Longing for the Shadow: Ryukka Recordings (1921–1939) – Various Artists Cassette

Description

Title: Longing for the Shadow: Ryukka Recordings, 1921-1939 (Various Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Death Is Not the End
Product Type: CASSETTES
UPC: 5050580767324
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2025-11-14
Number of Discs: 1
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.
Tracks:
1.1 Seki Taneko – Akemi’s Poems
1.2 Kusunoki Shigeo – Longing for the Shadow
1.3 Yayoi Tanaka – Sad Gull
1.4 Akasaka Koume – Please Forgive Me
1.5 Ichimaru – If You Go Down the Tenryu
1.6 Mitsuko Nemoto – Cosmos Elegy
1.7 Ichiro Fujiyama – Tokyo Daughter
1.8 Chiyako Sato – Skyscraper
1.9 Yayoi Tanaka – the Dream Is Short Lived
1.10 Ichiro Fujiyama ; Masao Koga – Is Sake Tears or Sighs?
1.11 Otomaru – Yoneyama Sanri
1.12 Hamako Watanabe – I Don’t Forget
1.13 Akasaka Koume – Asama Smoke
1.14 Yoshio Tabata – Farewell Ship
1.15 Ichiro Fujiyama – Farewell Youth
1.16 Kouta Katsutaro – Stand Up Tomorrow

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