简介:
Many different songs and cover versions were written for the anime TV series "Sasurai no Taiyō" (1971, Mushi Prod.). As of now, apart from the OP and ED, none of them were ever released on CD.
Fortunately, the anime is available on a DVD box set in Japan ("Sasurai no Taiyō DVD-Box", release date: 29/09/2004, code: XT-1601~5 and there's a 2009 cheaper price reissue, release date: 27/09/2006, code: XT-2317~21).
As part of the DVD extras, all the songs recovered from the original recording tapes were released on disc 5. That's a total of 31 songs, including some variations of the same songs. This torrent contains them all ripped as FLAC.
On the DVD, each song has a different picture with its title and an illustration. I've put them in the "Images" folder as raw PNG files.
The cover image was found on Amazon Prime's website via a Google Images search.
Many more songs and variations that can be heard in the TV series aren't present on the DVD extras. Also, the karaoke version of some songs although part of the original tapes are not on the DVD, according to its booklet.
The OP TV size with the narration at the beginning is available on CD in "虫プロアンソロジー 1963～1971" (Mushi Prod. Anthology 1963~1971, release date: 21/11/1998, code: AYCM-625, it has a 2001 reissue, release date: 24/10/2001, code: MECB-2009).
Horie Mitsuko did a cover of the OP song and is available on an album called "堀江美都子 レア・グルーヴ・トラックス" ("Horie Mitsuko Rare Groove Tracks", release date: 19/11/2014, code: COCX-38855).
The ED song by Mitsuko Horie, long version, was released on CD, but is not in this torrent. This song, "Kokoro no Uta", was later re-recorded in a piano version in 2004 for the 35th anniversary of Mitsuko Horie's career in "堀江美都子BEST 心のうた 〜癒しの歌声〜" ("Mitsuko Horie Best Kokoro no Uta ~Natsukashi no Utagoe~", release date: 10/20/2004, code: COCX-32945).
The BGM of the series (75 tracks in total according to the DVD booklet) have not been released to this day. They were composed by Taku Izumi (Gegege no Kitarō seasons 1 and 2, Mahō Shōjo Lalabel, Soreike! Anpanman...). Let's hope they get an official release soon.
The sound volumes are a bit low when compared to CDs. This is due to them originating from DVDs. For the sake of preservation, I decided not to apply any processing to the files. Hopefully, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
The DVDs have convenient song chapters. See the readme.txt file for a list in Japanese.