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Title Akira Ifukube: Songs For the People
CD Label Three Shells
CD Number 3SCD-0027
Music Composed by: Akira Ifukube
Music Performed by: Ichiro Negishi (baritone) and Haruka Kawauchi (piano)
Recording date and venue: March 23rd, 2016 at Toyosu Civic Hall
Number of tracks 20
Running time 65:43
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture October 16th, 2016

REVIEW

April 23, 2020

This CD was recorded March 23rd, 2016 at Toyosu Civic Hall.

Studio recordings of Ifukube songs written for schools, companies and organizations.

Sorry. No review at this time. I do not own a copy of these discs. Info and scans courtesy of Sam Scali.

Akira Ifukube: Songs For the People (3SCD-0027)
(Track translations via online translators, my personal knowledge and guesses)

    Municipality (tracks 1-4)

  1. Hokkaido Hymns: Mitsu Mori
  2. Obihiro City City Song: Masato Toyama
  3. Otofuke Town Song: Hiroshi Mimura
  4. Ikeda Town Town Song: Chiharu Kiyohara

    5. Elementary School (tracks 5-11)

  5. Sapporo City Kotoni Elementary School School Song: Hidenosuke Yamashita
  6. Kushiro City Mihara Elementary School School Song: Genzo Sarashina
  7. Kushiro City Lakeside Elementary School School Song (Lakeside National School School Song) Lyrics: Kagejiro Kazemaki
  8. Mukawa Elementary School School Lyrics: Genshin Sarashina
  9. Fukushima City Hirano Elementary School School Lyrics: Nobuharu Shimizu
  10. Nirasaki Municipal Nirasaki Northwest Elementary School School Song: Togoro Koike
  11. Settsuya Ward Tamazumi Elementary School School Lyrics: Nao Abe (Original) / Mio Nagata (Supplement)

    12. Junior High School (tracks 12-14)

  12. Nayoro City Nayoro Higashi Junior High School School Song: Yoshiyuki Irie
  13. Koiryo Junior High School, Sapporo Municipal Song: Kotaro Iida
  14. Nachi Katsuura Municipal Ukui Junior High School School song lyrics: Teizo Takigawa

    15. High School (tracks 15-17)

  15. Hokkaido Akan High School School song: Shunzo Kashiwakura
  16. Sapporo Sosei High School School Song: Takeshi Shimizu
  17. Hokkaido Shintoku High School School song: Abe Toichi

    18. College (track 18)

  18. Nayoro Women's Junior College Song: Eiju Koike

    19. Corporation (track 19)

  19. Taiyo Boseki Co., Ltd. Song: Yusuke Sato

    20. Union(track 20)

  20. All Developed Songs:Junichi Sawaya (Unions)