LONDON FREEDOM CHOIR SHIRO'S SONGBOOK SELECTION 
ソングクレジット

01. L+O+V+E SELECTION

Lead Vocal and Speach: Ian Pitter
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Piano: Joel CAMPBELLE
Hammond Organ: Mark WALKER
Bass: Roy JOHNSON
Percussions: Karlos EDWARDS
Brass Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet

02. SPARK OF LIFE 2003(NOCTURNE)

Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Strings Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

03. SHIRO'S MUSIC BOX

Lead and Backing Vocals: Paul LEE
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Nicholas St- Victor BROWN and Shiro SAGISU
Brass and Strings Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

04. WHERE YOUR HEART BELONGS

Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN
Backing Vocals: Freedom Gospel Choir
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Percussions: Nobu SAITO
Orchestra: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

05. WHY PRETEND 2003

Lead and Backing Vocals: Ian PITTER
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Guitar: Andrew SMITH
Harp: Tomoyuki ASAKAWA
Brass and Strings Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

06. BEAUTIFUL DREAM(THE BEST OF TIME)

Lead and Backing Vocals: Hazel FERNANDES
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Guitar: Andrew SMITH

07. DAY BY DAY(涙のプレゼント)

Lead, Backing Vocals and Speach: Ian PITTER
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Guitar: Andrew SMITH
Acoustic Piano: Ken SHIMA
Strings Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

08. LAST NIGHT

Lead and Backing Vocals: Hazel FERNANDES
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Martin LASCELLES
Guitar: Mike WYZGOWSKI
Harmonica: Tamotsu SUZUKI
Brass Section: Nu Synfonyq Soul Orchestra
Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet

09. SENSES

Lead and Backing Vocals: Michelle DIXON
Backing Vocals: Freedom Gospel Choir
Piano and Hammond Organ: Mark WALKER
Guitar: Andrew SMITH
Bass: Freddie THOMPSON
Drums: Verloy BAILEY

10. STUCK ON ME

Lead and Backing Vocals: Jennifer INGRAM-BROWN
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Synthesizers : Shiro SAGISU
Drums Programming: Hiroshi MATSUI
Acoustic Piano Ad-lib: Joel CAMPBELL
Guitar: Andrew SMITH
Drums-Sample Player: Haruo YODA (UNIVERSOUL)
Harp: Tomoyuki ASAKAWA
Brass and Strings Section: Royal Mirrorball Orchestra
Concert Master: Eric MIYASHIRO on Trumpet and Tetsuya OCHIAI on Violin

11. I NEED TO MISS YOU SOMETIME

Lead Vocal: Hazel FERNANDES
Backing Vocals: Gina FOSTER and Derek GREEN
Wurlitzer Piano: Mark WALKER
Acoustic Guitar: Andrew SMITH
Strings Section: London Session Orchestra
Concert Master: Gavyn WRIGHT on Violin

12. SING A SONG OUTRO

Ad-libs: Michelle DIXON
Vocals: Freedom Choir
Keyboards and Drums Programming: Shiro SAGISU
Strings Section: London Session Orchestra
Concert Master: Gavyn WRIGHT on Violin

13. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT from Shiro SAGISU and Freedom Choir

Lead and Backing Vocals: LOREN
Backing Vocals: Freedom Choir
Piano: Mark WALKER
Acoustic Guitar: Andrew SMITH

14. THE GLORY DAY

All Vocals: TAKE 6
Produced by TAKE 6

TAKE 6 appears courtesy of TAKE 6 records

All Songs Produced, Composed and Arranged by Shiro SAGISU for Ro-JAM Ltd.

Expect track #03 produced by Shiro SAGISU and Nicholas St-Victor BROWN, track #08 produced by MASH, Martin LASCELLES and Shiro SAGISU, track #14 produced by TAKE 6. 

All lyrics by MASH expect Track 07 by John James STANLEY

Shiro SAGISU, Andrew SMITH and LOREN organise Freedom Choir, and assemble Ian PITTER, Michelle DIXON, Paul LEE, Jennifer INGRAM-BROWN and Evette BRISCOE.

Lead recording engeneer in London from 1993 with Shiro SAGISU
Philip BAGENAL of EASTCOTE studios
Assisted by Antti UNSIMAKI and Alan O'CONELL
Lead recording engeneer in Tokyo from 1986 with Shiro SAGISU
Masahiro KAWAGUCCI of UNIVERSOUL 999 studio
Assisted by Minako NOZUE
Lead mixing engeneer in London from 1994 with Shiro SAGISU
Marcellus FERNANDES mixed #02, #04, #05, #06, #10 and #12 at Metropolis studios and Olympic studios
Assisted by Iain GORE
#09 recorded and mixed by Martin LASCELLES at DE-MIX studio London
#01, #11 and #13 mixed by Masahiro KAWAGUCCI at UNIVERSOUL 999 studio Tokyo
Assisted by Minako NOZUE
#03, #07 and #09 mixed by Motohiro TSUJI, Shiro SAGISU and Haruo YODA at PRIME SOUND studios Tokyo
Assisted by Shunroku HITANI
Line up engineered by Akihiro SHIBA at TEMAS Tokyo

Mastered by Brian GARDNER at Barnie GRUNDMAN mastering Los Angeles
#06, #08 and #10 mastered by Herb POWERS Jr. at HIT FACTORY mastering New York

Exective Producer: Shiro SAGISU for Ro-JAM Ltd.

Supervised Producers: Hiroto TANIGAWA(Rhythmedia) and Haruo YODA(UNIVERSOUL)
A&R: TERADA(avex) and Hiraku OKUMURA(Rhythmedia Tribe)
Productions Managers: Yoshuyuki MURAKAMI(Rhythmedia), Yuiko MUKAINO(Ro-JAM), Philip BAGENAL(EASTCOTE studios), Peggy(EASTCOTE studios), Tamotsu SUZUKI(UNIVERSOUL) and Fumio TAKANO(Toshitsu)

Special Co-operaters: Kiyoshi MATSUO(Never Too Much Productions), Ken SATO(avex io) and Masaru ONISHI(avex)
Art Designer: Masayuki FUKUI(Rhythmedia design), Chise KAMIMURA(Rhythmedia design) and Kazuhiro TAKIYA
Photographer: Tomoko YONEDA and Takashi YASHIMA


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