Tracklist

1	銀河系 [The Galactic System]	11:25
2	病気のおばさん [Sick...Sick...Sickness...My Aunt]	1:15
3	習作第３番アップ・アンド・ダウン [Study No.3 Up And Down]	5:56
4	スペインの牧童の笛 [Herdsman's Pipe Of Spain]	6:46
5	夜の沼 [Deepnight...Swamp]	1:24
6	ピラニア [Piranha]	13:21
7	集団投射 [Mass Projection]	4:50

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Teichiku Kaikan Studio
• Manufactured By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.
• Distributed By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.

Credits

• Artwork [Original] – 矢吹伸彦*
• Artwork [Reissue] – Akiko Tanaka
• Bass, Cello, Percussion, Reeds, Reeds [Folk Pipe] – Motoharu Yoshizawa
• Conductor [Time Conduct] – Toshio Sato (tracks: 1 to 6)
• Drums, Percussion – Yoshizaburo Toyozumi*
• Engineer – Mac Onuki*
• Guitar, Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Masayuki Takayanagi
• Liner Notes – 悠雅彦*
• Mixed By – 伊豫部富治*
• Producer – Mitsuhiko Dairoku
• Reissue Producer – Masaaki Onuki, Mika Fujita

Notes

Recorded at Teichiku Kaikan Studio on September 18 1969 (tracks 1-6), and February 2 1970 (track 7). Track 7 was originally included on the compilation "Guitar Workshop" (Union Records, 1970).

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
UPS-2010-J	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Directions	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Directions - Independence: Tread On Sure Ground ‎(LP)	Union Records	UPS-2010-J	Japan	1970
JUP-3	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Directions	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Directions - Independence: Tread On Sure Ground ‎(LP, RE)	Union Records	JUP-3	Japan	1982
TILAR-5008	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Direction's*	Masayuki Takayanagi And New Direction's* - Independence: Tread On Sure Ground ‎(CD, Album, RM, RE)	Tiliqua Records	TILAR-5008	Japan	2007

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