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- link: artist/642
  names:
    en: Shiro SAGISU
    ja: 鷺巣詩郎
- link: artist/26680
  names:
    en: Andrew Smith
- link: artist/37883
  names:
    en: LOREN
barcode: '4988064210398'
catalog: RXCD-21039
categories:
- Live Action
category: Live Action
classification: Vocal
composers:
- link: artist/642
  names:
    en: Shiro SAGISU
    ja: 鷺巣詩郎
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discs:
- disc_length: '74:00'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: L+O+V+E SELECTION
    track_length: '3:38'
  - names:
      English: SPARK OF LIFE 2003 (NOCTURNE)
    track_length: '6:48'
  - names:
      English: SHIRO'S MUSIC BOX
    track_length: '5:24'
  - names:
      English: WHERE YOUR HEART BELONGS
    track_length: '6:37'
  - names:
      English: WHY PRETEND 2003
    track_length: '5:29'
  - names:
      English: BEAUTIFUL DREAM (THE BEST OF TIME)
    track_length: '4:51'
  - names:
      English: DAY BY DAY
    track_length: '6:51'
  - names:
      English: LAST NIGHT
    track_length: '5:20'
  - names:
      English: SENSES
    track_length: '5:20'
  - names:
      English: STUCK ON ME
    track_length: '4:55'
  - names:
      English: I NEED TO MISS YOU SOMETIME
    track_length: '5:01'
  - names:
      English: SING A SONG OUTRO
    track_length: '4:06'
  - names:
      English: SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT
    track_length: '5:28'
  - names:
      English: THE GLORY DAY
    track_length: '4:12'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/323
  names:
    en: avex distribution Inc.
    ja: 株式会社エイベックス・ディストリビューション
    ja-latn: avex distribution Inc.
  role: distributor
link: album/82947
lyricists:
- link: artist/25908
  names:
    en: MASH
- link: artist/32314
  names:
    en: John James Stanley
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2018-12-25T15:11
  edited_date: 2025-06-20T15:48
  fetched_date: 2026-01-10T10:12
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 2511
name: LONDON FREEDOM CHOIR SHIRO'S SONGBOOK SELECTION
names:
  en: LONDON FREEDOM CHOIR SHIRO'S SONGBOOK SELECTION
  ja: LONDON FREEDOM CHOIR SHIRO'S SONGBOOK SELECTION
  ja-latn: LONDON FREEDOM CHOIR SHIRO'S SONGBOOK SELECTION
notes: 'M-01:

  Lead Vocal and Speech: Ian PITTER

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Piano: Joel CAMPBELL

  Hammond Organ: Mark WALKER

  Bass: Roy Johnson

  Percussions: Karlos EDWARDS

  Brass Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet

  M-02:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN

  Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Strings Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  M-03:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Paul Lee

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Keyboards and Drums Programming: Nicholas St-Victor BROWN and Shiro SAGISU

  Bass and Strings Sections: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  M-04:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Percussions: Nobu SAITO

  Orchestra: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  Official theme song from Korean motion picture "武士=Musa" Japanese version, distributed
  by GAGA Communications inc.

  M-05:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Ian PITTER

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  Harp: Tomoyuki ASAKAWA

  Bass and Strings Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  M-06

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Hazel FERNANDES

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  M-07:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Ian PITTER

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  Acoustic Piano: Ken SHIMA

  Orchestra: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  M-08:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Hazel FERNANDES

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Martin LASCELLES

  Guitar: Mike WYZGOWSKI

  Harmonica: Tamotsu SUZUKI

  Brass Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet

  M-09:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Michelle DIXON

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Piano and Hammond Organ: Mark WALKER

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  Bass: Freddie THOMPSON

  Drums: Verloy BAILEY

  M-10:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: Jennifer INGRAM-BROWN

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Synthesizers: Shiro SAGISU

  Drum Programming: Hiroshi MATSUI

  Acoustic Piano Ad-lib: Joel CAMPBELL

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  Drum-Sample Player: Haruo YODA

  (UNIVERSOUL)

  Harp: Tomoyuki ASAKAWA

  Brass and Strings Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra

  Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

  M-11:

  Lead Vocal: Hazel FERNANDES

  Backing Vocals: Gina FOSTER and Derek GREEN

  Wurlitzer Piano: Mark WALKER

  Acoustic Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  Strings Section: London Session Orchestra

  Concert Master: Gavyn WRIGHT on Violin

  M-12:

  Ad-lib: Michelle Dixon

  Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Keyboards and Drum Programming: Shiro SAGISU

  Strings Section: London Session Orchestra

  Concert Master: Gavyn WRIGHT on Violin

  M-13:

  Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN

  Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir

  Piano: Mark WALKER

  Guitar: Andrew SMITH

  M-14:

  All Vocals: TAKE 6

  Produced by TAKE 6

  TAKE 6 appears courtesy of TAKE 6 Records

  All Songs Produced, Composed and Arranged by Shiro SAGISU for Ro-JAM Ltd.

  Except track #03 produced by Shiro SAGISU and Nicholas St-Victor BROWN, track #08
  produced by MASH, Martin LASCELLES and Shiro SAGISU, track 14 produced by TAKE 6.

  All lyrics by MASH, except track #07 by John James STANLEY.

