The True Sun

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The True Sun
Live album by Nagisa Ni te
Released	1998
Recorded	July 5, 1997
Genre	Folk rock Psychedelic rock Acoustic
Length	71:83
Label	Org Records P-Vine
Producer	Nagisa Ni te
Nagisa Ni te chronology
On the Love Beach (1995) The True Sun (1998) The True World (1999)

The True Sun is the second release by Japanese psychedelic-folk rock duo Nagisa Ni te. It was released in 1998 by Org Records as an LP. In 2000 P-Vine Records re-released this album in CD format.

The True Sun is a live gig recorded at H2O Factory, Tokyo on July 5, 1997, and includes songs which will then be recorded via later studio releases. Takeda also shows much more involvement here than their debut album, On the Love Beach.

[edit] Track listing

1. "On the Beach" - 5:02
2. "Morning Glory / River" - 12:54
3. "My Story" - 3:36
4. "The True Sun" - 10:41
5. "She" - 8:53
6. "Gentle Japanese"
   (Youichi Higashi, Hiroshi Ebinuma, Masamitsu Tayama) - 3:47
7. "Elegy to Betrayal" - 6:21
8. "Me, on the Beach" - 9:19
9. "Mysterium Coniunctionis"
   (Naoki Zushi) - 12:28

[edit] Personnel

• Masako Takeda: vocals, tambourine, ocarina
• Shinji Shibayama: vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Ikuro Takahashi: percussion

[edit] Production and Credits

All songs written by Masako Takeda and Shinji Shibayama except tracks 6 and 9

Recorded and mixed by Masako Takeda and Shinji Shibayama.
Linear notes by Takuya Sakaguchi
English translation by Alan Cummings
Photography by Noriko Seo, Ken-ichi Takayama
Reissue Producer - Fumihito Taguchi
Art direction and design by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda