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  names:
    en: Koichi Hirai
    ja: 平井光一
- link: artist/1834
  names:
    en: Satoshi Takebe
    ja: 武部聡志
- link: artist/28806
  names:
    en: Ken Miyazawa
    ja: 宮澤謙
catalog: 35C35-7153
categories:
- Publication
category: Publication
classification: Vocal, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/1834
  names:
    en: Satoshi Takebe
    ja: 武部聡志
- link: artist/28054
  names:
    en: Koichi Hirai
    ja: 平井光一
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  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
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      English: Promenade
    track_length: '2:43'
  - names:
      English: Lonely Game
    track_length: '5:17'
  - names:
      English: Circle Step
    track_length: '3:12'
  - names:
      English: Far Away
    track_length: '3:33'
  - names:
      English: Dr. Lonely
    track_length: '4:31'
  - names:
      English: Ensemble
    track_length: '2:09'
  - names:
      English: Human Robot
    track_length: '3:21'
  - names:
      English: Once Again
    track_length: '3:40'
  - names:
      English: Memory
    track_length: '4:53'
  - names:
      English: Eternal -We believe in a piece of love-
    track_length: '8:04'
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lyricists:
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  names:
    en: Tatemi Yoshida
    ja: 吉田健美
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2014-10-25T13:48
  edited_date: 2020-11-18T09:37
  fetched_date: 2026-01-05T12:50
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 1825
name: BLUE SONNET III ~Ballade~
names:
  en: BLUE SONNET III ~Ballade~
  ja: 紅い牙 ブルーソネットIII ～バラード～
  ja-latn: Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET III ~Ballade~
notes: '3rd Image Album for the manga "Blue Sonnet"

  Manga serialized in "Hana to Yume" (HAKUSENSHA)

  Original Works & Cover Illustration:

  MASAHIRO SHIBATA

  Lyrics:

  TATEMI YOSHIDA (02, 09)

  Compose:

  SATOSHI TAKEBE (01, 05, 06, 10)

  KOICHI HIRAI (02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09)

  Arrange:

  KOICHI HIRAI, SATOSHI TAKEBE, KEN MIYAZAWA

  Strings Arrange & Orchestration:

  SATOSHI TAKEBE (02, 09, 10)

  Guitar, DX, DMX, DSX, OB-8, Programing:

  KOICHI HIRAI

  All Keyboards & Synthesizers:

  SATOSHI TAKEBE

  Alt-Sax:

  HIDEFUMI TOKI (05)

  Flute:

  MASAMI NAKAGAWA (06)

  E. Bass:

  MASAHIRO TANAKA (04)

  Harp:

  AIKO IRIE (03)

  Vocals:

  POPLAR (02, 09)

  Chorus:

  NORIMASA YAMANAKA (04, 08)

  & COLUMBIA YURIKAGO KAI (09)

  ■COLUMBIA SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA

       Trp: Junichi Kanezaki, Fumio Shiroyama

       Trb: Eiji Arai, Yasuo Hirauchi*, Sumio Okada

       Hrn: Koji Yamaguchi, Satoru Umeda

       Fl: Yukio Etoh, Takashi Asahi

       Ob: Masakazu Ishibashi

       L.P: Osamu Nakajima

       C.P: Teiko Koshino

       Strings: Akira Uchida Group

       Conduct: Katsuaki Nakatani

  [Staff]

  Synthesizer Operation:

       Nobuhiko Nakayama (SAN Musical Service)

       Hiroshi Koizumi (JAK)

  Recording Engineer / Hiroshi Goto*

  Assistant Engineer / Kazuyoshi Iino*

  Mastering Engineer / Katsuaki Uno*

                          (* Nippon Columbia)

  Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studio

          in January~February ''84

  [Production Assistance]

     Masahiro Shibata

     Tetsuya Maeda (HAKUSENSHA)

     Hana to Yume (HAKUSENSHA) Editorial Department

     倉林音楽出版 (Shigeru Kurubayashi, ?)

     Half Tone Music (中島?)

     安遠雄一 (JAK)

     Nihon Hammond

     岡田玄

     長谷川雅之

  Liner Notes: Masahiro Shibata, Tetsuya Maeda (Hana to Yume Editoral Department),
  Koichi Hirai (composer)

  *wrongly credited as 平山保夫 on insert'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/2278
  names:
    en: DENON
    ja: DENON
    ja-latn: DENON
  role: label
- link: org/35
  names:
    en: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
    ja: 日本コロムビア株式会社
    ja-latn: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.
  role: manufacturer
performers:
- link: artist/52219
  names:
    en: Columbia Symphonic Orchestra
    ja: コロムビア・シンフォニック・オーケストラ
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products:
- names:
    en: Blue Sonnet
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related:
- catalog: CX-7069
  link: album/48805
  names:
    en: ROCK SYMPHONY BLUE SONNET
    ja: Rock Symphony 紅い牙 BLUE SONNET
    ja-latn: Rock Symphony Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7103
  link: album/48809
  names:
    en: ROCK SYMPHONY BLUE SONNET II
    ja: Rock Symphony 紅い牙 BLUE SONNET II
    ja-latn: Rock Symphony Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET II
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7154
  link: album/48826
  names:
    en: BLUE SONNET III Ballade
    ja: 紅い牙 ブルーソネットIII Ballade
    ja-latn: Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET III Ballade
  type: print
- catalog: CX-7283
  link: album/52907
  names:
    en: BLUE SONNET IV DESERT CITY
    ja: 紅い牙 ブルーソネットIV ～Desert City (砂漠都市)～
    ja-latn: Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET IV ~Desert City (Sabaku T...
  type: print
- catalog: R01-3
  link: album/56674
  names:
    en: WHAT IS LOVE/ANGEL / GO!
    ja: WHAT IS LOVE/ANGEL / GO!
    ja-latn: WHAT IS LOVE/ANGEL / GO!
  type: bonus
- catalog: R02-3
  link: album/56675
  names:
    en: Bird no Theme/Taron no Theme / GO!
    ja: バードのテーマ/タロンのテーマ / GO!
    ja-latn: Bird no Theme/Taron no Theme / GO!
  type: bonus
- catalog: R03-3
  link: album/56676
  names:
    en: Kanashimi wo nugisutete/SLEEPING BEAUTY / GO!
    ja: 悲しみをぬぎ捨てて/SLEEPING BEAUTY / GO!
    ja-latn: Kanashimi wo nugisutete/SLEEPING BEAUTY / GO!
  type: bonus
- catalog: COCC-7667~8
  link: album/72873
  names:
    en: IMAGE TRIP SERIES BLUE SONNET
    ja: イメージ・トリップ・シリーズ 紅い牙 ブルーソネット
    ja-latn: IMAGE TRIP SERIES Akai Kiba BLUE SONNET
  type: print
release_date: '1984-05-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3500.0
reprints:
- catalog: CX-7154
  link: album/48826
  note: ''
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/48827?perpage=99999
vocals:
- link: artist/24258
  names:
    en: Poplar
    ja: ポプラ
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