From: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu (Starbuck)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Anime CD List- Maison Ikkoku
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:45:30 GMT
Organization: the Worlds Welfare Work Association, Rutgers Anime division


			       Anime CD List
		     Special Mason Ikkoku edition
			Maintained by Stephen Pearl
			  Last Modified: 1992.4.1
     Thanks to all those who took the time to mail or post corrections,
	additions, and new listings!  This list is dedicated to you!

Very special thanks to P-chan for his help incompiling the data for this series.

Also used as a reference was the "Sight & Sound Import Catalog".
Their address is listed at the end of the article.

	   Please send all additions/corrections/comments to:

internet: pearl@remus.rutgers.edu		Steve Pearl
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If you think an album may be out of print, let me know.  While it
still may be possible to buy it at some stores, it will save some
frustrations when trying to special order it.

Japanese CDs usually have the production date printed within a box on
the back cover, with the year of the original production usually
replaced by a letter.  The letters correspond to the following years:
	N 1984	H 1986	R 1988	C 1990
	I 1985	O 1987	E 1989	D 1991

Although many of these CDs are out of print and commercial CD Catalogs
from Japan contain far more listings, I believe the strengths of this
list lie in the comments given by the various contributers.  (How else
would someone know which Orange Road CD or Macross CD to buy!)	So
please, if you own a CD listed here and would like to make a comment,
*any comment*, please do!

A list of mail order sources for these CDs appears at the end of the
document.  If you can add or comment on these as well, please do!

DISCLAIMER:  Because I "collected" many of these listings and did not
write them, I cannot vouch for their complete accuracy.  Use this as a
guide only.  Thanks!

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			   Format of Listings
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SHOW NAME  (aka other titles)

	title
		record company order # (release date), price
		# of tracks, length
		(comments)
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		 1. track 1 title	(singer) [program]	length
		 .
		 .
		 .
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SINGER	(show associated with: voice character name)
	(Biographical or personal data)

	title
		record company order # (release date), price
		# of tracks, length
		(comments)
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		 1. track 1 title	[program]	length
		 .
		 .
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			Anime Programs and Films
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MAISON IKKOKU

