Longing For The Shadow: Ryukoka Recordings 1921-1939 [Cassette]

Various Artists - Longing For The Shadow: Ryukoka Recordings 1921-1939 [Cassette]

- Collection of 1920s and 30s ryukoka recordings - Emerged from the early stages of the recording industry in Japan - Blends western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music This collection of 1920s & 30s ryukoka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread influence of western pop music during post-war US occupation. Seki Taneko - Akemi's Poems; Kusunoki Shigeo - Longing for the Shadow; Yayoi Tanaka - Sad Gull; Akasaka Koume - Please Forgive Me; Ichimaru - If You Go Down the Tenryu; Mitsuko Nemoto - Cosmos Elegy; Ichiro Fujiyama - Tokyo Daughter; Chiyako Sato - Skyscraper; Yayoi Tanaka - The Dream Is Short Lived; Ichiro Fujiyama & Masao Koga - Is Sake Tears or Sighs?; Otomaru - Yoneyama Sanri; Hamako Watanabe - I Don't Forget; Akasaka Koume - Asama Smoke; Yoshio Tabata - Farewell Ship; Ichiro Fujiyama - Farewell Youth; Kouta Katsutaro - Stand up Tomorrow