Roger Waters
Japanese Compact Disc Discography
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 2008-2010 ***
by Vernon Fitch
*** © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives 2008-2010 ***
Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography would be appreciated.
Title: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (CBS / Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: CBS / Sony Records
Catalog Number: 35DP 149
Bar Code: None.
Matrix Information:
1) Top: 35DP-149 21A1 +++++
2) Top: 35DP-149 21A2 +++++
3) Top: 35DP-149 21A3 +++++ [CSR COMPACT DISC CSR COMPACT DISC CSR COMPACT DISC]
4) Top: 35DP-149 21A4 +++++
5) Top: DP-812 3
Release Date: July 21, 1984
Release Information: First Japanese issue.
Track Peak Levels: 39.4 / 90.0 / 34.0 / 52.9 / 69.0 / 39.6 / 59.1 / 42.0 / 56.9 / 71.1 / 70.8 / 30.6
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A nude hitch hiker with a black box over her butt. 20-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: Song lisitng.
obi: Black / red box obi.
Price: Y3,500. Reissued with a price of Y3,286 on the obi.
Label: Black / Silver label with text in silver. CBS / Sony logo to the left of the center hole.
Title: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Sony Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: SRCS 6404
Bar Code: 4 988009 640426
Release Date: May 1, 1994
Release Information: Second Japanese issue. Nice Price Line.
Track Peak Levels: 39.4 / 90.0 / 34.0 / 52.9 / 69.0 / 39.6 / 59.1 / 42.0 / 56.9 / 71.1 / 70.8 / 30.6
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A nude hitch hiker.
Back Cover: Song lisitng.
obi: Black obi. Nice Price Line.
Price: Y1,800.
Label: Purple label with text in silver.
Title: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (Sony Records 3rd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP-691
Bar Code: 4 571191 051578
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PRA-824X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L278 [IFPI 45J8]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: May 18, 2005 / May 14, 2008
Release Information: Third Japanese issue. Issued in a gatefold mini-LP sleeve. Reissued in 2008.
Total Time: 42:16
Track Peak Levels: 71.5 / 99.2 / 57.4 / 90.9 / 100 / 67.7 / 100 / 73.5 / 90.4 / 100 / 100 / 43.8
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A nude hitch hiker.
Back Cover: Song lisitng.
Cover Sticker: Some issues have a square silver sticker on the cover with information in Japanese about the release.
Inner Sleeve: Picture inner sleeve.
Inserts: White Japanese insert with title, song listing, discography, and lyrics. Two round label picture inserts.
obi: White obi with portion of cover picture on the right side. Bar code on the back.
Price: Y1,890
Label: Picture label.
Around the top edge of the label, it says:
Title: Radio K.A.O.S. (CBS / Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: CBS / Sony Records
Catalog Number: 32DP 781
Bar Code: T4988 009 55615 4
Matrix Information:
1) Top: 32DP-781 11 +++++
Release Date: August 26, 1987
Release Information: Original Japanese issue.
Description:
Front Cover: Black with Morse code. Title in a circle. 24-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: Black with Morse code. Song titles. Credits. Bar code.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y3,200. Reissued with a price of Y3,008 on the obi.
Label: Silver label with text in black. Verticle red bar on left. Horizontal red bar on right.
Title: Radio K.A.O.S. (Sony Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SRCS 6405
Bar Code: 4 988009 640525
Release Date: May 1, 1994
Release Information: Second Japanese issue. Nice Price Line.
Description:
Front Cover: Black with Morse code.
Back Cover: Black with Morse code. Song listing.
obi: Black obi. Nice Price Line.
Price: Y1,800.
Label: Green label with text in silver.
Title: Radio K.A.O.S. (Sony Records 3rd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP-692
Bar Code: 4 571191 051585
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: PRA-827X 1 + ++ ++++++++ IFPI L277 [IFPI 45K5]
Pressing Plant: Sony Records pressing plant, Japan
Production Mastering: Sony mastering
Release Date: May 18, 2005 / May 14, 2008
Release Information: Third Japanese issue. Issued in a cardboard mini-LP sleeve. Reissued in 2008.