	Maison Ikkoku  Music Blend 2
		Kitty Records H33K-20076 (1987.7.1), Y3008
		27 tracks: 5 vocal/22 instrumental, 49:41
		(Kawai Kenji composed the instrumentals.  Has the most
		 famous vocals and BGM, with some wonderful "long BGM"
		 tracks (1, 7, 13, 27...) that could not be heard wholly
		 in TV series.  Remember the most beautiful "kiss"
		 love scene between Godai and Kyoko, just when the snow
		 starts falling, 3 episodes before the final one?  That
		 BGM is from track 1, "bells ring in the dawn", a
		 masterpiece... and the CD starts with it... and it ends
		 with these ringing bells too... listen carefully !
		 In the final episode 96, you can hear the track 13 too,
		 while Godai-kun is revealing all characters' stories.)
		---
		 2. Sunny Shiny Morning 		(Kiyonori Matsuo) [OP]
		 6. Kanashimi yo konnichiwa		(Saitou Yuki) [OP]
		11. Sayonara no Dessin			(Picasso) [ED]
		12. Sukisa				(Anzenchitai) [OP]
		20. Fantasy				(Picasso) [ED]
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Koi suru Kimochi
		Kitty Records H30K-20088 (1987.9.25), Y3008
		15 tracks: 8 vocal/7 drama, 39:31
		("A feeling of love".  All these songs are performed
		 by Shimamoto Sumi, the "real" voice of Kyoko.  Some of
		 them are Sumi-chan's versions of OP/ED themes (1, 13),
		 others are insert songs, that may be heard for a -too?-
		 short time in the TV series (5, 9) while others are brand
		 new (3, 7, 11, 15).  The OP/ED themes' original musics
		 have been changed a little, and now feelings are
		 different, but very good, still in the TV style.  Between
		 the songs, dialogues (SC) featuring Kyoko, Godai, Akemi,
		 Yotsuya and Ichinose have been inserted. They have been
		 created especially for this CD and cannot be found
		 elsewhere!  A Japanese friend (who CAN understand
		 Japanese...) told me that these dialogues were VERY funny.
		 He used to translate me the last one (SC-7), here it is
		 (Kyoko speaking): "Wow, I had a hard time; I was very
		 impressed to have to sing in front of you but it was very
		 nice. Yotsuya-san didn't stop from talking and drinking,
		 so that he didn't listen to me at all! But I hope that
		 YOU did... didn't you?".
		 The first one (SC-1) is made of all Ikkoku-kan weirdos
		 congratulating Kyoko for this new CD performance, with
		 a final loud "Kanpai!!".
		 A good and enjoyable CD to fill your collection up.)
		---
		 1. Kanashimi yo konnichiwa
		    (Hello sadness)
		    (Words Composer : Moriyuki ?
		     Music Composer : Tamaki Kouji
		     Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		 2. SC-1
		 3. Melody
		    (Words Composer : Satou Arisu
		     Music Composer : Matsuda Ryou
		     Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		 4. SC-2
		 5. Yodan
		    (Presentiment)
		    (Words Composer : Satou Arisu
		     Music Composer : Kosaka Akiko
		     Final Arrangement : Kobayashi Shingo)
		 6. SC-3
		 7. Follow you
		    (Words Composer : Satou Arisu
		     Music Composer : Satou Ken
		     Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		 8. SC-4
		 9. Yume no iriguchi e
		    (Go to a dream entrance)
		    (Words Composer : Satou Arisu
		     Music Composer : Sugiyama Takuo
		     Final Arrangement : Kobayashi Shingo)
		10. SC-5
		11. Tokimeki
		    (Heart throbs)
		    (Words Composer : Izumi Yukari
		     Music Composer : Okamoto ?
		     Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		12. SC-6
		13. Sunny Shiny Morning
		    (Words Composer : Yukawa Reiko
		     Music Composer : Matsuo Kiyonori
		     Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		14. SC-7
		15. Endless
		    (Words Composer : Satou Arisu
		     Music Composer, Final Arrangement : Matsui Tadashige)
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Kanketsuhen (Final)
		Kitty Records H30K-20116 (1988.2.21), Y3008
		16 tracks: 1 vocal, 35:54
		(Movie BGM, really different from TV series BGM,
		 composed by Mori Eiji.  Pleasant, but you should
		 have seen the movie to "feel" them better.)
		---
		 1. I love you
		 2. Widow's lover
		 3. A breath of air
		 4. American woman
		 5. In the moonlight
		 6. Crystal heart
		 7. 6.6.6
		 8. Kami fubuki
		    (Paper snowstorm)
		 9. Wedding dress
		10. Kanpai !!
		11. Grandmother
		12. Tsuki to gita-
		    (Moon and guitar)
		13. She-inn
		14. I need her
		15. Meri-go-raundo no futari
		    (Merry-go-round for two)
		16. Garasu no kissu
		    (Kiss of glass) [vocal]
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Music Sour
		Kitty Records H30K-20135 (1988.12.21), Y3008
		61 tracks, 60:47
		(It has the various BGM, 8-10 second sound bites,
		 and 1-3 second bridges from the TV series and is
		 all instrumental.)
		---
		 1. Bridge K1
		 2. Kanashimi yo konnichiwa (instrumental)
