Album

Japan (Kabuki & Other Traditional Music)

Ensemble Nipponia

1980 · Folk, World, & Country, Stage & Screen

Rare pressing on Gatefold

Japan (Kabuki & Other Traditional Music) by Ensemble Nipponia

Japan (Kabuki & Other Traditional Music) is a Folk album by Ensemble Nipponia, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Echigojishi = The Echigo Lion5:40
  2. A2Ataka No Matsu = The Pine Tree At Ataka3:14
  3. A3Musume Dōjōji = The Maiden At The Dōjō Temple4:54
  4. A4Kanjinchō = The Subscription List10:03

Side B

  1. B1Shirabe-Sagariha = The Sound Of Wind Through The Bamboo Leaves5:36
  2. B2Atsumori = The Death Of Atsumori7:16
  3. B3Hanayagi = The Greening6:12
  4. B4Sattō = Wind Dance6:06

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Traditional Folk
  • cavernous
  • meditative
  • theatrical

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, October 1978.
Tracks written in the following years:
A1 - 1811
A2 - 1769
A3 - 1753
A4 - 1840
B2 - 12th Century
B3 - 1976
B4 - 1975
Mastering credit in LCCN and Credits based on liner credit: "mastering/Robert C. Ludwig (Masterdisk Corp.)" and Lacquer Cut At credit based on runouts.
Runouts are etched, except for stamped "ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀᴅɪsᴋ".

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Akikuni TakahashiPERCUSSION
  • Ayako HandaBIWA, VOCALS
  • Hiromitsu KatadaPERCUSSION
  • Kohei NishikawaFLUTE , SHINOBUE
  • Taichi OzakiDRUM PERCUSSION
  • 藤舎成敏DRUM PERCUSSION

Rare pressing on Gatefold · 7 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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