The Seatbelts - Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set [2002]

Genre: Soundtrack, Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Electronica, Blues, Rock, Folk

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My opinion & thought: I love the Japanese animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and it's soundtracks, sounds cool, especially the opening theme song "Tank!" & the ending theme song "The Real Folk Blues". The soundtracks of this animated series are mostly jazz, bebop, Big Band & blues music, which sounds amazingly awesome. This special edition 5CDs boxset are already out-of-printed, if you find it at any record store near you, buy it! No hesitation, if you like it too.

Stands out track(s): Tank!, The Real Folk Blues, NY Rush

Disc 1, Disc 2, Disc 3, Disc 4, Disc 5

Cowboy Bebop (カウボーイビバップ Kaubōi Bibappu) is a Japanese animated television series. Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe and written by Keiko Nobumoto, Cowboy Bebop was produced by Sunrise. Consisting of 26 episodes, the series follows the adventures of a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop, in the year 2071.

Cowboy Bebop was a commercial success both in Japan and international markets, notably in the United States. After this reception, Sony Pictures released a feature film, Knockin' on Heaven's Door to theaters worldwide and followed up with an international DVD release. Two manga adaptations were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten'sAsuka Fantasy DX.

Cowboy Bebop has been strongly influenced by American music, especially the jazz movements of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and the early rock era of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Many of its action sequences, from space battles to hand-to-hand martial arts combat, are set and timed to music. Following the musical theme, episodes are called Sessions, and the episode titles are often borrowed from album or song names ("Sympathy for the Devil", "Honky Tonk Women", or "My Funny Valentine" to name a few), or make use of a genre name ("Mushroom Samba" or "Heavy Metal Queen") indicating a given episode's musical theme.

"Tank!" is the opening song for the popular anime series Cowboy Bebop. The song, written by Yoko Kanno and performed by The Seatbelts, has an extensive alto saxophone solo, as well as a fill part at the end. The song is a big band jazz piece in a hard bop style with a rhythm portion that combines a bass guitar and bongo drums.

"Tank!" is primarily an instrumental piece, though it does feature some spoken male vocals in the introductory portion of the song, thematically jazz in style. The vocal portion provides a lead-in to the instrumental portion, and its final lyrics, "I think it's time to blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Ok, three, two, one let's jam," signal the beginning bursts of the majority, purely instrumental end of the song.

It has been featured on the soundtracks to the series and as the original opening theme it is somewhat iconic, one of several popular pieces which are still closely associated with the Bebop series. It has also been occasionally used as background music for some international commercials, such as a preview for My Own Worst Enemy.

The Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set includes four regular size CDs, one bonus 80 mm CD, and a 52 page booklet (in Japanese). The booklet includes interesting trivia, track listing, interviews, and lyrics. Disks 1, 2 and 3 contain new and previously released tracks from the series, performed by The Seatbelts. Disk 4 contains live tracks fromThe Seatbelts on tour, as well as some unreleased movie tracks. The dialogue tracks are not songs, rather, they are vocal samples taken directly from the Japaneseversion of the series. This boxed set is currently out of production.

All dialogue tracks are credited as follows:

• Script: Shinichiro Watanabe, Dai Sato
• Translation: Agnes S. Kaku

Tracks in bold are exclusive to this boxed set.

