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Hikasu

Teichona Omotenashi

(Vap, VPCC-80429) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Kashiwade (3:39)
  2. Teichona Omotenashi (4:45)
  3. Daikokai (8:58)
  4. Saezuri (3:31)
  5. Wagakuni (3:26)
  6. Yume no Hanashi (3:59)
  7. Chimera (5:30)
  8. Art Man (2:47)
  9. Inori (4:52)
  10. Hinatapoko (3:33)
  11. Utaenai Uta (5:20)

All words by Koichi Makigami
Music by Hikasu (1), Freeman Mita (2, 4, 8, 10), Masami Sakaide (5-7, 11), Makoto Inoue (3), and Makoto Inoue and Otomo Yoshihide (9)

Hikasu
Koichi Makigami: vocals, cornet
Freeman Mita: vocal (8), guitars
Makoto Inoue: keyboards
Masami Sakaide: bass
Kazuhiro Nomoto: woodwinds
Masaru Taniguchi: drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Tsunoken: drums (1, 4, 6), percussion (8, 11)

Guests
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables (3, 9)
Hiroe Ueda: voice (6)

Recorded by Shin Morimoto at Yugawara Inoue Studio and Onkio Haus, Kawaguchiko Studio, and Studio Farm
Mixed by Shin Morimoto
Art direction and illustrations by Taro Manabe
Design by Yoshiyuki Seki
Photo by Junsuke Takimoto
Produced by Masami Yoshida
Includes a 16-page booklet with lyrics in Japanese and illustrations

Released in December 1990