Total Time: 41:24
Track Peak Levels: 100 / 100 / 96.2 / 100 / 98.2 / 100 / 100 / 99.8
Description:
Front Cover: Black with Morse code. Title in a circle.
Back Cover: Black with Morse code.
Cover Sticker: Square silver sticker on the cover with title and information in Japanese about the release.
Inner Sleeve: CD comes inserted in a soft cloth inner sleeve.
Inserts: White Japanese fold-open insert with title, song listing, discography, and lyrics. Two round record label inserts. Fold-open poster of the world. Black LP-style inner sleeve with lyrics.
obi: White obi with portion of cover picture on the right side. Bar code on the back.
Price: Y1,890
Label: Black Radio KAOS label.
Around the edge of the label, it says:
Title: The Wall - Live in Berlin (Mercury Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Mercury Records
Catalog Number: PHCR 3003 / 4
Bar Code: 4 988011 322914
Release Date: September 15, 1990
Release Information: Japanese double CD.
Description:
Front Cover: White brick wall. Title. 20-page booklet.
Back Cover: White brick wall. Title. Song titles. Bar code.
Insert: 16-page Japanese insert.
obi: Red obi.
Price: Y4,000
Label: Red picture labels. "Made in Japan."
Title: The Wall - Live in Berlin (Mercury Records SACD issue)
Record Company: Mercury Records
Catalog Number: UIGY-7046 / 7
Bar Code: 4 988005 343987
Release Date: October 8, 2003
Release Information: Japanese Super Audio CD issue. This is the E.U. issue with a Japanese obi and booklet added.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Concert picture.
Back Cover: Song listing. Bar code.
Insert: 14-page Japanese insert.
obi: Grey obi. obi covers entire back of CD.
Price: Y4,515
Label: Red and black labels.
Title: Amused to Death (Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SRCS 5913
Bar Code: 4 988009 591322
Matrix Information:
1) Top: DP5365 1 * ** ******** [SMJ]
2) Top: DP5365 1 * ** ******** [IFPI 4576]
Release Date: September 23, 1992
Release Information: Original Japanese release. Q Sound.
Track Peak Levels: 63.9 / 100 / 82.6 / 97.2 / 100 / 100 / 48.1 / 95.1 / 85.8 / 87.8 / 64.9 / 100 / 100 / 100
Description:
Front Cover: A monkey watching TV. Title. 28-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of Roger Waters. Song titles. Bar code.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y2,300
Label: Black label with text in silver.
Title: Amused to Death (Sony Records SBM issue)
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SRCS 6766
Bar Code: 4 988009 676623
Release Date: March 21, 1994
Release Information: Second Japanese issue. Sony's Super Bit Mapping 20 bit mastering. The Collector's Item Series.
Description:
Front Cover: A monkey watching TV. Title. 20-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: Transparent.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y3,200
Label: Picture label.
Title: Amused to Death (Sony Records 3rd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: MHCP-693
Bar Code: 4 571191 051592
Release Date: May 18, 2005 / May 14, 2008
Release Information: Third Japanese issue. Issued in a gatefold mini-LP sleeve. Reissued in 2008.
Description:
Front Cover: Black. A small picture of a monkey watching TV. Title in black below picture.
Back Cover: Black.
Cover Stickers: Black sticker on cover with title and album information. Some issues also have a square silver sticker on the cover with information in Japanese about the release.
Inserts: White Japanese insert with title, song listing, discography, and lyrics. Four round label picture inserts.
obi: White obi with portion of cover on the right side. Bar code on the back.
Price: Y1,890
Label: Red Sony Music label.
Title: In the Flesh (Sony Music)
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: SRCS 2393 / 4
Bar Code: 4 988009 239316
Release Date: December 27, 2000
Release Information: Japanese double CD issue of live performances from the Roger Waters-In the Flesh 2000 U.S. tour.
Sound Mastering: Mastered by James Guthrie.
Description:
Front Cover: Barbed wire in front of decaying skyline. Title. 24-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of Roger Waters. Song listing.
Insert: 40-page Japanese insert.
obi: White obi with portion of cover on the right side. Bar code on the back.
