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Tetsu Saitoh

Blue Poles of Lear

(Tao, TAO-001) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Staccato 1 (2:15)
  2. The Sea (4:33)
  3. Enter (6:36)
  4. Tsuki'iro (5:43)
  5. Edger (5:24)
  6. Circle (5:54)
  7. Battle (5:32)
  8. Demon (10: 26)
  9. Arco (3:15)
  10. Storm (8:24)
  11. Staccato 2 (4:22)

Blue Poles of Lear
Tetsu Saitoh (bass)
Hideaki Kuribayashi: 17-string and standard kotos
Ayako Kawai: 17-string and standard kotos
Noriko Tsuboi: 17-string and standard kotos
Shoko Hikage: 17-string and standard kotos
Shinobu Higashiyama: 17-string and standard kotos
Kazuhiro Iseki: 17-string and standard kotos
Yasuhisa Murayama: 17-string and standard kotos
Keita Naritsuka: 17-string and standard kotos
Takeshi Wakamatsu: words (8)
Koichi Hiroki: guitar (11)

All compositions by Tetsu Saitoh

Recorded by Masaaki Shimada at Le Classique, Fujisawa, November 18, 1991 (1-10) and Aketa no Mise, Tokyo, January 31, 1992 (11)
Produced by Tetsu Saitoh
Photography by Katsuaki Furudate
Album design by Aumi Itoh
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Tetsu Saitoh and Rio Kishida

Released in 1992