a&r [reissue] Takehiro Kase art direction [paradise view] Yukimasa Okumura artwork [batik art, paradise view] Shikamitsu Kawai calligraphy [mercuric dance] Tadayoshi Arai coordinator [coincidental music] Kenichi Makimura coordinator [the endless talking] Shuhei Hosokawa design [box set] Takashi Okada design [mercuric dance, the endless talking, coincidental music] Taki Ono design [paradise view] Yukimasa Okumura tracks 2-01 to 4-11 edited by Hidemi Hattori tracks 3-01 to 4-11 edited by [with] Hiroyuki Kikuchi tracks 2-01 to 2-09 edited by [with] Minoru Sawada tracks 4-01 to 4-11 engineer Hidemi Hattori tracks 4-01 to 4-11 engineer [with] Hiroyuki Kikuchi illustration [the endless talking] Taki Ono liner notes [booklet] Masakazu Kitanaka liner notes [mercuric dance, the endless talking] Haruomi Hosono liner notes [mercuric dance] 柿坂神酒之祐 liner notes [paradise view] Yukimasa Okumura liner notes [the endless talking] Shuhei Hosokawa management [coincidental music] Hiromi Wada tracks 4-01 to 4-11 mixed by Haruomi Hosono tracks 1-01 to 1-09 mixed by Yasuhiko Terada tracks 2-01 to 2-09 mixed by Yasuhiko Terada tracks 1-01 to 1-09 mixed by [assisted by] Hiroyuki Kikuchi music by Haruomi Hosono tracks 1-01 to 1-09 percussion Yujin Harada tracks 1-01 to 1-11 percussion Yujin Harada photography by [coincidental music] Kaoru Ijima photography by [mercuric dance] Kazuyoshi Miyoshi tracks 4-02, 4-03, 4-08 piano, soloist Miharu Koshi producer Haruomi Hosono tracks 2-01 to 4-11 producer [with] Friends Of Earth tracks 1-01 to 1-05 recorded by Fumio Miyashita tracks 2-01 to 3-13 recorded by Shinichi Tanaka tracks 1-06 to 1-09 recorded by Yasuhiko Terada reissue producer [general supervision] Sohichiro Suzuki remastered by Sohichiro Suzuki remastered by [mastering engineer] Kotaro Kojima stylist [coincidental music] Yoichi Muragaki supervised by [planning supervision, reissue] Kazuo Dobashi tracks 4-01 to 4-11 technician Yuzo Toda tracks 4-01 to 4-11 technician [assistant] Hirokazu Hasegawa tracks 1-01 to 1-09 technician [equipments] Masanobu Tsuchiya tracks 1-01 to 1-09 technician [equipments] Yuzo Toda Record Company Teichiku Entertainment, Inc. Manufactured By Teichiku Entertainment, Inc. Distributed By Teichiku Entertainment, Inc. Recorded At Sedic Studio Recorded At Tamco Studio Recorded At Sound City Studio Recorded At Freedom Studio Recorded At LDK Studio Recorded At Teichiku Suginami Studio Recorded At ALFA Studio A Recorded At Sony Roppongi Studio Recorded At Biwa Studio Mixed At Freedom Studio Mixed At Sony Roppongi Studio Mixed At Teichiku Suginami Studio Remastered At Flair Mastering Works Remastered At Victor Aoyama Studio Designed At Zubai Studio Numbered clamshell box with obi, housing four albums in mini-LP style card sleeves each with a fold-out insert. A twelve page booklet with extensive liner notes is also included.
Note that the box design incorporates intentional faux shelf wear to the corners and edges.
Individual catalog numbers and order of discs as presented in the box indicate Coincidental Music was originally intended to be the first disc.
Translated album descriptions on back of obi: Mercuric Dance - Amakawa Togakushi ~ A monument to tourist music born in a sacred place Paradise View - Soundtrack from Okinawa New Cinema The Endless Talking - Sounds of Nature Genoa installation participating works, May 1985 Coincidental Music - Haruomi Hosono's commercial collection, '82~'85 Barcode: 4 988004 085048 Rights Society: JASRAC Matrix / Runout: TECN-58772-1 1T V (CD1) Matrix / Runout: TECN-58773-1 1W V (CD2) Matrix / Runout: TECN-58774-1 1W V (CD3) Matrix / Runout: TECN-58771-1 1T V (CD4) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L236 (CDs 1, 4) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L244 (CDs 2, 3) Mould SID Code: IFPI 4011 (CDs 1 to 4)