Publication of <A Selection of Japanese SP Reproductions of Excellent Recordings>

Rohm Music Foundation CD Reproduction Series from SP Records Publication of <A Selection of Japanese SP Reproductions of Excellent Recordings>

Selection criteria for recorded pieces

Performance of foreign composersÕ works by Japanese musicians (recorded in Japan and/or overseas)
Performance of Japanese composersÕ works (recorded in Japan and/or overseas)
Performance by foreign musicians who played an active role in Japan (recorded in Japan)

To look back on relations with Western music in Japan and the history of compositions and music performances, the Rohm Music Foundation published the ÒRohm Music Foundation CD Reproduction Series from SP (78 rpm) Records <Western Music in Japan 1923~1944> -from the Masataro Sugiura SP Record Collection-Ó in February 2002 as part of its activities for music and culture.

Based on the same purpose, the Foundation this time will publish ÒRohm Music Foundation CD Reproduction Series from SP Records <A Selection of Japanese SP Reproductions of Excellent Recordings I~IV> by carefully selecting pieces to be recorded from SP records under the following basic criteria (SP records/sound source provided by Christopher N. Nozawa et al.). The selected SP records were recorded over about forty years from 1912 when Japan entered the dawn of the Western music record to 1952 when the production of SP records underwent a full-scale turning point to LP records.

1. Title

Rohm Music Foundation CD Reproduction Series from SP Records
<A Selection of Japanese SP Reproductions of Excellent Recordings I~IV>

2. Contents

6 CDs each set (with description) <I~IV (4 selections), total CDs: 24 sets>

3. Time to be
published

Selection I is to be published in September 2004, while Selections II~IV are to be published in series after 2005.

No.	Time to be published (plan)
I	September 2004
II	2005
III	2007
IV	2009

4. Number to be
produced

4,000 sets (Japanese edition) and 200 sets (English edition) for each CD

5. Distribution
methods

♦Distribution for free
<3,000 sets (Japanese edition) and 150 sets (English edition) for each CD>
We distribute (donate) them to public institutions such as libraries.
♦Sale
<1,000 sets (Japanese edition) and 50 sets (English edition) for each CD>
We sell them at the reasonable actual cost of production and distribution
<list price 9,000 yen (incl. tax) for each CD>.

áSales handled by	Japan Sound Preservations, Inc. (Nihon Onsei Hozon) Tel: 03-5561-9002, Fax: 03-5561-9004 http://www.onsei.co.jp
áSales method	1. Mail order <separate packaging and shipping cost of 500 yen (incl. tax)> 2. Sale at record shops

6. Planning and
publishing

Rohm Music Foundation

Support

ROHM CO., LTD.

Originally proposed by

Christopher N. Nozawa

    SP records
    sound source
    provided by

Christopher N. Nozawa et al.

Editor-at-large

Bin Ebisawa

Editor

Christopher N. Nozawa, Morihide Katayama

Engineer

Tadaatsu Arata

Production

Japan Sound Preservations, Inc. (Nihon Onsei Hozon)