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Soul Flower Discography

All the songs are written in Japanese. English titles are translated by themselves. CDs are provided with booklets with English general meaning.

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Lolosae Mon Amour

Soul Flower Union
2005.07.20 BM tunes XBCD-1010 Buy At Official Site


All Quiet On The Far Eastern Front!?

Soul Flower Union
2004.06.11 BM Tunes BMCD-1009 Buy At Official Site

11 tracks. New song "All Quiet ..." concerning U.S.'s attack on Iraq, and ten live recordings from the concert held in Mar. 2004, Tokyo, including "The International."

Love +- Zero

Soul Flower Union
2002.08.23 BM tunes BMCD-1002
  1. From Tanzania To Patagonia
  2. Free Balloon
  3. Crazy Love (Trad. Words by Kavanagh Patrick)
  4. Big Apple
  5. She (Gram Parsons & Chris Ethridge)
  6. Charlie Don't Surf (Jones Michael Geoffrey & Joe Strummer)
  7. On Raglan Road (Trad. Words by Kavanagh Patrick)
  8. I Love You (Zaitu Kazuo”Ė
  9. Shelter From The Storm (Bob Dylan)
  10. Entry Of The Levelers (Medley: "Entry Of The Gradiaters" by Julius Fucik and "Beyond the Frame" by Nakagawa Takashi)

[azadi]!?

Japonesian Balls Foundation
2002.05.22 Respect Records RES-63
  1. We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together
    orig.: Velvet Underground
  2. Kill The Poor
    orig.: Dead Kennedys
  3. Bored With The U.S.A.
  4. Japonesian Diary
    orig.: Heatwave
  5. Do You Wanna Dance?
    orig.: BobbyFreeman
  6. Mogura Jamboree
    orig.: Newest Model
  7. No Regrets
  8. Another Girl, Another Planet
    orig.: Only Ones
  9. Chicken Shit
    orig.: John Cale
  10. Unclesam Kills You (instrumental)
  11. Goin', Goin', Gone
    orig.: Bob Dylan
  12. Mass Communication Enfolds You Gently
    orig.: Newest Model

Ghost Hits 96-99

Soul Flower Union
2001.12.12 Ki/oon Sony KSCL-420
  1. Umiyukaba, yamayukaba, odorukabane (Go the Sea, Go the Mountains, the Dead Bodies are Dancing)
  2. Horizon march
  3. Blue Monday parade
  4. Eejanaika
  5. Amanogawa (The Milky Way)
  6. Cosmic Futen Swing
  7. Rojiura (Good-bye at the back alley)
  8. The Internationale
  9. Fukko-bushi
  10. Mangetu no Yube (A Full Moon Evening)
  11. Shio no michi (Sea road)
  12. Onboro no yoake (Ragged daybreak)
  13. Oyasumi (Good night)
  14. Yoru ni kansha wo (A thanks-giving to the night)
  15. Each little thing
  16. Winds fairground
  17. Foggy dew
  18. Senka no Kanata (Beyond the flames)

Screwball Comedy

Soul Flower Union
2001.12.05 Respect Record RES-57 (12 inch LP)

Screwball Comedy

Soul Flower Union
2001.7.25 Respect Record RES-52
  1. Survivor's Banquet
  2. Mad Murderer Rourette
  3. At the Wasteland
  4. Dynamite Advertising Balloon
  5. Here Comes Summer
  6. Starlit Field
  7. Century Serenade
  8. Omagatoki
  9. Go-Go Futen Girl
  10. The Man Who Can Say No
  11. Caravan Love Song

Rough Guide to World Music, Vol. 2

V.A.
2000.8.29 World Music Network (UK)
Omnibus of music from Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, including "Leveller's Song / Farmer's Song / Revolutionary Song" of Soul Flower Mononke Summit.


Unchain

Soul Flower Union
2000.8.23 Polystar PSCR-5903
  1. Peole get ready
  2. Theme from Unchain
  3. Tonneru nukete
  4. Theme from Unchain
  5. Unchain my heart

1. Curtis Mayfield
3. Bo Gumbos
5. Ray Charles

Including soundtracks of the movie "Unchain" (2 and 4) and the secret track.


SF-048

High Tide & Moonlight Bash : Best Live 1999

Soul Flower Union
1999.12.8 Respect Record RES-34
  1. Crossbreed park
  2. Blue Monday parade
  3. Winds fairground
  4. Foggy dew
  5. Beyond the flames
  6. Mountain bike from heaven
  7. The right to live in peace (El derecho de vivir en paz)
  8. The sun of the dark night
  9. Shio no michi (Sea road)*
  10. Mangetu no Yube (A Full Moon Evening)*
  11. A struggle in Kotatu
  12. Umiyukaba, yamayukaba, odorukabane (Go the Sea, Go the Mountains, the Dead Bodies are Dancing)
  13. Eejanaika
  14. A garden to play with ghosts (Mononoke)

Live recordings from the tour 1998-1999.
* with Donal Lunny.


