{"product_id":"various-artists-longing-for-the-shadow-ryukka-recordings-1921-1939-various-artists-cassettes","title":"Various Artists: Longing for the Shadow: Ryukka Recordings, 1921-1939 (Various Artists) - CASSETTES","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eLonging for the Shadow: Ryukka Recordings, 1921-1939 (Various Artists)\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eVarious Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eDeath Is Not the End\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCASSETTES\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5050580767324\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003ePop\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025-11-14\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         This collection of 1920s \u0026amp; 30s ryukoka recordings follows on from the Kouta Katsutaro tape we put out a couple of years back, and further captures the hauntingly unique sound of a cultural merging that was starting to reflect itself via popular song, ahead of the widespread influence of western pop music during post-war US occupation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Seki Taneko - Akemi's Poems \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Kusunoki Shigeo - Longing for the Shadow \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Yayoi Tanaka - Sad Gull \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Akasaka Koume - Please Forgive Me \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Ichimaru - If You Go Down the Tenryu \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Mitsuko Nemoto - Cosmos Elegy \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Ichiro Fujiyama - Tokyo Daughter \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Chiyako Sato - Skyscraper \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Yayoi Tanaka - the Dream Is Short Lived \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Ichiro Fujiyama ; Masao Koga - Is Sake Tears or Sighs? \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Otomaru - Yoneyama Sanri \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Hamako Watanabe - I Don't Forget \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Akasaka Koume - Asama Smoke \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Yoshio Tabata - Farewell Ship \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Ichiro Fujiyama - Farewell Youth \u003cbr\u003e1.16 Kouta Katsutaro - Stand Up Tomorrow\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Various Artists","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120657666119,"sku":"45619984","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4466530-3466303.jpg?v=1761216071","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/various-artists-longing-for-the-shadow-ryukka-recordings-1921-1939-various-artists-cassettes","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}