Thursday, July 4, 2024

KOICHI KAWABE - THE SOUND OF X - INSPIRED BY THE FILM SEX AND LIFE

An album from Japanese composer and trombonist Koichi Kawabe, inspired by the 1969 movie Maruhi Sei To Sekatsu. The title of the film was based on a book by writer and sexual medicine critic Xie Kokuken that came out in the late 60's. Jazzy Latin songs with a woman and a man moaning and laughing while having sex all through the record. Great and very obscure record and a huge thanks to Yoshio for all the information about this record! (and more info about it in the comment section). GET IT HERE Enjoy!

6 comments:

  1. This record is not Japannese Press
    「愛」より (秘)性と生活
    'Love', Rather (secret) sex and life.
    Japanese Blue Ray
    http://db.eiren.org/contents/03000000046.html

    Just as you see it.
    But it is difficult to know how to communicate this type of record to foreigners.
    Hi・秘 means secret or undercover.
    maru means ○ 秘
    Surrounding 秘 this kind of feeling as if it were a bit obscene and dubious...Teenagers' stash of pornographic material.

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  2. Music by Koichi Kawabe
    Graduated from the Tokyo School of Music (now Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1949. Studied composition under Kunihiko Hashimoto and Kyosuke Kami, and graduated from the same course in 1951. Composer Toshiro Mayuzumi was an alumnus of the same school, and participated in the première of his career work Divertissement for 10 instruments under the name 'Keiichi Ishitsuji'. Upon graduating from music college, he became a researcher with the Japan Symphony Orchestra (now NHK Symphony Orchestra).

    He was also a well-known jazz trombonist, performing until his later years. Immediately after the war, he was a member of the orchestra of the Ernie Pyle theatre dedicated to the occupation forces. The orchestra included prominent composers and players such as composer/arranger Naohiro Iwai (trumpet), saxophonist Shin Sakaguchi and composer Hiroji Hayakawa (trumpet). In his student days, he also played with Naohiro Iwai (horn), who was one year his senior, and Yasushi Akutagawa (tenor saxophone), who was two years his senior. He was also a member of the first Blue Coats.

    In 1958, he joined Nippon Columbia exclusively. He worked on numerous film scores under the name Kawabe Koichi.

    In 1973, his brass band composition "March 'Blue Sky Hope'" won the JBA Composition Award (under the name Koichi Kawabe); in 1974, "Index to Advanced Technique" was selected for the All Japan Brass Band Competition (under the name Koichi Kawabe); in 1975, "Index to Symphonic Pops" was selected for the All Japan Brass Band Competition (under the name Koichi Kawabe); in 1976, "Symphonic Pop Music" was selected for the All Japan Brass Band Competition (under the name Koichi Kawabe). In 1976, 'Baseball March' was selected for the Shimotani Prize (under the name of Koichi Kawabe). In 1973 and 1974, he was also the arranger of the standard brass band series New Sounds in Brass under the name of Koichi Kawabe.

    He was also active as a critic and published many books, mainly bicycle and boat racing instructions.

    He died on 3 September 2014, aged 87.
    from https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E8%BE%BA%E6%B5%A9%E5%B8%82

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  3. The Chinese on the Sleeve translates as.
    神聖的任務赤裸々公开
    The sacred task is opening to the public.
    性生活
    SEX LIFE
    Music By Koichi Kwabe

    I apologise for being so long-winded about something that anyone could see from the photos.
    MRHI

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  4. Thanks Yoshio! I will change the post tomorrow, tired, going to bed :)

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  5. Good Morning
    The title of the film is word of a sexual medicine critic Xie Kokuken and the title of Xie's new book, Ai (Love), published at the time (late 60's), MAKIN' Love (is more than 'LOVE'). The book was a photo book with explanations of "position" poses, and this film is a rare film adaptation of the instruction Book of "How to Sex(Precisely, breaking out of the rut."
    Here's Mr.Xie
    https://imagelink.kyodonews.jp/search?product_type=1,2,11&keyword=%E8%AC%9D%E5%9B%BD%E6%A8%A9
    MRHI

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  6. Movie Poster(Right side)
    https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/v1129646871
    This soundtrack, which was not released in Japan, was available in Hong Kong.
    MRHI

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