Bokyoka

[Machine Translation] The definitive disc of hometown enka, a nostalgic song for the young days that people who live away from their hometowns share in common. This is a previously unreleased song by the late Mr. Toru Funamura, who was born in 1964. This song was originally composed for another singer around 1995 under the title "Mochigo," and was written by two masters, Funamura Toru and Toyohisa Araki, who composed the music and composed the poem, respectively. This time, the title was changed to "Mangogo Uta" and the melody of the shoka "Furusato" was incorporated in the interlude to create a more nostalgic arrangement, and Ichiro Takase, who is well known for his singing ability, sang the song and released it to a wider generation. The coupling song is a cover of Toru Funamura's classic song "Ame no Yoru Kimi wa Yata ga Kutte (On a Rainy Night You Will Return)" released by Columbia in 1984.

「いつか帰ろう 人生の旅の終わりに」故郷を離れ暮らす人々が共通して心に抱く若き日への郷愁 ふるさと演歌の決定盤。故・船村徹先生の生誕90年となる本年に、船村先生の未発表曲である今作を発売。この楽曲はもともと1995年ごろに「望郷」というタイトルで他の歌手に向けて制作されていた楽曲で、作曲・船村徹、そして作詩には荒木とよひさという巨匠二名の手による作品。今回、タイトルを「望郷歌」と改め、間奏に唱歌「ふるさと」のメロディーを取り入れた、より郷愁を感じるようなアレンジにして、歌唱力に定評のある高瀬一郎の歌唱で広い世代に向けてリリース。カップリングには1984年にコロムビアからリリースされた船村徹の名曲カバー「雨の夜あなたは帰る」を収録。