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''Temple Stone'' is a live album by the Japanese band
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. It was originally released in 1994 then reissued by Drag City in 1997. The album features a performance of the traditional folk song "Blood Red River".


Track listing

# "Moungod Radiant Youth" – 4:47 # "Guru in the Echo" – 4:24 # "Under the Sun" – 6:18 # "Moungod Asleep" – 5:57 # "Freedom" (A.K.A. People Get Freedom) – 6:29 # "Rakshu" – 6:31 # "Blood Red River" – 6:00 # "Orange Sunshine" – 4:23 # "Giver's Chant" – 3:13 # "Sun is Tangging" – 8:56


Personnel

*Masaki Batoh – 12-string guitar,
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*Kazuo Ogino –
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harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...
*Junichi Yamamoto –
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, harmony *Taishi Takizawa –
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, harmony *Daisuke Naganuma –
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on 1, 6 and 7 *Taku Sugimoto –
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on 1, 6, 7 and 9 *Iwao Yamazaki –
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on 3 *Kohji Nishino –
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on 9 *Setsuko Furuya –
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Recording locations

* Seiryu Temple – tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 * Waseda Salvation Church – 4, 5, 8 and 10


References

Ghost (1984 band) albums 1994 live albums Drag City (record label) live albums {{japan-album-stub