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set Disc 1 Tracklist
	Track name	Length	Notes
1.	"Dialogue 1-1"	0:30	N/A
2.	"Tank!" (TV edit)	1:23	N/A
3.	"Dialogue 1-2"	0:15	N/A
4.	"Want It All Back" (clavinet hater version)	4:00	Vocals: Mai Yamane Lyrics: Tim Jensen
5.	"Sax Quartet"	4:00	Soprano Sax: Steve Wilson Alto Sax: Gary Bartz Tenor Sax: Chris Potter Baritone Sax: James Carter
6.	"Dialogue 1-3"	0:26	N/A
7.	"Encore un Verre"	2:49	Vocals & Lyrics: Valentin Coupeau Keyboard: Yoko Kanno Played by The Seatbelt's French Musicians
8.	"March for Koala"	1:00	N/A
9.	"Dialogue 1-4"	0:22	N/A
10.	"Felt Tip Pen"	2:40	Acoustic Bass & Mandolin - Hitoshi Watanabe Acoustic Guitar - Masayoshi Furukawa
11.	"The Egg And You"	3:44	Piano: Mark Soskin Bass: Peter Washington Drums: Bobby Previte
12.	"Dialogue 1-5"	0:24	N/A
13.	"Pot City II (Yab's Dub)"	2:18	N/A
14.	"Dialogue 1-6"	0:36	N/A
15.	"N.Y. Rush"	5:06	Trumpet: Nicholas Payton Saxophone: Chris Potter Guitar: Peter Bernstein Fender Rhodes Piano: George Colligan Electric Bass: Stanley Clarke Drums: Bill Stewart
16.	"Dialogue 1-7"	0:09	N/A
17.	"Fe"	1:58	Harpsichord: Yoko Kanno
18.	"Piano Black"	2:49	Saxophone: Joshua Redman
19.	"Dialogue 1-8"	0:11	N/A
20.	"Spokey Dokey" (alternate take)	4:32	N/A
21.	"Forever Broke"	3:34	Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori
22.	"Dialogue 1-9"	0:10	N/A
23.	"Road to the West" (with rhythm)	2:52	Saxophone: Jan Garbarek Synthesizers: Rainer Brüninghaus Bass: Eberhard Weber Percussion: Jon Christensen, Marilyn Mazur
24.	"Dialogue 1-10"	0:10	N/A
25.	"Meteor"	1:50	N/A
26.	"Dialogue 1-11"	0:09	N/A
27.	"Digging my Potato" (alternate version)	4:14	Drums - Al Foster Djembe - Mike Wimberly, John McDowell Harmonica - Chris Michalek
28.	"Dialogue 1-12"	0:11	N/A
29.	"Rain" (Mai Yamane Version)	3:24	Vocals: Mai Yamane Lyrics: Tim Jensen
30.	"Dialogue 1-13"	0:20	N/A
31.	"Green Bird"	1:54	Vocals & Lyrics: Gabriela Robin

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set Disc 2 Tracklist
	Track name	Length	Notes
1.	"Dialogue 2-1"	0:33	N/A
2.	"Cats on Mars"	2:45	Vocals & Lyrics: Gabriela Robin Keyboard: Yoko Kanno Synthesizer: Keishi Urata
3.	"Doggy Dog II"	3:47	N/A
4.	"Doggy Dog III"	1:49	N/A
5.	"Dialogue 2-2"	0:17	N/A
6.	"Piano Bar I"	3:23	Piano: Mark Soskin
7.	"Give and Take"	5:11	Vocals & Lyrics: Sydney Thiam Guitar: Pierre Bensusan Keyboard: Yoko Kanno
8.	"Dialogue 2-3"	0:04	N/A
9.	"Cat Blues"	2:37	N/A
10.	"Dialogue 2-4"	0:30	N/A
11.	"The Singing Sea"	4:39	Vocals: Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch Soprano Sax: Steve Wilson Alto Sax: Gary Bartz Baritone Sax: James Carter Trombone: Josh Roseman Bass: Peter Washington Drums: Al Foster Lyrics: Chris Mosdell
12.	"Dialogue 2-5"	0:25	N/A
13.	"ELM"	5:04	Guitar & Vocals: Pierre Bensusan
14.	"Waltz for Zizi"	3:31	Piano: Yoko Kanno
15.	"Dialogue 2-6"	0:08	N/A
16.	"Poor Faye (High Socks)"	1:05	Piano: Yoko Kanno
17.	"Farewell Blues" (alternate take)	4:29	Trumpet: Nicholas Payton Piano: Mark Soskin Bass: Peter Washington Drums: Al Foster
18.	"Dialogue 2-7"	0:51	N/A
19.	"Words That We Couldn't Say"	3:29	Vocals: Steve Conte Lyrics: Tim Jensen
20.	"Dialogue 2-8"	0:09	N/A
21.	"Space Lion" (music box version)	1:34	Keyboards: Yoko Kanno
22.	"Waste Land"	1:54	Trumpet: Nicholas Payton Trombone: Josh Roseman Alto Sax: Gary Bartz Tenor Sax: Joshua Redman Baritone Sax: James Carter Tuba: Bill Barber
23.	"Dialogue 2-9"	0:43	N/A
24.	"Goodnight Julia"	1:57	Piano: George Colligan Saxophone: Joshua Redman
25.	"Space Lion"	7:12	Keyboards: Yoko Kanno Played by The Seatbelt's Norwegian Musicians

