© 2007 Lawrence Tuczynski

Info and cover scans courtesy of David Hirsch

Title ALWAYS SUNSET ON 3rd St
Japanese Title ALWAYS SAN-CHOME NO YUHI MEIKYOKUSHU
CD Label King Record Co., Ltd.
CD Number KICS-1336
Music by: Masaaki Hirao
Ichiro Wakahara
Michiya Mihashi
Toyokichi (musician)
Hachiro Kasuga
Yoshiko Otsu
The Peanuts
Tokyo Mixed Chorus Group
Koyasue King
Yoshiko Kondo
Peggy Hayama
Dark Duks
Hiroshi Mizuhara
Number of tracks 15
Running time 45:39
Number of discs 1
Year of release/manufacture October 24, 2007

REVIEW

This appears to be the soundtrack of a popular 2005 movie about a neighborhood in late 50s Tokyo. The 2007 sequel has a Godzilla walk-through part!

ALWAYS SUNSET ON 3rd St (ALWAYS SAN-CHOME NO YUHI MEIKYOKUSHU)
Track translations courtesy of Jolyon Yates

  1. Diana (Masaaki Hirao)
  2. Oi Nakamura-kun (Ichiro Wakahara)
  3. From Apple Village [Ringo-mura Kara] (Michiya Mihashi)
  4. One Cedar of Separation (Hachiro Kasuga)
  5. Happiness Here (Yoshiko Otsu)
  6. Crazy Love (Masaaki Hirao)
  7. Passion Flower (The Peanuts)
  8. Bold Harimao song (Tokyo Mixed Chorus Group) [one of the earliest superhero shows, 1960-61]
  9. Who Is Gekko Kamen (Koyasue King) [the first TV superhero, 1958; he was credited as "?"]
  10. After Officer Nangoku [or After the South Country Officer] (Peggy Hayama)
  11. Yukiyama Hymn [or Hymn to Snow Mountain] (Dark Duks)
  12. The Stars Know Everything (Masaaki Hirao & All-Stars Wagon)
  13. Old Castle [or Kojo] (Michiya Mihashi)
  14. Lovable Flower (The Peanuts)
  15. Black Flower petal (Hiroshi Mizuhara)