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01. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Kindaichi Kosuke No Theme
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02. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Yatsuhakamura
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03. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Kamen Butoukai
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04. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Honjin Satsujin Jiken
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05. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Gokumontou
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06. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Akuma No Temariuta
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07. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Meirosou No Sangeki
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08. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo Fuku
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09. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Mitsukubitou
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10. The Mystery Kindaichi Band - Inugamike No Ichizoku
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ARTIST
MYSTERY KINDAICHI BAND, THE
TITLE
The Adventures of Kindaichi Kosuke
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WEWANTSOUNDS
CATALOG #
WWSLP 031LP
WWSLP 031LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
3/6/2020
2024 restock; LP version. Obi; includes four-page insert. Wewantsounds present the first official release outside of Japan for
The Mystery Kindaichi Band
's
The Adventures of Kindaichi Kosuke
, originally released in 1977. The "imaginary" soundtrack to the cult detective book series by writer
Seishi Yokomizo
is on many DJ want-lists. Arranged by soundtrack master
Kentaro Haneda
and featuring a mysterious group of the best '70s Japanese Funk musicians, the album is pure undiluted disco funk. Writer
Seishi Yokomizo
is an institution in Japan. He could be compared to
Agatha Christie
with his series of novels based on the adventures of detective
Kosuke Kindaichi
. The fictional character was born in 1946 with Yokomizo's first novel in the series and solved mysteries until the late '70s under Yokomizo's pen before the death of the writer in 1981. Yokomizo's novels have been a prime source for film and TV scenarios, so when, in 1977, Japanese label King Records decided to record a concept album based on the Kindaichi novels, it made complete sense. The writer was slightly surprised though. The concept album was arranged by pianist Kentaro Haneda, a key TV and film composer who has worked on many anime films and is also famous outside of Japan for composing the music for the video game
Wizardry
. For the album, he assembled a supergroup of some of the best Tokyo funk and city pop musicians. The long list includes jazz pianist
Hideo Ichikawa
who played on the 1971
Joe Henderson In Japan
album, drummer
Jun Moriya
, who is on
Joe Hisaichi
's cult
Wonder City Orchestra
album (1982), percussionist
Tadaomi Anai
who played with disco singer
Eri Ohno
, trumpeter
Koji Hadori
who's featured on
Haruomi Hosono
's
Pacific
album (1978). Also present on the album are saxophonist
Takeru Muraoka
who plays on many
Tatsuro Yamashita
cult albums including
For You
(1982) and
Spacy
(1977), Kimiko Yamauchi (koto) who's on
Akiko Yano
's landmark 1976 album
Japanese Girl
(WWSCD 017CD/WWSLP 017LP), and last but not least, French hornist
Koji Yamaguchi
who plays on
Yazuaki Shimizu
's
Kakashi
(1982). Together they lay the funk on ten instrumentals filled with pure disco and funk breakbeats, making the album one of the highly-coveted Japanese LPs on international cratedigger scene. Remastered from the original tapes. Faithfully reproduced original artwork; Artwork by renowned illustrator
Ichibun Sugimoto
. New introduction by
Anton Spice
.
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