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set Disc 3 Tracklist
	Track name	Length	Notes
1.	"Dialogue 3-1"	0:08	N/A
2.	"Go Go Cactus Man" (guitar version)	0:55	N/A
3.	"Dialogue 3-2"	0:13	N/A
4.	"Too Good Too Bad"	2:35	Vocals: Mai Yamane Lyrics: Tim Jensen
5.	"Dialogue 3-3"	0:13	N/A
6.	"Eyeball"	1:01	N/A
7.	"Dialogue 3-4"	0:12	N/A
8.	"Amusement Park"	3:44	N/A
9.	"On the Run"	3:50	Pink Floyd cover
10.	"Dialogue 3-5"	0:24	N/A
11.	"23 Hanashi" (with dialogue)	4:51	Vocals: Soichiro Otsuka
12.	"Dialogue 3-6"	0:05	N/A
13.	"Don't Bother None" (long version)	5:02	Vocals: Mai Yamane
14.	"Dialogue 3-7"	0:24	N/A
15.	"Wo Qui Non Coin" (short, sad version)	2:35	Vocals: Aoi Tada (seiyū of Ed)
16.	"Poor Faye (Lip Cream)"	1:03	Piano: Yoko Kanno
17.	"Call Me, Call Me	4:43	Vocals: Steve Conte Lyrics: Tim Jensen
18.	"Dialogue 3-8"	0:25	N/A
19.	"Memory"	1:30	Keyboard: Yoko Kanno Synthesizer: Keishi Urata
20.	"Adieu" (long version)	6:12	Vocals: Emily Bindiger Piano: Mark Soskin Guitar: Peter Bernstein Bass: Peter Washington Drums: Bobby Previte Lyrics: Brian Richy
21.	"Dialogue 3-9"	0:20	N/A
22.	"See You Space Cowboy... Not Final Mix Mountain Root"	5:55	Vocals: Mai Yamane Lyrics: Yoko Kanno
23.	"Dialogue 3-10	0:19	N/A
24.	"Blue"	5:04	Vocals: Mai Yamane Chorus: Soichiro Otsuka, Gabriela Robin Lyrics: Tim Jensen

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set Disc 4 Tracklist
	Track name	Length	Notes
1.	"Tank" (live)	3:59	From The Seatbelt's "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour
2.	"Rush" (live)	4:14	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour.
3.	"What Planet Is This?!" (live)	4:52	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour.
4.	"Too Good, Too Bad" (live)	2:30	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour.
5.	"Bad Dog, No Biscuit" (live)	4:15	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour.
6.	"Call Me, Call Me" (live)	5:19	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour. Vocals: Steve Conte Lyrics: Tim Jensen
7.	"Mushroom Hunting" (live)	4:09	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour. Vocals: Mai Yamane
8.	"The Real Folk Blues" (live)	6:07	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour. Vocals: Mai Yamane Lyrics: Yoko Kanno
9.	"Piano Solo"	7:20	From The Seatbelts' "Earth Girls Are Easy" tour. Piano: Yoko Kanno Improvised solo pieces, in order: Stella By Moor, The Singing Sea, Piano Black, ELM, Green Bird, Piano Bar I
10.	"Ask DNA"	4:51	Vocals: Raju Ramayya Lyrics: Tim Jensen
11.	"SF Game Center"	1:26	N/A
12.	"Rouya"	3:38	Guitar: Tsuneo Imahori
13.	"Old School Game"	1:04	N/A

Cowboy Bebop Boxed Set 8cm Mini-CD Tracklist
	Track name	Length	Notes
1.	"Wandering Cowboy" (with vocals)	3:19	Vocals: Aoi "Ed" Tada
2.	"Fascinating Horse Riding"	2:43	Vocals: Ebara "Andy" Masashi
3.	"Wandering Cowboy" (karaoke version)	3:19	Bark Noises: Ein