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Yoshihide Otomo

Blue

(Weather, WEATHER 013; Headz, HEADZ 4) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Blue 1 (Long Version) (9:35)
  2. Painting 1 (Big Band) (4:17)
  3. Blue 2 (Acoustic Guitar Version) (1:27)
  4. Video 1 (0:56)
  5. Blue 3 (Short Version) (1:57)
  6. Painting 2 (Quartet) (2:22)
  7. Video 2 (The Blue Kite) (1:36)
  8. Blue 4 (Demo Version) (3:30)
  9. Painting 3 (Duo) (1:25)
  10. The Sky (3:43)
  11. The Sea (16:51)

All music by Yoshihide Otomo

Masaki Kurihara: recorder, bass
Naoko Eto: electric piano, synthesizer, pump organ
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki: drums, bombo, karimba, trumpet
Yoshihide Otomo: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
All instrumentals on track 8 (guitar, bass, synthesizer and percussion) by Yoshihide Otomo
Guest percussion ensemble (Kiriko Nanan, Mikako Ichikawa, Masumi Sasaki, Yuka Honcho, Miyuki Tsuboi, Hiroshi Ando, Dai Miyazaki, Masaki Kurihara, Naoko Eto, Yoshihide Otomo and Yasuhiro Yoshigaki) on tracks 2 and 11

Produced by Yoshihide Otomo
Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in October 2001 and September 2002 (1, 2, 4-7, 9-11), and by Yoshihide Otomo at A 102 Studio in October 2001 (3, 8)
Mixed by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in September 2002 (1, 2, 10, 11), and by Yoshihide Otomo at A 102 and M 101 Studios in October 2001 and September 2002 (3-9, 10, 11)
Mastered by Yoshiaki Kondo at Kojima Recordings
Cover illustration by Kiriko Nanan
Photo by Rinko Kawauchi
Art direction and design by Akira Sasaki

This CD includes the soundtrack of the movie Blue (directed by Hiroshi Ando), and studio recordings by the musicians who played on the soundtrack.

Released March 2003