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MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE [Limited Edition] (180g Vinyl, LP+Booklet)

Price(USD): $27.80

Label: MIDI(JPN)
CD No: MDJL-1018
Release Date: 2024/11/20
Format: 1LP

The soundtrack to "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" (winner of the 1983 British Academy Award for Best Original Score), one of Ryuichi Sakamoto's first film scores and masterpieces, is finally being reissued on 180-gram vinyl for the first time in 41 years since its initial release in 1983. The new cutting master has been remastered in 2024 by Heba Cardley, an engineer who has worked on reissues of Ryuichi Sakamoto's works as well as Bjork's. The booklet includes liner notes by Peter Barakan and Junichi Onuma..
Please note for shipping purposes this counts as 5 discs

Track List

Side A
01. Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence
02. Batavia
03. Germination
04. A Hearty Breakfast
05. Before The War
06. The Seed And The Sower
07. A Brief Encounter
08. Ride Ride Ride(Celliers' Brothers's Song)
09. The Fight
Side B
01. Father Christmas
02. Dismissed!
03. Assembly
04. Beyond Reason
05. Sowing The Seed
06. 23rd Psalm
07. Last Regrets
08. Ride Ride Ride(Reprise)
09. The Seed
10. Forbidden Colours