Rough Guide to the Music of Japan

V.A.
1999. Respect Record RES-28
Omnibus of Japanese popular music, edited by Paul Fischer. incl. 'Fukkobushi' by Soul Flower Mononke Summit

SF-047

Winds Fairground

Soul Flower Union
1999.2.20 Ki/oon Sony
  1. Winds fairground
  2. Forgotten man
  3. Londonderry
  4. Horizon march
  5. Idee's umbrella
  6. Each little thing
  7. Beyond the flames
  8. Red sky of Japonesia
  9. Pearch Harbor of love
  10. Marginal surf
  11. Blue monday parade
  12. Scorched by the sun
  13. Crown under the sky

1,2 and 6 produced by Donal LUNNY
1. featuring Altan
2. featuring Kila
3. Etienne RODA-GIL / Julien CLERC. Japanese words by TAKEDA Kenichi (A-Musik)
6. teve COONEY. Japanese words by NAKAGAWA and ITAMI. featuring Altan


SF-046

Aotenjo no Crown (Crown under the Sky)

Soul Flower Union
1999.1.21 Ki/oon Sony KSD2-1213

c/w Mangetsu no yube (A Full Monn Evening) *

* Soul Flower with Donal Lunny Band


SF-045

Each Little Thing

Soul Flower Union
1998.12.2 Ki/oon Sony KSC2-257
  1. Each Little Thing: featuring Altan
  2. Winds Fairground (Kaze no Ichi): featuring Altan
  3. Alabama Song: featuring Samm Bennett
  4. The Right to Live in Peace (Live Version)

1. Originally written as an instrumental tune by Steeve COONEY for Sharon SHANNON, words by NAKAGAWA & ITAMI
3. Bertolt BRECHT / Kurt WEILL. Vocal: Samm BENNETT
4. Victor JARA 'El derecho de vivir en paz', words by NAKAGAWA.


Marginal Moon

Soul Flower with Donal Lunny Band
1998.7.8 Ki/oon Sony KSC2-232
  1. Mangetsu no yube (A full moon evening)
  2. Shio no michi (Sea road)
  3. Takeda no komori-uta
  4. Yoru ni kansha wo (A thanks-giving to the night): Japonesian gospel version
  5. Mangetsu no yube (A full moon evening): Live version
  6. Shio no michi (Sea road): Live version


Burst Hits : the best of early Soul Flower

Mescaline Drive
1998.6.26 King Records KICS-676
Best of Mescaline Drive (former Soul Flower Union) including covers of Ike & Tina Turner "River Deep Mountain High", Eddie Floyd "Big Bird", and Bob Dylan "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" "This Wheel's on Fire".

Beast Hits : the best of early Soul Flower

Newest Model
1998.6.15 King Records KICS-675
Best of Newest Model (former Soul Flower Union) including the cover of Velvet Underground "We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together".

Lost Homeland

Soul-Cialist Escape (Unit by Nakagawa Takashi, Okuma Wataru, Samm Benett)
1998.2.21 Ki/oon Sony KSC2-201
  1. Theme from Lost Homeland
  2. Shio no michi (Sea road)
  3. Onboro no yoake (Ragged daybreak)
  4. Oyasumi (Good night)
  5. Nisshoku no machi (City of eclipse)
  6. Mangetsu no yube (A full moon evening)
  7. Ayler Ching-Dong
  8. New Morning
  9. Yoru ni kansha wo (A thanks-giving to the night)
  10. Ghostory
  11. Rakujitsu elegy (Sunset elegy)
  12. Gone (Home)
  13. La partida (The departure)
  14. Tankyori-shosha no kodoku (The lonelyness of a short distance runner)

2. Played by: Soul Flower with Donal Lunny Band
7. Medley: Albert Ayler / Okinawan Trad.
12. Words & Music, Vocal: Samm Benett
13. Music by: Victor Jara


Tankyori Sosha no Kodoku (The loneliness of a short distant runner)

Soul-Cialist Escape(Unit by Nakagawa Takashi, Okuma Wataru, Samm Benett)
1997.12.12 Ki/oon Sony KSC2-197
c/w Onboro-no Yoake

Ghost Kinema 1993-1997

Soul Flower Union
1997.12.12 Ki/oon Sony KSV5-5035
Video Clips

Levelers Ching-Dong

Soul Flower Mononoke Summit
1997.10.26 Respect Record (TEL:03-3746-2503) RES-21
  1. The Internationale
  2. High Collar Song
  3. Leveler's Song / Farmer's Song / Revolutionary Song
  4. Arirang
  5. Dantyone-Busi / Pirika
  6. Asadoya-Yunta
  7. Yasaburo-Busi
  8. Mozu ga kareki de
  9. Song of Katyusha
  10. Murasaki-Busi
  11. The Marching Song of Kamata
  12. Arigataya-Busi
  13. Sayonara Minato