		    (Hello sadness)
		 3. Bridge K2
		 4. Ogenki desu yo
		    (I am healthy!)
		 5. Bukimina kehai sono 2
		    (A weird sign, part 2)
		 6. Mono omoi
		    (Meditation)
		 7. Bridge sono 1
		 8. Fuanna rounin seikatsu
		    (Uneasy ronin's life)
		 9. ?
		10. Miagetegoran yoru no tsuki o
		    (Look at the moon in the night sky)
		11. Bridge sono 2
		12. Kyouko-san, ote o douzo
		    (Give me your hand, Kyoko)
		13. Kondomo chikoku da
		    (This time too, I am late)
		14. Yume no naka no yume
		    (A dream within a dream)
		15. Bridge sono 3
		16. Fushigina kibun
		    (A strange feeling)
		17. Tanoshii osanpo
		    (A happy stroll)
		18. Fuyu sono 2
		    (Winter, part 2)
		19. Aki sono 2
		    (Autumn, part 2)
		20. Kakeashi sono 2
		    (Running, part 2)
		21. A- nasakenaya
		    (Oh~ miserable)
		22. Madobede hitori
		    (Somebody near the window)
		23. Bridge sono 4
		24. Shoudassou no te-mu
		    ("Small run away" theme)
		25. Mou! haru desu ne
		    (Soon! Spring comes)
		26. Kataomoi
		    (Unrequited love)
		27. Bridge sono 5
		28. Sagashimono wa nan deshou ne
		29. Fushigina koushin
		30. Kawatta mousou
		31. Fushigina okyaku sono 2
		32. Mayonaka no osanpo
		33. Bridge A
		34. Ikkokukan no te-mu
		    (Ikkokukan's theme)
		35. Tokeizaka o noboreba
		36. Yumeicha sono 2
		37. Zama amiro ?!
		38. Enkai wa genkan de
		39. Shiawase no kyokusen
		40. Nikaidate no aki
		41. Uesutan agewatan
		42. Asusa no hitomi
		43. Tomadoi romansu
		44. Yotsuya no iwaka futatabi
		45. Godai no shuushoku
		46. Ichinosesan wa kyou mo yuku
		47. Muchuu no fantaji-
		48. Kaiseide gomen ne
		49. Ikinari kanrinin
		50. Rettsu Kissu
		    (Let's kiss!)
		51. Hoiku wa supo-tsu
		52. Soichirou wa hae
		53. Akemi hajimaru
		54. Kenai kyoujidai
		55. Yowamushi sono 2
		56. Kita no ikkokukan wa ame
		57. Mitaka no sayonara
		58. Kyouko machimasu
		59. Puropo-zu
		    (Proposal)
		60. Shizukani tashikani haru ga kita
		    (Silently but surely, summer has come)
		61. Fantaji- (instrumental)
		    (Fantasy)
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Music Shake
		Kitty Records H00K-20162 (1989.12.21), Y3008
		56 tracks: 2 vocal/54 instrumental, 53:19
		(Music Composer, tracks 1 to 37: Sugiyama Takuo
		 Music Composer, tracks 38 to 55: Kawai Kenji
		 except the vocals.  Could be named "Music Sour Vol.2"
		 (in fact, it is BGM Vol.2).  This CD is the PERFECT
		 continuation of "Music Sour", and the same composers
		 did the job too here.  Many many short/long musics and
		 bridges here, and moreover you are given the latest two
		 missing OP/ED songs!  Very enjoyable too.  With only
		 these 2 CDs, you may own 90% of all Maison Ikkoku BGM.)
		---
		 2. Begin the Night			(Picasso)
		56. Alone Again 			(Gilbert O'Sullivan)
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Music Blend
		Kitty Records KTCR-1060 (1990.12.21), Y2500
		26 tracks: 4 vocal/22 instrumental, 44:29
		(Contains most of the early BGM themes.  Chronologically
		 first, but seems to have been released AFTER "Music Blend
		 2".  Mostly melancholy music performed on violin or
		 harmonica.  The 2 insert songs sung by Sumi-chan (Kyoko's
		 voice) can be found ONLY in this CD and "Koi suru
		 kimochi".  "Music Cocktail" is a pure copy of this, except
		 for track 1.)
		---
		 1. Kanashimi yo konnichiwa		(Saitou Yuki) [OP]
		    (Hello sadness)
		 2. Bridge 5
		 3. Haru
		    (Spring)
		 4. Yuugure
		    (Towards in the evening)
		 5. Chidoriashi
		    (Reel along)
		 6. Natsu no kumo
		    (The clouds of summer)
		 7. Fuyu
		    (Winter)
		 8. Yokan				(Shimamoto Sumi) [IS]
		    (Presentiment)
		 9. Kanashimi
		    (Sadness)
		10. Ame yadori
		    (Take shelter from rain)
		11. Hitori no yoru
		    (Lonely night)
		12. Ashita hareru ka			(Kisugi Takao) [ED]
		    (Tomorrow will be fine?)
		13. Yume no nake e			(Shimamoto Sumi) [IS]
		    (Into a dream entrance)
		14. Bridge 11
		15. Yume no naka
		    (In a dream)
		16. Aki
		    (Autumn)
		17. Fushigi-na okyaku
		    (A mysterious guest)
		18. Ame agari
		    (Just after the rain)
		19. Bukimi-na kehai
		    (A weird indication)
		20. Kaeri michi
		    (On the way to home)
		21. Kakeashi
		    (At a run)
		22. Yoru no ame
		    (Night rain)
		23. Niji
		    (Rainbow)
		24. Mayonaka no houmonja
		    (A visitor in midnight)
		25. Mono omoi
		    (Lost in a thought)
		26. Shi-ne-ma				(Picasso) [ED]
		    (Cinema)
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Music Cocktail
		Kitty Records H33K-20030, Y~3200
		26 tracks: 4 vocal/22 instrumental, 44:35
		(Perfect copy of Music Blend, except the first track,
		 which is "Fantasy" instead of "Kanashimi yo
		 konnichiwa".  Worst front sketch.  Get Music Blend
		 instead.)

