Maki Asakawa – Maki Asakawa

The Honest Jon’s compilations come with no credits or other information regarding the songs; these credits, dates, etc., compiled from related Discogs pages. (Nb. English song titles are approximate translations)

A1 - 眠るのが怖い from Maki II released 05 Sept 1971
I’m Afraid to Sleep (Nemuru no ga kowai)
Flute – Tahachi Mochizuki タハチ・モチズキ
Lyrics by – Terayama Shūji 寺山修司
Taiko – Kikutada Kishuda キクタダ・カシダ
Trombone – Masamichi Uetaka マサミチ・ウエタカ, Seiichi Tokura セイイチ・トクラ, Takeshi Aoki タケシ・アオキ
Written by – Itsurō Shimoda 下田逸郎

A2 - っちゃな時から from Live released 05 Mar 1972
Back When I Was a Kid (Chicchana toki kara)
Acoustic Guitar [Folk Guitar] – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Acoustic Guitar [Twelve String Folk Guitar] – Yoshihiro Sugiura 杉浦芳博
Bass, Electric Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba 稲葉国光
Drums – Hiro Tsunoda つのだ・ひろ
Flute, Percussion – Kosuki Ichihara 市原宏祐
Lyrics by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Written by – Matsumura Takashi むつひろし
Piano – Masaru Imada 今田勝
recorded live Dec 31, 1971 at 紀伊國屋ホール (Kinokuniya Hall), Shinjuku, Tokyo

A3 - ブルー・スピリット・ブルース from Blue Spirit Blues released 01 Dec 1972
Blue Spirit Blues (Burū supiritto burūsu)
Acoustic Guitar – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Japanese Lyrics by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Written by – Spencer Williams (2)

A4 - ふしあわせという名の猫 from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai) released 05 Sept 1970
A Cat Named Happiness (Fushi awase to iu na no neko)
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

A5 - ゴビンダ (Govinda) from Maki II released 05 Sept 1971
Chorus – Govinda Love-O ゴビンダ・LOVE-O (Akio Nagata アキオ・ナガタ, Daihachiro Kotani ダイハチロー・コタニ, Katsumi Yasuda カツミ・ヤスダ, Riko リコ, Takeshi Karaki タケシ・カラキ, Toshiyuki Okuma トシユキ・オークマ)
Organ – Keisuke Egusa ケイスケ・エグサ
Percussion – Isao Miyamoto イサオ・ミヤモト, Masami Kawahara マサミ・カワハラ, Naomi Kawahara ナオミ・カワハラ
Sitar – Yoko Uehara ヨーコ・ウエハラ
Written by – Traditional

B1 - ちっちゃな時から from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai)
released 05 Sept 1970
Back When I Was a Kid (Chicchana toki kara)
Lyrics by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Written by – Matsumura Takashi むつひろし
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

B2 - ボロと古鉄 from Maki VI
Released 20 Dec 1974. Recorded live 19 September 1974 at Kanda Kyōritsu Auditorium (神田共立講堂) in Tokyo.
Rags And Old Iron (Boro to furukane)
Alto Saxophone – Akira Sakata 坂田明
Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba 稲葉国光
Drums – Takeo Muriyama 森山威男
Japanese Lyrics by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Lyrics by – Oscar Brown Jr.
Written by – Norman Curtis

B3 - 愛さない の愛せないの from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai)
released 05 Sept 1970
I Don’t Love You, I Can’t Love You (Aisanai no aisenai no)
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

B4 - 裏窓 from 裏窓 Rear Window (Uramado), released 05 Nov 1973
Rear Window (Uramado)
Acoustic Guitar – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Clarinet – Kasuke Ichihara 市原宏祐
Drums – Masao Komatsuzaki 小松崎政雄
Electric Bass – Yasuo Tomikura 富倉安生
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Recorded live 1973.4.13 at 明大前キッド・アイラック・ホール (Meidaimae Kid Ailack Hall)