  Shiro SAGISU, Andrew SMITH and LOREN organize Freedom Choir, and assemble Ian PITTER,
  Michelle DIXON, Paul LEE, Jennifer INGRAM-BROWN and Evette BRISCOE.

  Lead recording engineer in London from 1994 with Shiro SAGISU; Philip BAGENAL of
  EASTCOTE studios

  Assisted by Antti UNSIMAKI and Alan O''CONELL

  Lead recording engineer in Tokyo from 1986 with Shiro SAGISU;

  Masahiro KAWAGUCCI of UNIVERSOUL 999 studio

  Assisted by Minako NOZUE

  Lead mixing engineer in London from 1994 with Shiro SAGISU;

  Marcellus FERNANDES mixed #02, #04, #05, #06, #10 and #12 at Metropolis Studio and
  Olympic studios

  Assisted by Iain GORE

  #09 recorded and mixed by Martin LASCELLES at DE-MIX studio London

  #01, #11, #13 mixed by Masahiro KAWAGUCCI at UNIVERSOUL 999 studio Tokyo

  Assisted by Minako NOZUE

  #03, #07, #09 mixed by Motohiro TSUJI, Shiro SAGISU and Haruo YODA at PRIME SOUND
  studios Tokyo

  Assisted by Shunroku HITANI

  Line up engineered by Akihiro SHIBA at TEMAS Tokyo

  Mastered by Brian GARDNER at Bernie GRUNDMAN mastering in Los Angeles

  #06, #08 and #10 mastered by Herb POWERS Jr. at HIT FACTORY mastering New York

  Executive Producer: Shiro SAGISU for Ro-JAM Ltd.

  Supervised Producers: Hiroto TANIGAWA (Rhythmedia) and Haruo YODA (UNIVERSOUL)

  A&R: Akihiro TERADA (avex) and Hiraku OKUMURA (Rhythmedia Tribe)

  Production Managers: Yoshiyuki MURAKAMI (Rhythmedia), Yuiko MUKAINO (Ro-JAM), Philip
  BAGENAL (EASTCOTE studios), Peggy (EASTCOTE studios), Tamotsu SUZUKI (UNIVERSOUL)
  and Fumio TAKANO (Toshitsu),

  Special Cooperators: Kiyoshi MATSUO (Never Too Much Productions), Ken SATO (avex
  io), Masaru ONISHI (avex), Tomomi YOSHIMURA (GAGA) and Kanami NAKAYAMA (GAGA)

  Art Designer: Masayuki FUKUI (Rhythmedia design), Chise KAMIMURA (Rhythmedia design),
  Kazuhiro TAKIYA

  Photo: Tomoko YONEDA and Takashi YASHIMA

  Check Shiro SAGISU''s official site on the web. www.ro-jam.com'
organizations:
- &id002
  names:
    en: Rhythmedia Tribe
    ja: Rhythmedia Tribe
    ja-latn: Rhythmedia Tribe
  role: label
- names:
    en: Rhythmedia Inc.
    ja: Rhythmedia Inc.
    ja-latn: Rhythmedia Inc.
  role: publisher
- link: org/2321
  names:
    en: avex Inc.
    ja: エイベックス株式会社
    ja-latn: avex Inc.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/26687
  names:
    en: Ian Pitter
- names:
    en: Michelle Dixon
- names:
    en: Paul Lee
- link: artist/62316
  names:
    en: Jennifer Ingram-Brown
- names:
    en: Evette Briscoe
- names:
    en: London Freedom Choir
- link: artist/26680
  names:
    en: Andrew Smith
- names:
    en: Joel Campbelle
- names:
    en: Mark Walker
- names:
    en: Roy Johnson
- link: artist/22567
  names:
    en: Karlos Edwards
- link: artist/33085
  names:
    en: Tetsuya Ochiai
    ja: 落合徹也
- link: artist/62317
  names:
    en: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra
- link: artist/3201
  names:
    en: Eric Miyashiro
    ja: エリック・ミヤシロ
- link: artist/642
  names:
    en: Shiro SAGISU
    ja: 鷺巣詩郎
- names:
    en: Nicholas St. Victor Brown
- link: artist/5165
  names:
    en: Nobu Saito
    ja: 斎藤ノヴ
- link: artist/2092
  names:
    en: Tomoyuki Asakawa
    ja: 朝川朋之
- link: artist/22358
  names:
    en: Hazel Fernandes
- link: artist/550
  names:
    en: Ken Shima
    ja: 島健
- link: artist/32316
  names:
    en: Martin Lascelles
- link: artist/9774
  names:
    en: Mike Wyzgowski
- link: artist/33587
  names:
    en: Tamotsu Suzuki
    ja: 鈴木保
- names:
    en: Freddie Thompson
- names:
    en: Verloy Bailey
- link: artist/7713
  names:
    en: Hiroshi Matsui
    ja: 松井寛
- link: artist/32210
  names:
    en: Haruo Yoda
    ja: 与田春生
- link: artist/8812
  names:
    en: Gavyn Wright
- link: artist/8814
  names:
    en: The London Session Orchestra
- names:
    en: TAKE 6
- link: artist/37883
  names:
    en: LOREN
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platforms:
- Movie
products:
- names:
    en: Musa
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2003-12-03'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 2940.0
reprints: []
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/82947?perpage=99999
votes: 0
