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CD 1
1	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	4:34
2	Batavia	1:18
3	Germination	1:47
4	A Hearty Breakfast	1:21
5	Before The War	2:14
6	The Seed And The Sower	5:00
7	A Brief Encounter	2:23
8	Ride Ride Ride (Celliers' Brother's Song) Written-By – S. McCurdy*	1:03
9	The Fight	1:29
10	Father Christmas	2:06
11	Dismissed!	0:10
12	Assembly	2:16
13	Beyond Reason	2:01
14	Sowing The Seed	1:53
15	23rd Psalm Written By – Traditional	2:00
16	Last Regrets	1:46
17	Ride Ride Ride (Reprise) Written-By – S. McCurdy*	1:04
18	The Seed	1:02
19	Forbidden Colours Vocals – David SylvianWritten-By – D. Sylvian, R. Sakamoto*	4:42
CD 2
1	Batavia (M-3)	0:48
2	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (M-34)	5:34
3	Germination (M-9)	1:29
4	Germination ((M-11)	1:13
5	The Seed And The Sower (M-16A)	0:40
6	M-7	0:24
7	M-10	1:54
8	The Seed And The Sower (M-16)	0:40
9	A Brief Encounter (M17)	0:29
10	The Fight	0:29
11	Last Regrets (M-20 And M-22)	1:51
12	Father Christmas (M-23)	2:10
13	Before The War	0:18
14	M-14	0:19
15	Dissmissed!	0:27
16	Beyond Reason (M-26 To M-27 Take2)	2:04
17	M-29	0:30
18	The Seed (M-29)	0:37
19	The Seed (M-33)	1:07
20	Last Regrets (Take2)	2:11
21	M-28A Take2	0:44
22	M-1 Free Time	3:05
23	23rd Psalm (M-30 Take2 Inst)	2:06
24	M-13	3:08
25	Ride Ride Ride (M-18 Inst)	1:09
26	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Theme Five Time Take1)	4:43

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Yano Music Publishing Co., Ltd.
• Published By – Opium Publishing
• Published By – Chadwick Nomis Ltd.
• Recorded At – Onkio Haus
• Mixed At – Onkio Haus

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Tsuguya Inoue
• Composed By, Performer – Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Liner Notes – Susumu Kunisaki
• Photography By [Cover Photography], Other [Make-up] – Anthony Clovet*
• Recorded By [Assisted By], Mixed By [Assisted By] – Michio Nakakoshi
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Shinichi Tanaka
• Recorded By, Mixed By, Remastered By – Seigen Ono
• Written-By – R. Sakamoto* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 14, 16, 18 & 19)

Notes

All Tracks published by Yano Music Publishing Co Ltd, except Track 19: published by Yano Music Publishing Co Ltd and Opium Publishing / Chadwick Nomis Ltd and '23rd Psalm'.

Music Recorded & Mixed at Onkio Haus, Tokyo.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (scanned): 4988034206390

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
L28N 1008	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP)	London Records	L28N 1008	Japan	1983
5050466 3090 2 0	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Furyo ‎(CD, Album)	Milan	5050466 3090 2 0	Europe	1994
OVED 237	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	OVED 237	UK	1988
197 953-2	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence / Furyo ‎(CD, Album)	Milan, Universal, Universal Licensing Music (ULM)	197 953-2	France	1994
V2276	Ryuichi Sakamoto	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V2276	New Zealand	1983

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