Price: Y3,780
Label: Eclipse picture labels.
Title: Flickering Flame - The Solo Years Volume I
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: SICP 122
Bar Code: 4 547366 004496
Release Date: May 2, 2002
Release Information: Japanese issue. Roger Waters greatest hits.
Description:
Front Cover: Black with title and pictures of album covers.
Back Cover: Black with song listing. Bar code.
obi: Black obi.
Price: Y2,520
Label: Red label.
Title: Roger Waters - Ca Ira (special edition hybrid SACD + DVD)
Record Company: Sony Classical Records
Catalog Number: SICP 10015 / 7
Bar Code: 4 547366 023060
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Release Information: A special Japanese edition of Roger Waters opera Ca Ira on SACD. Includes a bonus DVD titled, The Making of Ca Ira, which features a behind-the-scenes look at the opera, and interviews with Roger Waters and some of the soloists and cast.
Description:
Front Cover: Title cover.
Back Cover: Song listing. Bar code.
obi: Yellow obi. obi covers entire back of CD.
Price: Y6,300
Label: Picture labels.
Title: Hakuraikun '92 Vol. 5
Record Company: Sony Records
Catalog Number: XDCS 93094
Release Date: 1992
Release Information: Japanese promotional sampler CD that includes the Roger Waters song, What God Wants, part 1.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A cartoon picture.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing.
Label: Blue Sony label.
Title: Hits a Sony - January 2001
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment
Catalog Number: XDCS 93446
Release Date: January 2001
Release Information: Japanese promotional sampler CD that includes the Roger Waters song, In the Flesh (live).
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A picture of Jennifer Lopez.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing.
Label: Grey Sony label.
Title: Live Earth - The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis
Record Company: Warner Brothers Records
Catalog Number: WPZR-30243.5
Bar Code: 4 943674 073917
Release Date: November 2007
Release Information: A CD sampler of live performances from the Live Earth concerts that took place in various cities on July 7, 2007. Features the Roger Waters' performance of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and Another Brick in the Wall, part 2. Also includes Madonna, The Foo Fighters, The Police, John Mayer, Linkin Park, Keane, Bon Jovi, James Blunt, Chris Cornell, Lenny Kravitz, Beastie Boys, KT Tunstall, Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend, and Damien Rice & David Gray. Includes 1 CD and 2 DVDs of the shows.
Description:
Cover: Titles cover with the names of the artists.
Cover Sticker: Blue cover sticker in Japanese.
obi: Blue obi.
Price: Y5,980
Label: Picture labels.
Title: We All Love Ennio Morricone
Record Company: Sony Classical
Catalog Number: SICP 1379
Bar Code: 4 547366 029598
Release Date: 2007
Release Information: Japanese CD sampler that includes the Roger Waters song, Lost Boys Calling.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A picture of Ennio Morricone.
Back Cover: Song listing and credits. Bar code.
obi: Yellow obi.
Price: Y2,520
Label: Sony Classical label.
Title: SMJI
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment
Catalog Number: SACS 80033
Release Date: 2004
Release Information: Japanese promotional sampler CD that includes the Roger Waters song, To Kill the Child.
Description:
Front Cover: None.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing in Japanese.
Label: White CBS label.
Title: Ron Geesin and Roger Waters - music from The Body
Record Company: Toshiba-EMI Records
Catalog Number: TOCP-50009
Bar Code: 4 988006 722378
Release Date: September 19, 1996
Release Information: Japanese issue.
Description:
Front Cover: A body. Title. 12-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A body. Song titles and credits.
obi: Gold obi.
obi color code (at bottom of obi spine): red / yellow / green
Price: Y1,750
Label: Silver label with text in black. EMI logo at the top.
Title: When the Wind Blows (Virgin Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Virgin Records
Catalog Number: 32VD-1059
Bar Code: T4988 006 61428 4
Release Date: July 5, 1987
Release Information: Original Japanese issue of the soundtrack album for the movie, When the Wind Blows.