Cosmic Futen Swing

Soul Flower Union
1997.4.21 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 183
  1. Cosmic Futen Swing
  2. Rojiura (Good-bye at the back alley)
  3. Tittyana Tokikara (Ever since I can remember)
  4. Mogurato Maturi (The Mole and the maturi)


Eejanaika

Soul Flower Union
1996.11.21 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 171
  1. Eejyanaika (Nevermind)
  2. Eejyanaika (Takkyuu Mix)
  3. Yume wa Yoru Hiraku (Dreams Belong to the Night)
  4. Jungle Boogie

Electro Asyl-Bop

Soul Flower Union
1996.10.21 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 164
  1. Eejyanaika (Nevermind)
  2. Go the Sea, Go the Mountains, the Dead Bodies are Dancing
  3. No Guru on a Night When the Moon Smiles
  4. El Derecho de Vivir en Paz (The Right to Live in Peace)*
  5. The Sun of the Dark Night
  6. Mangetu no Yube (A Full Moon Evening. 96 FROZEN BRASS VERSION)
  7. Foggy Dew Frozen Brass
  8. Foggy Dew**
  9. The Bugle Troop March Elegy
  10. Amanogawa (The Milky Way)
  11. Amanogawa Frozen Guitar/Chejudo Taryon
  12. Sarumawasi (Monkey Charmer)
  13. Head Wind (96 FROZEN GUITAR MIX)
* by Victor Jara, Japanese text by Nakagawa & Itami
** Irish Trad, Japanese text by Nakagawa & Itami


Strictly WorldWide X5

V.A.
Berlin : PIRANHA, 1996 CD-PIR1041
  1. Fukkobushi (by Soul Flower Mononoke Summit)

Head Wind
/ Impotent symptom

Soul Flower Union
1996 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 1138


Ghost Hits 93-96

Soul Flower Union
1996 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 155
  1. Loyalty Test for the Liberalists
  2. Citizen of the World Take Down All Their Flags
  3. State of the Heat Haze, Song of Leaden
  4. Mangetu no Yube (A full moon evening)
  5. Yamanba's Village
  6. Higurashi
  7. Repun Kamuy
  8. Soran-bushi (Let's get excited and be chaotic)
  9. Himawari (Dream of the sunflower)
  10. Reikyusha (Funeral car)
  11. Aynu Puri
  12. Tenno Ikenie (Sacrifice)
  13. Mononoke (A garden to play with ghosts)
  14. Shakushi Jyogi (The formalists)


Asyl Ching-Dong

Soul Flower Mononoke Summit
1996 Respect Record (TEL:03-3746-2503) RES-6
  1. Fukko-bushi
  2. Utsukushiki tennen
  3. Rappa-bushi
  4. Kike bankoku no rodosya
  5. Democracy-bushi
  6. Kaigara-bushi/Aranpeni
  7. Ganbarou
  8. Tokyo-bushi
  9. Takeda no komoriuta

Mangetu no Yube (A Full Moon Evening)
/ Repun Kamuy

Soul Flower Union
1995 Ki/oon Sony KSD2 1100


SOUL FLOWER BOX 87-93

Newest Model & Mescaline Drive
1994 King Record KICS 461-3
Pre-history of Soul Flower Union. 3CD Box Set including covers of Velvet Underground 'We are gonna have a real good time together', Bob Dylan 'Shelter from the storm', Van Morrison 'Redwood tree'.


Watatumi Yamatumi

Soul Flower Union
1994 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 82
  1. A Garden to Play with Ghosts (Mononoke)
  2. Repun Kamuy (The great spirits of the sea)
  3. State of the Heat Haze, Song of Leaden
  4. I'm Flying a Kite
  5. Under Martial Law
  6. Dream of the Sunflower
  7. Hy Spy in the Showers
  8. Aynu Puri *
  9. Loyalty Test for the Liberalists
* by Kina Shokichi


Citizen of the World Take Down All Their Flags
/ Tell Mama*

Soul Flower Union
1993 Ki/oon Sony KSD2 1048

* Etta James "Tell Mama".


Kamuy Ipirma

Soul Flower Union
1993 Ki/oon Sony KSC2 60
  1. Dance Your Village's Original Dance
  2. Sacrifice
  3. Blue-gill
  4. The Two Flying toward the High Tower
  5. Higurashi
  6. Ahodori - Albatross
  7. The Big Chief was Cheated! *
  8. Funeral Car
  9. A great Day for Murder
  10. Citizen of the World Take Down All Their flags
* Traffic "Forty thousand headmen"
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