ダーク・ダツクス / Dark Ducks: 日本の唄（第一集） / Nippon no uta (Vol. 1) / Japanese Songs (First Collection)

They had me at "Ducks"! The Dark Ducks were a Japanese vocal quartet, formed in 1951, with a large catalogue of songs not just in their native language but also in Russian.

宵待草 / Yoimachigusa
お江戸日本橋 / Oedo nihombashi
箱根の山 / Hakone no yama
越後獅子 / Echigojishi
秋の月 / Aki no tsuki
荒城の月 / Kōjōnotsuki
相馬盆唄 / Sōma bon'uta
あかがり / A kagari
子守唄 / Komori-uta

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