tangotreats
04-26-2016, 09:07 PM
A Herr Salat / Tangotreats Co-Production
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - a story
1974 Audiobook in Japanese
Written by Richard Bach
Japanese translation by Hiroyuki Itsuki
Narrated by Asao Koike
Score composed and arranged by Yasuo Higuchi
Performed by Seagull Symphony Orchestra
My transfer from Herr Salat's vinyl. Scans (actually sourced from digital photographs taken and processed in RAW mode on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge) included. FLAC at Level 8. Requests for CUEs and LOGs will be referred to the Yakuza.
MEGA (250mb) - https://mega.nz/#!pCIhQKoR!T3z8uKlhS13jo3F6JeV2ne0Ky4UY-B-6jrF7ibzj1rI(New November 2019 Link)
Before somebody yells at me about posting albums that don't strictly speaking fit in to any of the categories... I hope the powers that be will excuse this one which, whilst indeed an audiobook, does represent a unique interest to collectors of anime music by virtue of its score, by none other than Yasuo Higuchi.
This is perhaps the rarest - and perhaps oldest, Higuchi of all; in 1974 at the age of just twenty-one, he scored this Japanese language audiobook adaptation of Richard Bach's novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull". Sadly, the music on its own was never released, so this upload is actually the complete 46 minute audiobook, with sound effects and narration. I suspect it will, therefore, be of primary interest to Japanese speakers.
Higuchi's score (which is written for full symphony orchestra) is sparingly used; but it's so gorgeous it doesn't matter. I don't care that I can't understand a word that's being said. I don't care that a lot of the music is buried under a narrator and the sounds of seagulls. It's Yasuo Higuchi; the least prolific and possibly the finest composer of modern times.
About this vinyl... What can I say? It's ten years older than me and it sounds like it's never been played. From the scans you can see some discolouration and damage, but fortunately the LP itself was absolutely spotless. Herr Salat sent me this about two years ago and to my shame, I never transferred it until now. My unreliability has become something of a theme running through these projects - there is usually an apology of some kind or another, and this is no exception - but I hope that somebody finds some pleasure in this album and that Herr Salat himself still keeps good feelings for me. Once again, sir, thank you.
Enjoy! :)
TT
Jonathan Livingston Seagull - a story
1974 Audiobook in Japanese
Written by Richard Bach
Japanese translation by Hiroyuki Itsuki
Narrated by Asao Koike
Score composed and arranged by Yasuo Higuchi
Performed by Seagull Symphony Orchestra
My transfer from Herr Salat's vinyl. Scans (actually sourced from digital photographs taken and processed in RAW mode on a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge) included. FLAC at Level 8. Requests for CUEs and LOGs will be referred to the Yakuza.
MEGA (250mb) - https://mega.nz/#!pCIhQKoR!T3z8uKlhS13jo3F6JeV2ne0Ky4UY-B-6jrF7ibzj1rI(New November 2019 Link)
Before somebody yells at me about posting albums that don't strictly speaking fit in to any of the categories... I hope the powers that be will excuse this one which, whilst indeed an audiobook, does represent a unique interest to collectors of anime music by virtue of its score, by none other than Yasuo Higuchi.
This is perhaps the rarest - and perhaps oldest, Higuchi of all; in 1974 at the age of just twenty-one, he scored this Japanese language audiobook adaptation of Richard Bach's novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull". Sadly, the music on its own was never released, so this upload is actually the complete 46 minute audiobook, with sound effects and narration. I suspect it will, therefore, be of primary interest to Japanese speakers.
Higuchi's score (which is written for full symphony orchestra) is sparingly used; but it's so gorgeous it doesn't matter. I don't care that I can't understand a word that's being said. I don't care that a lot of the music is buried under a narrator and the sounds of seagulls. It's Yasuo Higuchi; the least prolific and possibly the finest composer of modern times.
About this vinyl... What can I say? It's ten years older than me and it sounds like it's never been played. From the scans you can see some discolouration and damage, but fortunately the LP itself was absolutely spotless. Herr Salat sent me this about two years ago and to my shame, I never transferred it until now. My unreliability has become something of a theme running through these projects - there is usually an apology of some kind or another, and this is no exception - but I hope that somebody finds some pleasure in this album and that Herr Salat himself still keeps good feelings for me. Once again, sir, thank you.
Enjoy! :)
TT