Romantic groovemaster[COWBOY BEBOP]

Produced by Yoko Kanno

Co-Produced by Shiro Sasaki (Victor), Toshiaki Ota (BORDER LINE Inc,.)
Assisted by Yukako Inoue (Victor)
Recorded & Mixed by Masashi Yabuhara (Except 6,7,13,16) [Tokyo]
Assisted by Miyuki Ishimoto, Yasuhiro Tsurusaki, Mana Nagahiro
Recorded at Victor Studio, Z’d Studio, Sound Valley Studio
Recorded & Mixed by Rudy Van Gelder at Val Gelder Studio [New Jersey] (6,16)
Assisted by Maureen Sickler
Recorded & Mixed by Dupouy ChrisTophe at Plus XXXstudio [Paris] (7,13)
Assisted by J.B Millet Yann Arnaud
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk
Recording co-ordinated by Chiyo Sagae [Paris],
Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (BLUE SUN FILM Company) [N.Y]

Promoted by Shigeki Imai, Shosei Ito (Victor)
Sales Promoted by Tetsuya Yamada Aki Yoshida (Victor)

THANX!
Hajime Mizoguchi, Noboru Mano,
Kaoru Asai, Shinichi Akagawa,
Grand Funk Inc., Masako Kikuchi
Kengo Watanabe, Dai Satoh (Frognation), NEPTUNE MUSIC Co., Ltd.
Jim Mussen , TIM & MAYU “Traveler” Jensen
&RUDY!

Cover Illustration : Toshihiro Kawamoto
Sleeve Design : Kazuhisa Fujita (Victor)
Edit : Misa Murakami (Victor)

FILM STAFF
Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe
Screenplay by Keiko Nobumoto
Character Design by Toshihiro Kawamoto
Mechanics art design by Kimitoshi Yamane
Set Design by Isam Imakake
Art Director by Junichi Higashi
Color Coordinator by Shihoko Nakayama
Director of Photography by Yoichi Ogami
Audio Director by Katsuyoshi Kobayashi (A.P.U)
Animation Production SUNRISE INC.

Produced by

Masahiko Minami (SUNRISE INC)
Kazuhiko Ikeguchi (BANDAI VISUAL CO.,LTD.)

Seatbelts are :	Keyboards	Yoko Kanno
	Synthesizer manipulate
		Keishi Urata
	Drums	Yasuo Sano
	Bass	Hitoshi Watanabe
	Guitar	Tsuneo Imahori
	Percussion	Mataro Misawa, Ikuo Kakehashi
	Voices	Tim Jensen
	Saxophone	Takuo Yamamoto, Osamu Koike, Masato Honda, Shogeo Fuchino
	Trumpet	Toshio Araki, Yusuke Hayashi, Kouji Nishimura
	Trombone	Yoichi Murata, Masanori Hirohara, Junko Yamashiro
	Flute	Hideyo Takakuwa, Kazuhiro Iwasa, Mika Hayashi
	Tuba	Kiyoshi Sato

“THE SEATBELTS” – led by the sound producer Y.K. – are very hot & COOL & anarchy & peace & hard & soft & potato-like band. In 2048, immediately, they got famous in The Solar System Music Scene. It is said that the name of them came from their unique style of performance – all members wear the seatbelts for safety while they are playing. The members of “THE SEATBELTS” have the extraordinarily diverse styles of music, which gives a wide variety of their own sound. However, personal Information about them has been completely concealed. Producer Y.K. likes to refer to the standard tunes which many “SPACE – JAZZMEN” in GANDYMEDE use as bases for improvisation as “THE TRADITIONAL GLOBAL FORM". That Y.K. is the leading interpreters of this form is a fact which Y.K. has proven since she first attained prominence on The Solar System Music Scene. These recordings of their First Album “COWBOY BEBOP” are from what could be called Seatbelt’s “A bar of sweet-potato paste period. “I don’t know what the name of this period really means. “Tank!”, the first tune in this Album, was ranked #1 in “The Solar System Music Hit Chart” in 2056. The tune really established Y.K. as a stylist and also as a great sound producer as well. During late Fourties and early Fifties, “THE SEATBELTS” traveled around the planets for concerts named “Digging my POTATO tour”. Recently, I came across an interview with Y.K. “We really enjoyed playing in large audience. We could stay safe during our play, because we all wore SEATBELTS, as you know. Then we got relaxed and it was fun.” She continued with laughter, “There was only one thing we couldn’t enjoy on this tour ... That’s sea-rat’s meat in GANYMEDE.” She is planning to release new album named “Vitaminless”, “COWBOY BEBOP – No Disc” in future. I’m really looking forward to listening to her New Works soon.

Notes by THE DOG in Back Yard (2071)

01. Tank!

02. RUSH

03. SPOKEY DOKEY

04. BAD DOG NO BISCUITS

05. CAT BLUES

06. COSMOS

07. SPACE LION

08. WALTZ for ZIZI

09. PIANO BLACK

10. POT CITY

11. TOO GOOD TOO BAD

12. CAR24

13. The EGG and I

14. FELT TIP PEN

15. RAIN

16. DIGGING MY POTATO

17. MEMORY