Product Description
2 CD set of Osharaku- shamisen, percusion and vocals, and working songs and other folk songs, originally performed by famers and fishermen. Recordings from the 1960s and 70s. Wonderful collection with notes in English.
CD1 - Osharaku
1. "Takasago (Soudai Bushi)" - Vocal: Masagoro Yoshino 2. "Kisarazu (Soudai Bushi)" - Vocal: Hachigoro Takahashi 3. "Shiramasu Konaya" - Vocal: Yonekichi Hasegawa 4. "Shinkawa Jibiki" - Vocal: Yonekichi Hasegawa 5. "Hosoda no Kawa" - Vocal: Eikichi Iwata 6. "Shigedaimoku" - Vocal: Kin Suzuki 7. "Nichirenki" - Vocal: Sakichi Minezaki 8. "Miyazaku-zaka" - Vocal: Masao Misaki 9. "Yonaoshi" - Vocal: Kinzo Ogawa 10. "Tekka Bushi" - Vocal: Denpachi Fujishiro 11. "Nen-nen Komori" - Vocal: Kinzo Ogawa 12. "Yokayoka Ameya(Mondo Suzuki)" - Vocal: Hachigoro Takahashi
CD2: Folk Songs of Kasai and Urayasu
1. "Nenbutsu - Shinkawa Jibiki" - Vocal: The Harue-cho Nenbutsu Kochu 2. "Bo-sama" - Performance: The Kasai Osharaku Preservation Society 3. "Tsuketa" - Vocal: Toshi Enomoto, Yasutaro Koizumi 4. "Dondon" - Performance: Shichi Yamaoka and others 5. "Bon wa Ureshii" - Vocal: Masu Yoshida 6. "Genpoji" - Vocal: Toshi Enomoto, Yasutaro Koizumi 7. "Koresama" - Vocal: Shichi Yamaoka and others 8. "Taue-uta" - Vocal: Kane Suga 9. "Jigyo-uta (Hitotsu-uchi & Futatsu-uchi)" - Vocal: Kasai Local People 10. "Kioroshi" - Performance: Todaijima People 11. "Todaijima no Funa-uta" - Vocal: Kinzo Ogawa 12. "Asa no Degake" - Performance: Toshi Enomoto 13. "Ni-agari Jinku" - Performance: Masu Yoshida 14. "Soma-nakamura" - Performance: Todaijima People 15. "Choina Bushi" - Performance: Todaijima People 16. "Itchasa Bushi" - Vocal: Toshi Enomoto, Yasutaro Koizumi
