''Ghost'' is the debut album by the
Japan
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ese band
Ghost
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. It was originally released in 1990 and reissued by
Drag City in 1997. The song ''Sun is Tangging'' also appeared on the compilation ''Tokyo Flashback Vol. 2'' (1992).
Track listing
# "Sun is Tangging" - 5:19
# "Guru in the Echo" - 4:27
# "Moungod Te Deum" - 4:11
# "I've Been Flying" - 4:19
# "Ballad of Summer Rounder" - 10:43
# "Moungod Asleep" - 5:45
# "Moungod Radiant Youth" - 3:02
# "Rakshu" - 6:22
Personnel
*Masaki Batoh (
vocals
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, acoustic
guitar
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s,
banjo
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...
)
*Taishi Takizawa (Acoustic
guitar
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s,
flute
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,
saxophone
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)
*Kohji Nishino (
Bass guitar
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)
*Mu Krsna (
percussion
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,
vocals
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)
Additional musicians
*Noriaki Hagiya (
Oboe
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on 1, 8)
*Daisuke Naganuma (
Violin
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on 3)
*Kazuo Ogino (
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on 3,7)
*'Chiriko' and 'Noriko' ('Water' on 3)
*Michio Kurihara (
Electric guitar
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on 4)
*Naohiro Yoshimoto (
Bass guitar
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on 2)
*'Tenma' (
percussion
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on 2)
*Shigeru Konno (
percussion
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on 2,5)
*'Utsuo' and 'Akane' ('Wind' on 8)
References
*
1990 albums
Ghost (1984 band) albums
Drag City (record label) albums
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