums
    Lolita Junko: voice
    Recorded at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall, Tokyo, August 21, 1983

  8. Epistrophy [take 1] (4:29)
    Music by Thelonious Monk
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Masahiro Osato: drums
    Recorded at Studio Penta, Tachikawa, December 13, 1983

  9. Epistrophy [take 3] (3:40)
    Music by Thelonious Monk
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Masahiro Osato: drums
    Recorded at Studio Penta, Tachikawa, December 13, 1983

  10. Hajimari wa Nusumareta, Owari wa Yurusarenai (3:24)
    Tautologos
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    Kazuhito Minowa: guitar
    Shuichiro Fukumi: bass
    Yasufumi Mizuki: drums
    Recorded at Mandala, Kichijoji, May 2, 1985

  11. Presque Rien (4:34)
    Music and words by Toshiharu Osato
    Tautologos
    Toshiharu Osato: vocal, guitar
    Kazuhito Minowa: guitar
    Shuichiro Fukumi: bass
    Yasufumi Mizuki: drums
    Recorded at Mandala, Kichijoji, May 2, 1985

  12. Chant de Qingdao (4:04)
    Satoshi Sonoda: guitar
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Musashino Performing Arts Theater small hall, Musashino, June 28, 1985

Disc 4

  1. (0:43)
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, synthesizer
    Recorded at Maison des Etudiants Suédois, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, June 17, 1989

  2. (7:50)
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Puka Puka Brians
    Saya: guitar
    Takashi Ueno: tenor saxophone
    Recorded at Meiji University Memorial Hall, Toyo, December 1995

  3. (10:38)
    Michel Doneda: soprano saxophone
    Jean-François Pauvros: guitar, vocal, etc.
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, vocal, etc.
    Recorded at Konitz, Nishiogikubo, Tokyo, October 28, 1999

  4. (12:41)
    Otomo Yoshihide: turntable, etc.
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar
    Recorded at Education and Culture Hall, Yokohama National University, June 23, 2001

  5. (13:50)
    Masaya Nakahara: electronics
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, etc.
    Recorded at Education and Culture Hall, Yokohama National University, December 16, 2006

  6. (20:05)
    Toshiharu Osato and his seminar students at Yokohama National University
    Recorded in a room opposite of Osato's office, Yokohama National University, December 26, 2006

Disc 5

  1. (7:29)
    Yuji Takahashi: piano
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, etc.
    Recorded at Education and Culture Hall, Yokohama National University, January 8, 2005

  2. (14:01)
    Gozo Yoshimasu: voice, etc.
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, etc.
    Recorded at Cinema Rosa, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, July 7, 2007

  3. (14:52)
    Jim O'Rourke: guitar
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar, etc.
    Recorded at Education and Culture Hall, Yokohama National University, February 2, 2008

  4. (12:57)
    Natsuki Tamura: trumpet
    Satoko Fujii: piano
    Toshiharu Osato: synthesizer
    Recorded at Education and Culture Hall, Yokohama National University, November 8, 2008

  5. (16:58)
    Toshiharu Osato: guitar (recording)
    Yohei Nagato: guitar
    Masahiro Osato: drums
    Miho Watanabe: piano
    Recorded at SuperDeluxe, Nishiazabu, Tokyo, April 1, 2010

Disc 6: DVD (NTSC, region 2)

  1. Improvisation Dedicated to Aquirax Aida (29:39)
    Slide show and Toshiharu Osato's solo guitar performance
    Guitar performance recorded at Studio Museum, Shinjuku, Tokyo, June 6, 2008

  2. Improvisation Dedicated to Aquirax Aida (29:49)
    Toshiharu Osato's solo guitar performance at Theater Next One, International Image Media College, Niigata, June 29, 2008
Supervised by Kaoru Sato
Audio mastered by Soichiro Nakamura
DVD authored by Yonemoto Electroacoustic Laboratory
Design by Kazunori Miya
Includes a 20-page booklet with liner notes by Eita Kawasena in Japanese and English (translation by Lotte Lawrence), track notes, musicians' biographies, and photos; and an insert with a personnel diagram for the live venue Minor (originally published in 1983 in Fool's Mate No. 26) and a list of Toshiharu Osato's performance dates (all in Japanese except the English translation of liner notes by Eita Kawasena)

Released in November 2011