V/A - Longing For The Shadow: Ryūkōka Recordings, 1921-1939

Death Is Not The End - "Emerging during the early stages of the recording industry in Japan, the ryūkōka style adopted western classical, blues & jazz elements into traditional and classical Japanese music. This collection of 1920s & 30s ryūkōka 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 Tenryū
Mitsuko Nemoto – Cosmos Elegy
Ichirō Fujiyama – Tokyo Daughter
Chiyako Sato – Skyscraper
Yayoi Tanaka – The Dream Is Short Lived
Ichirō 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
Ichirō Fujiyama – Farewell Youth
Kouta Katsutaro – Stand Up Tomorrow