Credited on the record as 横井久美子.
母の願い [A Mother's Wish]
1974 · むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] LRS-371 · Tokyo, Japan
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- Artist
- 横井久美子 [Kumiko Yokoi]
- Credited on the record as
- 横井久美子
- Title
- 母の願い [A Mother's Wish]
- Release
- ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi]
- Year
- 1974
- Label
- むぎぶえレコード [Mugibue Records] # LRS-371
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Genre
- Japanese Music · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
むぎぶえレコード (Mugibue Records) LRS-371 (labels also LRS-370-A / LRS-370-B), stereo, 33⅓ rpm, ℗ 1974, "All rights reserved. Made by Mugibue no Kai"; manufactured (製作) by 東芝EMI株式会社, Made in Japan, price ¥2,200. The front cover shows Kumiko Yokoi playing acoustic guitar among applauding Vietnamese soldiers in pith helmets, with her signature added in marker. Recording venues printed: ハノイ市ホン・ハー劇場 (Hồng Hà Theatre, Hanoi), 1973/12/14; 立川社会教育会館, 1974/1/24; 足立文化会館, 1974/3/25. Musicians include 北市数幸, ダニー石尾 and 横井久美子 (folk guitar), 小林潔 (steel guitar), 江草進/有馬啓介 (piano), 宗台春男 (drums) and 川畑利文 (wood bass) with brass and strings; photographs by 宇崎真 (Quảng Bình anti-aircraft position) and 足立義峰, jacket design 浜田桂子; planned and produced by 麦笛の会, 東京都国立市東4-3-16. Liner notes by poet 滝いく子 describe arriving at Hanoi's Gia Lâm airport on 28 November 1973 as one of a three-woman Japanese cultural delegation (with…
About the artist
Japanese folk singer and songwriter, born 1944, died 14 January 2021; known for songs on pollution and discrimination such as "No More SMON". [Source: Wikipedia (Japanese)]
Themes
From the release ハノイにうたう [Singing to Hanoi]
In collections
Japanese Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]