Pre Hikashu

Pre Hikashu

(Transonic, TRS-35001-2) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

1. Spring 1978: Live (48:09)
2. Winter 1977: Sunset World (11:14)
3. Autumn 1977: Mahout (5:21)

Disc 2

1. Autumn 1977: Raven (10:38)
2. Summer 1978: Live Part 1 (31:24)
3. Summer 1978: Live Part 2 (18:54)

All tracks are improvisation.

Pre Hikashu

Track 1/Disc 1
Yasushi Yamashita: banjo, mandolin, bongos, accordion, electric keyboards, Melotron 400S, glockenspiel, mridanga, hand clapping
Tadahiro Wakabayashi: taisho-koto, sitar, sarangi, rabab, ectara, gopi-yantra, handmade qanun, mandolin, harmonica, double bass
Kenji Sakasegawa: tabla-baya, ocarina, recorder, voice, whistle, slide whistle, banjo, etc.
Nobuyo Kato: voice, sasara, shinobue, furitsuzumi, bell, cymbals, tambourine, xylophone, glockenspiel, castanets, etc.
Sachiko Sasaki: electric keyboards, bell, cymbals, xylophone, glockenspiel, castanets, hand clapping, etc.
Makoto Inoue: synthesizers, Melotron 400S, electric keyboards

Track 2/Disc 1
Makoto Inoue: System 100, SH-1000, Melotron 400S, EP-30, Akai 4000DS

Track 3/Disc 1
Makoto Inoue: Melotron 400S

Track 1/Disc 2
Makoto Inoue: synthesizer
Kotaro Fujimoto: guitar

Tracks 2 and 3/Disc 2
Yasushi Yamashita: Roland SH-1000, RE-202
Makoto Inoue: Roland System 100, RE-202

Recorded live by Ronald Snider at Tenjosajikikan in Azabujuban, Tokyo, April 15, 1978 (track 1/disc 1); and by Yasushi Yamashita at Art Theater Juku, Tokyo, July 13, 1978 (tracks 2, 3/disc 2)
Recorded by Makoto Inoue at Inoue's home, Takao, winter 1977 (track 2/disc 1); and at Fujimoto's studio, Akitsu, autumn 1977 (track 3/disc 1, track 1/disc 2)
Mastered by Kazunao Nagata at Transonic Studio, Tokyo, July 9, 1998
Design by SLP Designs (Ryo Miyoshi and Yuuske Simiz)

Released in 1998

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