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All information courtesy of Sam Scali

English Title: Powerful Railway Line 3
CD Label: BKM
CD Number: G.R.F.T03
Music Composed by: Various composers
Music Performed by: Bukimisha Weird Secret Society
Number of tracks: 7 [1 hidden]
Running time: 31:11
Number of discs: 1
Year of release/manufacture: December 31, 2022

REVIEW

September 26, 2023

CDR featuring a capella performances of Japanese railroad songs, some based on folk songs from around the world. Also included are vocal renditions of two Akira Ifukube film cues that scored scenes of railway destruction.

Note: The first volume in this series, released in 2007 (G.R.F.T01), was a DVD featuring 394 railroad songs.

Bukimisha CDs are available to non-Japanese buyers through BOOTH (The International Indie Art Marketplace) by using a proxy service or other intermediary: https://bukimisya-maal.booth.pm/

Translations courtesy of Sam Scali.

  1. Train (Now in the Mountains, Now in the Clouds)
  2. The Tracks Go on Forever (based on the American folk song, "I've Been Working on the Railroad")
  3. Night Train (Always Always Night Train) (based on the German folk song, "Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär")
  4. Nishitetsu 1000 and Shock Wave (from "Rodan", cue M18)
  5. Disaster at Shinegawa Station (from "Godzilla", cue MA)
  6. Railway Song Collection Sanyo Kyushu
  7. Hidden Track