	Maison Ikkoku  CD Memorial
		KACD 1001-1013, Y30000
		13 discs, ??:??
		(13 3-inch mini-CDs in 2 fold-out boxes which have
		 pictures of random frames from all of the openings and
		 endings of the the series and the "Final Movie", which
		 both fold-outs are contained in their own box.
		 Never made available on the open market.  Includes large
		 3 page lyric sheet.)
		---
		 1. Kanashimi yo Konnichiwa		(Yuko Saitou)
		    (Opening theme - eps. 1-23 & 25-37)
		    (Pony Canyon Records 7A0562)
		 2. Ashita Hareruka			(Tako Kisugi)
		    (Ending theme - eps. 1-14)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50109)
		 3. Ci-ne-ma				(Picasso)
		    (Ending theme - eps. 15-23 & 25-33)
		    (Vap Records 10241-07)
		 4. Alone Again (Naturally)/Get Down	(Gilbert O'Sullivan)
		    (Opening & Ending - ep. 24)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50122)
		    ("Alone Again..." also on "Billboard's Top 10 - 1972" on
		     Rhino Records)
		 5. Yokan				(Sumi Shimamoto)
		    (No song translation given)
		 6. Fantasy				(Picasso)
		    (Ending theme - eps. 34-52)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50135)
		 7. Sukisai				(Anzenchitai)
		    (Opening theme - eps. 38-52)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50150)
		 8. Sunny Shiny Morning 		(Kiyonori Matsuo)
		    (Opening theme - eps. 53-73)
		    (Polydor Records 7DX1477)
		 9. Sayonara no Dessin			(Picasso)
		    (Ending theme - eps. 53-73)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50141)
		10. Yume no Iriguchi e...		(Sumi Shimamoto)
		11. Sunny Spot				(Kouzou Murashita)
		    (CBS/Sony Records 07SH1979)
		    (Opening theme - eps. 74-96)
		12. Begin The Night			(Picasso)
		    (Ending theme - eps. 74-96)
		    (Kitty Records 7D50151)
		13. (The "Final Movie" end song...title/author unknown).
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Picasso
		Vap SCD: 20038-10, Y1000

