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Toshi Ichiyanagi

Opera from the Works of Tadanori Yokoo by Toshi Ichiyanagi

(Bridge Inc., BRIDGE-028/031) (Japan) (4 picture CDs + 2 silkscreen posters + 24 postcards + booklet, in LP-size picture box)

Disc 1

  1. Aria: 1 Japanese ballad (1:11)
  2. Electric Chant (5:16)
  3. Man's Pure Heart (10:40)
  4. (2:02)

Disc 2

  1. The Flowers (20:45)

Disc 3

  1. The Flowers (7:15)
  2. Song of New York (7:26)
  3. Kayo Musicale (5:34)

Disc 4

  1. Love Blinded Ballad (Enka 1969) (6:56)
  2. Spite song (Onka 1969) (6:49)
  3. Ken Takakura Sings on Tadanori Yokoo (3:20)

Includes a 50-page Japanese language booklet with artist photos; liner notes by Yoshiaki Tono, Kuniharu Akiyama, Shuji Terayama, Masao Yagi, Fumihito Taguchi, Tadanori Yokoo, and Manabu Yuasa; and the transcript of a conversation between Tadanori Yokoo and Toshi Ichiyanagi

Released in February 2005
Limited edition of 1,000
Originally released in 1969 as a 2-LP set (The End Record, TY1001-1002)