''Ghost'' is the debut album by the
Japanese band
Ghost. It was originally released in 1990 and reissued by
Drag City in 1997. The song ''Sun is Tangging'' also appeared on the compilation ''Tokyo Flashback Vol. 2'' (1992).
Track listing
# "Sun is Tangging" - 5:19
# "Guru in the Echo" - 4:27
# "Moungod Te Deum" - 4:11
# "I've Been Flying" - 4:19
# "Ballad of Summer Rounder" - 10:43
# "Moungod Asleep" - 5:45
# "Moungod Radiant Youth" 3:02
# "Rakshu" - 6:22
Personnel
*Masaki Batoh (
vocals
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, acoustic
guitar
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s,
banjo)
*Taishi Takizawa (Acoustic
guitar
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s,
flute,
saxophone
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)
*Kohji Nishino (
Bass guitar
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)
*Mu Krsna (
percussion
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,
vocals
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)
Additional musicians
*Noriaki Hagiya (
Oboe
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...
on 1, 8)
*Daisuke Naganuma (
Violin
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on 3)
*Kazuo Ogino (
Recorder on 3,7)
*'Chiriko' and 'Noriko' ('Water' on 3)
*Michio Kurihara (
Electric guitar
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on 4)
*Naohiro Yoshimoto (
Bass guitar
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on 2)
*'Tenma' (
percussion
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on 2)
*Shigeru Konno (
percussion
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on 2,5)
*'Utsuo' and 'Akane' ('Wind' on 8)
References
*
1990 albums
Ghost (1984 band) albums
Drag City (record label) albums
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