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Taeko Tomioka

Monogatari no Yoni Furusato wa Toi

(P-Vine Records, PCD-7254) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Monogatari no Yoni Furusato wa Toi (2:19)
  2. Tsuki no Yoru (2:19)
  3. Haha yo Ikare (2:20)
  4. Aoi Chiisana Hana (2:06)
  5. Utaimasho Hitori de (3:01)
  6. Sono Hi wa Akarui Hareta Hi datta (6:37)
  7. Kino no Musume (3:33)
  8. Hato ga Naiteiru (2:22)
  9. Nakaore Boshi wo Kamutta Otosan (2:26)
  10. Iroha Uta (2:24)
  11. Yoru (2:00)
  12. Omoide wa Omoku (3:26)

Words by Taeko Tomioka, and music and arrangements by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Taeko Tomioka: vocal
Ryuichi Sakamoto: keyboard, percussion, drums, vibraphone
Ken Yoshida: electric bass
Daiji Okai: drums
Nobuo Saito: percussion, triangle
Yutaka Mogi: electric and acoustic pianos
Tamio Kawabata: acoustic bass
Masahiro Takekawa: violin
Kiyoshi Sugimoto: electric guitar

Recorded in October and November 1976
Mixed by Ryoichi Muraoka
Design by Kishio Suga
Photos by Nobuyoshi Araki

Released in January 2005
Originally released in 1977 as an LP on Victor