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1	Thousand Knives Drum Programming [Syn-drum Solo] – Motoya HamaguchiGuitar [Alembic Guitar Solo] – Kazumi WatanabePercussion [Finger Cymbals] – Harry Hosono*	9:36
2	Island Of Woods Performer [Brazilian Bird Whistles] – Motoya Hamaguchi	9:50
3	Grasshoppers Piano – Yuji Takahashi	5:16
4	Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied Castanets – Tatsuro Yamashita	8:05
5	Plastic Bamboo Drum Programming [Syn-drum Solo] – Pecker	6:32
6	The End Of Asia Guitar [Alembic Guitar Solo & Rhythm] – Kazumi Watanabe	6:28

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.
• Remastered At – Saidera Mastering
• Made By – Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Credits

• A&R – Hitoshi Nomura
• Booklet Editor, Design [Jacket] – Eiichi Yoshimura
• Computer [Operation] – Hideki Matsutake
• Coordinator – Satoshi Nakashiro
• Coordinator [Design] – Asao Tsuji
• Design, Layout – Asuka Joukan, Koichi Takase
• Executive-Producer – Nobuo Nakazato
• Remastered By – Seigen Ono
• Supervised By, Producer, Composed By, Orchestrated By, Performer – Ryuichi Sakamoto

Notes

First SACD version. DSD Mastering.
SACD DSD layer: stereo mix only.
Track times taken from CD-player (CD-layer content).

Printed in Japan.
Includes Obi, info sheet and 22 page booklet in Japanese. Credits for remaster and reissue in English.
Packaged in mini-LP sleeve.
Disc packaged in cloth sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4 988001 786917

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
YX-7586-ND	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Thousand Knives Of ‎(LP, Album)	Better Days	YX-7586-ND	Japan	1978
DC-8571	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Thousand Knives Of ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Denon	DC-8571	US	1990
COCA-9206	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Thousand Knives Of ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Columbia	COCA-9206	Japan	1991
COCB-53330	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Thousand Knives Of ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM)	Jroom Jazz, Columbia Music Entertainment	COCB-53330	Japan	2005
COCA-12152	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Thousand Knives Of ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Better Days	COCA-12152	Japan	1994

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