Hey Space Cowboy! If you are anything like me, you think Cowboy Bebop is one of the all-time great anime series, and that greatness starts with the opening song. To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Cowboy Bebop, the IGN Store has two great pre-orders available right now.
Each album will arrive in early 2024, featuring cover art by series artist Toshiaki Uesugi and music curated by series composer (and Seatbelts frontwoman) Yoko Kanno. Each kit comes with liner notes, song credits, interviews with Yoko Kanno, and more.
Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues Legends
Cowboy Bebop has so much character in its music, and The Real Folk Blues is a fantastic example, with big vocals, groovy basslines and drums, virtuosic electric guitar, and iconic punctuating horns. And that's just the first song on the first disc of this vinyl set.
The Real Folk Blues Legends has picks from the entire Cowboy Bebop discography, and certain songs (Call Me Call Me, Blue, etc.) are on vinyl for the first time. The red vinyl set comes as a 2-LP deluxe set with 21 songs.
DISC 1 – SIDE A
- THE REAL FOLK BLUES
- COSMIC DARE (PRETTY WITH A PISTOL)
- ELM
- Clutch
DISC 1 – SIDE B
- CALL ME CALL ME
- Is it real?
- WO QUI NON COIN
- Forever Broke
- SPY
- Time to know~Be waltz
DISC 2 – SIDE A
- Gotta knock a little harder
- Fantaisie Sign
- The Singing Sea
- Hamduche
- BLUE
DISC 2 – SIDE B
- Theme from Cowboy Bebop
- Cats on Mars
- Waltz in high socks
- the Fate of Three
- The Adventures of Losers
- piano solo <Live>
Cowboy Bebop: Songs for the Cosmic Sofa
Songs for the Cosmic Sofa has 13 songs on blue vinyl and contain a collection of more relaxed songs from the series. A new recording of the ending theme is here, too, featuring Mai Yamane.
Cowboy Bebop is known for two different styles of music; big swinging blues, and more subdued, contemplative pieces, and this set is built of the latter. From the jazz club stylings of The Egg and You to the down, dirty Woodcock, and lounge-singing ADIEU, there is a lot of variety here.
DISC 1 – SIDE A
- Net Rush
- Odd Ones
- The EGG and YOU
- Woodcock
- Twilight
- THE REAL FOLK BLUES 2022
- POT CITY
DISC 1 – SIDE B
- Kickin’ Colt
- Bye Mel
- ADIEU
- Gateway
- Beans Be
- FAREWELL BLUES
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