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Hikashu

Hikashu History

(Tzadik, TZ 7235) (U.S.) (CD)

  1. Tokyo Rain [Makigami/Inoue] (2:11)
    Recorded in summer 1982

  2. Nannimonai Otoko [Makigami/Mitama] (4:07)
    Recorded at Egg Man, Shibuya, December 5, 1988

  3. Hi-Ai-Ai Island [Makigami/Mitama] (3:05)
    Recorded at Egg Man, Shibuya, December 5, 1988

  4. Pool [Inoue] (1:06)
    Recorded at Yaneura, Shibuya, March 21, 1980

  5. Muscles and Fruits [Makigami/Mitama] (4:01)
    Recorded in autumn 1982

  6. Puyo Puyo [Makigami/Yamashita] (4:17)
    Recorded at Tokyo FM Studio, May 24, 1980

  7. Zo Azarashi [Makigami/Nomoto] (4:13)
    Recorded at Shinsaibashi Muse Hall, October 1, 1987

  8. Mask [Makigami/Inoue] (3:10)
    Recorded at Hitachi Family Hall, March 28, 1980

  9. Suika no Koshin [Makigami/Tobe] (3:12)
    Recorded at Hitachi Family Hall, March 28, 1980

  10. Ryuinji [Makigami/Mitama] (0:46)
    Recorded in August 1977

  11. Rhetoric-S & Logic-S [Makigami] (4:18)
    Recorded at Umeda Bourbon House, November 9, 1979

  12. Kujira to Kamome [Makigami] (0:27)
    Recorded for Toto Washlet, 1980

  13. Shuffer [Yamashita] (4:00)
    Recorded at Kid Ailack Hall, September 11, 1977

  14. Pike [Makigami/Yamashita] (6:08)
    Recorded at NHK Studio, April 1981

  15. Yochu no Kiki [Makigami/Yamashita] (4:46)
    Recorded in Nerima, April 26, 1979

  16. Great Conductor [Makigami/Otomo] (0:52)
    Recorded at Ell, Nagoya, October 18, 1990

  17. Biro Biro [Makigami] (7:00)
    Recorded at Ell, Nagoya, October 18, 1990

  18. Rakuten [Makigami] (1:22)
    Recorded for the dance Blue Banana Bar, February 1987

  19. Nervous Eyes [Makigami/Nomoto] (3:47)
    Recorded at Michinoo Hall, Nagasaki, November 13, 1993

  20. Live with Viruses [Makigami/Sakaide] (3:51)
    Recorded at Ell, Nagoya, October 18, 1990

  21. Fushigi o Mitsumete [Makigami/Sakaide] (3:35)
    Recorded at Michinoo Hall, Nagasaki, November 13, 1993

  22. Chimera [Makigami/Sakaide] (5:25)
    Recorded at Ell, Nagoya, October 18, 1990

Koichi Makigami: lead vocals, bass (5, 8, 9, 11, 15), cornet, toys
Masamichi Mitama: guitars, chorus
Makoto Inoue: mellotron, synthesizers, chorus (1-9, 11-15)
Yasushi Yamashita: rhythm box, synthesizers, chorus (6, 8, 9, 11-15)
Satoshi Tobe: alto saxophone, chorus (6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15)
Toshiro Sensui: drums (1, 5, 8, 14)
Masami Sakaide: bass (2, 3, 7, 16, 17, 19-22)
Kazuhiro Nomoto: saxophone, bass clarinet (2, 3, 7, 16, 17, 19-22)
Masaru Taniguchi: drums (2, 3, 7)
Torsten Rasch: samplers (16, 17, 19-22)
Ken Tsuno: drums (16, 17, 19-22)
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (16, 17, 20, 22)

Produced and edited by Koichi Makigami
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, New York City
Photo by Junsuke Takimoto
Design by Heung-Heung Chin

Released in October 2001