Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Yoshi Wada

Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile

(EM Records, EM1074CD) (Omega Point, OP-0004) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Singing (31:07)
  2. Bagpipe (33:17)

Composed by Yoshi Wada

Recorded by Steve Cellum at "Dry Pool," Media Study, Buffalo, November 29, 1981
Digitally transferred from original two-track master tapes by Ippei Suda at LM Studio, Osaka
CD remastered by Koichi Hara at Magic Hour Studio, Osaka, 2007
Cover and photo by Marilyn Bogerd
Photos of "Dry Pool Soundings" by Ken Rowe
Produced by Yoshi Wada, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, and India Navigation Company
Includes liner notes in English and Japanese by Yoshi Wada (Japanese translation by Osamu Ibe)

Released in December 2007
Originally released in 1982 as an LP on India Navigation, with edited (shorter) versions of both tracks