	Maison Ikkoku  1992 Music Calendar
		Kitty Records KACD-1015 (1982), Y2700
		12 tracks, 21:24
		(CD plus calendar, synthesizer remixes based on
		 original show themes.  Some are well done, others
		 stink.  Ranma-ized character drawings in the
		 booklet.)
		---
		 1. Kanashimi yo konnichiwa
		    (Hello sadness)
		 2. Ashita hareru ka
		    (Tomorrow will be fine?)
		 3. Ci-ne-ma
		 4. Alone again
		 5. Get down
		 6. Yokan
		    (Presentiment)
		 7. Fantasy
		 8. Sukisa
		    (I love you)
		 9. Sunny shiny morning
		10. Sayonara no sobyou -dessan-
		    (A goodbye sketch)
		11. Hidamari
		    (A sunny spot)
		12. Begin the Night
		---

	Maison Ikkoku  Remix
		Kitty Records KTCR-1131 (1991.12.25), Y3000
		(Including remix versions of the "best 10" theme songs)

SAITO YUKI  (Maison Ikkoku)

	Yuki's Museum
		Pony Canyon PCA-00030, Y3000?
		17 tracks, 73:04
		(Saito Yuki sang the first OP for Maison Ikkoku,
		 "Kanashimi yo Konnichi wa".  This is a "Best
		 Collection" of her songs.)


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			   Anime CD Glossary
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	BBGGMM-  Back Ground Music.  This refers to a video's soundtrack
and may not necessarily include any songs.  This concept is similar to
the way the two Batman soundtracks were released in America. (One by
Prince containing the songs and one by Danny Elfman containing the
BGM.)

	CCDDVV-  Compact Disc Video.  A CD that contains video tracks that can be
played on a laserdisc player, or played in an ordinary CD player for their
audio.

	DDrraammaa AAllbbuumm-  This is, quite simply, an audio recording of the
movie including dialogue and special effects.

	HHii--TTeecchh SSeerriieess-  Synthesizer versions of the soundtrack.

	IImmaaggee AAllbbuumm-  These are essentially musical editorials of what
the composer feels the music represents for certain aspects of the
film.  Aspects	that are subject to the image scores include
characters, places, situations, etc.

	SSyymmpphhoonniicc SSuuiittee-  This is symphonic compositions of the same
soundtrack of your favorite anime.  Usually, they are compositions of
the soundtrack performed by orchestras.  The compositions may be
longer and are frequently variations of scores from the soundtracks.

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			    Anime CD Sources
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Question:  OK, I see a lot of CDs I want, where do I get them?

Answer:

If your local anime store doesn't carry the CD you want, you can always
mail order it.  There are several mail order places that can special
order it for you if you can give them the title and label number.  Two
places I highly recommended are Sight & Sound and Laser Perceptions.
Both primarily carry Anime LDs but also have anime CDs.  While they may
not keep a large in stock inventory, they can special order just about
anything and do not charge your credit card until they get the items in
and ship them.  Sight & Sound also sells an Import Catalog ($8.95) which
contains lots of information about various Anime LDs and CDs.

Sight & Sound			Laser Perceptions
27 Jones Street 		3300 Judah Street
Waltham, MA 02154		San Francisco, California 94122
Phone: 1-617-894-8633		Phone: 1-415-753-2016

Another excellent CD source is Nikaku Animart.  While I don't know if
they can special order CDs, they do keep the largest in stock selection
that I have ever seen.  Send a SASE for their current catalog.

Nikaku Animart
615 North 6th St.
San Jose, California 95112
Phone: 1-408-971-2822

Sound City 2000 has competitve prices.  They don't stock CDs, but takes
your money and buys the CD from Japan to be mailed to you directly.
One order took about 10 days to arrive from Japan with a total wait of
over a month, but compared to Laser Perceptions, that's nothing!  They
send the CDs ASAP; if you ordered 3 different CDs, they won't wait until
they get all 3 in.  Make sure you know what you want exists, because if
they can't get something, you don't get a refund, just credit.

Sound City 2000, Inc.
P.O. Box 22149
Fax: (503) 654-4920
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