Various – Folk Music Of The Amami Islands 50’s Japanese Traditional Folk Country Music Album Compilation

Various – Folk Music Of The Amami Islands 50’s Japanese Traditional Folk Country Music Album Compilation

Label: Folkways Records – FE 4448
Series: Ethnic Folkways Library – FE 4448
Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Field Recording, Folk

Tracklist

A1 Waka Rosho
A2 Shigin
A3 Asabana Hayari Bushi
A4 Shumichi Nagahama
A5 Ima Nu Kazekumo
A6 Mochi Moria Uta
A7 Yerabu Yuri No Hana
A8 Shima Sodachi
B1 Rankan Bashi Bushi
B2 Two Children’s Songs
B3 Ito Kuri Bushi
B4 Ichikya Bushi
B5 Yerabu Nagakumo Bushi
B6 Umi No Sasakusa
B7 Bon Odori
B8 Bo Odori
B9 Hachigatsu Odori
B10 Te Odori

Copyright © – Folkways Records & Service Corp.

Design [Cover] – Ronald Clyne
Directed By [Production Director] – Moses Asch
Liner Notes [Booklet], Photography [Booklet Photos], Recorded By – Douglas Haring*
Liner Notes [Editor] – Harold Courlander

From booklet:
Folk Music Of The Amami Islands, Japan
Recorded in Naze, Great Amami Island (Amami Ōshima), 1952

Issued in a heavy cardboard, (textured) slipcase cover, accompanied with an eight, (8), page informational booklet.

Cover appears to be the same as Various – Folk Music Of The Amami Islands, but the label style and booklet is different.

Copyright 1954 by Folkways Records & Service Corp.

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Runout: Side B “P 440 B 2” is stamped.

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