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Wewantsounds is delighted to announce the reissue of Norio Maeda's cult classic "Rock Communication Yagibushi" released in Japan in 1970.
The album has since become a Japanese Jazz Funk cornerstone and is now highly sought-after on the international DJ scene. The album reinterprets 14 traditional Japanese folk songs into jaw-dropping Jazz Funk instrumentals featuring killer arrangements by Maeda that would fit perfectly between David Axelrod and Lalo Schifrin. One of the most prolific Nippon arrangers, Norio Maeda on a par with Yuji Ohno and Kentaro Haneda and this album has long been on many collectors' wantlist. "Rock Communication Yagibushi" is reissued internationally for the first time, with newly remastered audio, original gatefold artwork and new liner notes by Paul Bowler
Details
Cat. number: WWSCD89
Year: 2024
Release notes:
Tracks 3, 5 to 8, 12 feature an additional seven piece horn section (three trumpets, four trombones inc. bass trombone).
Musicians in the horn section are not individually credited.
Newly remastered from the original tapes.
Tracklist
| 1 | 八木節 | 2:40 | |
| 2 | 津軽じょんがら節 | 2:56 | |
| 3 | 花笠音頭 | 3:14 | |
| 4 | おてもやん | 2:37 | |
| 5 | 佐渡おけさ | 3:22 | |
| 6 | ソーラン節 | 3:41 | |
| 7 | 金毘羅船々 | 2:42 | |
| 8 | 安里屋ユンタ | 3:20 | |
| 9 | 北海盆唄 | 3:09 | |
| 10 | 会津磐梯山 | 3:12 | |
| 11 | お江戸日本橋 | 2:45 | |
| 12 | 大漁唄い込み | 3:22 | |
| 13 | ドンパン節 | 3:38 | |
| 14 | 黒田節 | 2:33 |
Credits
- 前田憲男
- Arranged By
- 鈴木孝広
- Drums (3, 5 to 8, 12)
- 猪俣猛
- Drums (1, 2, 4, 9 to 11, 13)
- 荒生美智弘
- Electric Bass
- 杉本喜代志
- Electric Guitar
- 鈴木重男
- Flute, Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
- 飯吉馨
- Organ [Hammond] (3, 5 to 8, 12), Piano, Keyboards [Electone] (1, 2, 4, 9 to 11, 13)
- 尾川雄介
- Reissue Producer [監修], Liner Notes [解説]
- 村上光雄
- Rhythm Guitar
- 伏見哲夫
- Trumpet
- 内田晃一
- Vibraphone, Glockenspiel