B5 - かもめ from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai)
released 05 Sept 1970
Seagull (Kamome)
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

C1 - 町 from Blue Spirit Blues released 01 Dec 1972
City (Machi)
Drums – Hiro Tsunoda つのだ・ひろ
Electric Bass – Masayoshi Takanaka 高中正義
Electric Guitar – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Lyrics By – Kuhachi Morisu 森須九八
Tenor Saxophone – Kiyoshi Saito 斎藤清
Trombone – Teruhiko Kakaota 片岡輝彦
Written by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ

C2 - 午後 from One released 05 April 1980
Afternoon (Gogo)
Bass – Tamio Kawabata 川端民生
Piano – Yosuke Yamashita 山下洋輔
Trumpet – Toshinori Kondo 近藤等則
Lyrics by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Written by – Yosuke Yamashita 山下洋輔

C3 - 前科者のクリスマス from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai)
released 05 Sept 1970
Ex-Convict’s Christmas (Zenkasha no kurisumasu)
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

C4 - 引越し from 裏窓 Rear Window (Uramado), released 05 Nov 1973
Moving (Hikkoshi)
Drums – Masao Komatsuzaki 小松崎政雄
Electric Bass – Yasuo Tomikura 富倉安生
Electric Guitar – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Lyrics by, Written by – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Organ – Morihisa Shuboya 渋谷森久

D1 - キャバレー from Maki VI
Released 20 Dec 1974. Recorded live 19 September 1974 at Kanda Kyōritsu Auditorium (神田共立講堂) in Tokyo.
Cabaret (Kyabarē)
Alto Saxophone – Akira Sakata 坂田明
Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba 稲葉国光
Drums – Takeo Muriyama 森山威男
Lyrics by – Langston Hughes
Japanese Lyrics by – Tadatoshi Saito 斉藤忠利
Written by – Yosuke Yamashita 山下洋輔

Does a jazz-band ever sob?
They say a jazz-band’s gay.
Yet as the vulgar dancers whirled
And the wan night wore away,
One said she heard the jazz-band sob
When the little dawn was grey.

D2 - こんな風に過ぎて行くのなら from 裏窓 Rear Window (Uramado), released 05 Nov 1973
So That’s How It Goes (Kon’nafūni sugite iku nonara)
Acoustic Guitar – Nobuyoshi Hagiwara 萩原信義
Drums – Masao Komatsuzaki 小松崎政雄
Electric Bass – Yasuo Tomikura 富倉安生
Electric Piano – Mikio Shirai 白井幹夫
Lyrics by, Written by, Percussion – Maki Asakawa 浅川マキ
Percussion – Nobu Saito 斉藤伸雄

D3 - 女 from アメリカの夜 American Night (Amerika No Yoru) released 01 Mar 1986
Woman (On’na)
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Takayuki Hijikata 土方隆行
Drums, Percussion – Hideo Yamaki 山木秀夫
Electric Bass – Yasuo Tomikura 富倉安生
Keyboards – Soichi Noriki 野力奏一
Written by – Toshiyuki Honda 本多俊之
Synthesizer – Keiji Toriyama 鳥山敬治
Tenor Saxophone – Takao Uematsu 植松孝夫
Recorded 1985.11.25 – 1986.01.07; Title アメリカの夜 is a reference to Truffaut’s ‘La nuit américaine’

D4 - 雪が降る from 浅川マキの世界 The World of Maki Asakawa (Asikawamakinosekai)
released 05 Sep 1970
It’s Snowing (Yukigafuru)
Lyrics by – Shuji Terayama 寺山修司
Written by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎
Arranged by – Kozaburo Yamaki 山木幸三郎

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Can anyone comment on the sound quality of this version? Is it worth getting? I've seen sellers listing this as "played two times" so I'm wondering if that's because it sounds so bad they decided to sell after the second listen, or if it's not related to the sound quality and it's actually good that'd be great to know!

...so, they could include a sumptuous 12" x 12" booklet with the vinyl, but not a discography, track sources, or personnel??