Side 1: David Bowie-When the Wind Blows, Hugh Cornwell-Facts and Figures, Genesis-The Brazilian, Squeeze-What Have They Done, and Paul Hardcastle-The Shuffle.
Side 2: Roger Waters and the Bleeding Hearts Band performing the songs The Russian Missile, Towers of Faith, Hilda's Dream, The American Bomber, The Anderson Shelter, The British Submarine, The Attack, The Fallout, Hilda's Hair, and Folded Flags.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Couple standing in a road with an airplane flying overhead.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing.
obi: Blue obi.
obi color code (at bottom of obi spine): red / white / blue
Price: Y3,200
Label: Silver label with text in black, and a black triangle on its side on the right half of the CD label. "Mfd. by Toshiba EMI Ltd. in Japan."
Title: When the Wind Blows (Virgin Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: Virgin Records
Catalog Number: VJCP-25097
Bar Code: 4 988006 694194
Release Date: March 16, 1994
Release Information: Second Japanese issue of the soundtrack album for the movie, When the Wind Blows.
Side 1: David Bowie-When the Wind Blows, Hugh Cornwell-Facts and Figures, Genesis-The Brazilian, Squeeze-What Have They Done, and Paul Hardcastle-The Shuffle.
Side 2: Roger Waters and the Bleeding Hearts Band performing the songs The Russian Missile, Towers of Faith, Hilda's Dream, The American Bomber, The Anderson Shelter, The British Submarine, The Attack, The Fallout, Hilda's Hair, and Folded Flags.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Couple standing in a road with an airplane flying overhead. Catalog number in lower right corner.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing.
obi: Green obi.
obi color code (at bottom of obi spine): red / white / blue
Price: Y2,500
Label: Yellow / silver radioactive picture label.
Title: The Legend of 1900 (Sony Records 1st issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Catalog Number: SRCS 2135
Bar Code: 4 988009 213514
Release Date: November 3, 1999
Release Information: First Japanese issue. Soundtrack album for the movie, The Legend of 1900. Includes the Roger Waters song, Lost Boys Calling.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Pictures from the movie.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing. Bar code.
Cover Sticker: White cover sticker with text in Japanese.
obi: White obi.
Price: Y2,520
Label: Silver label.
Title: The Legend of 1900 (Sony Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Catalog Number: SICP 1052
Bar Code: 4 547366 024531
Release Date: March 24, 2006
Release Information: Second Japanese issue. Soundtrack album for the movie, The Legend of 1900. Includes the Roger Waters song, Lost Boys Calling.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Pictures from the movie.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing. Bar code.
obi: Red obi.
Price: Y1,890
Label: Sony label.
Title: The Legend of 1900 (Sony Records 3rd issue)
Record Company: Sony Music Japan International Inc.
Catalog Number: SICP 2730
Bar Code: 4 547366 054408
Release Date: July 7, 2010
Release Information: Third Japanese issue. Soundtrack album for the movie, The Legend of 1900. Includes the Roger Waters song, Lost Boys Calling.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Pictures from the movie.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing. Bar code.
obi: Blue obi.
Price: Y1,890
Label: Sony label.
Title: The Departed - Music from the Motion Picture
Record Company: Warner Brothers Records
Catalog Number: WPCR 12538
Bar Code: 4 943674 069507
Release Date: 2007
Release Information: A CD of music that was used in the movie, The Departed.
Songs: Roger Waters with Van Morrison-Comfortably Numb (from Roger Waters-Live in Berlin), The Beach Boys-Sail On, Sailor, The Rolling Stones-Let It Loose, Roy Buchanan-Sweet Dreams, The Allman Brothers Band-One Way Out, Badfinger-Baby Blue, Dropkick Murphys-I'm Shipping Up to Boston, The Human Beinz-Nobody But Me, LaVern Baker-Tweedle Dee, Patsy Kline-Sweet Dreams (of You), Howard Shore-The Departed Tango, Howard Shore-Beacon Hill.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. Pictures from the movie in the letters of the title.
Back Cover: City outline. Song listing. Credits. Bar code.
obi: Red obi.
Price: Y2,580
Label: Warner Brothers label.
