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Sean Wolcott “Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijo-jima“ LP

Limited to only 300 copies

1. The Story of the Broken Blade 01:08
2. (Theme From) Escape from Hachijō-jima 02:56
3. Death in Defense at Shimabara Yūkaku 02:28
4. Massacre at Minamiarima 02:06
5. Ballad of Prisoner 47: The Betrayed 01:24
6. At the Gates of an Unwelcoming Buddha 03:15
7. Ballad of Prisoner 34: The Avenger 01:22
8. Sisters of the Iron Chain 02:45
9. Punishment of the Sword Tester 02:55
10. Ballad of Prisoner 55: The Fortune Teller 01:16
11. Bad Girls Go to Hell 02:31
12. Ballad of Prisoner 13: The Bandit 01:24
13. Uprising in Cellblock Seven 01:57
14. Bloom of the Barren Cherry Blossom 01:44
15. Ko-omote Mask of Warden Ichirō 03:44
16. Ballad of Prisoner 68: The Wrongly Accused 02:04
17. Blaze at the Devil’s Island 01:46
18. Together We Are Free 03:12
19. On the Shore of Revenge 03:10

Sean Wolcott returns with “Lady Swordfighter: Escape from Hachijō-jima”—his ninth library album and a prequel to the global underground hit. This 19-track odyssey descends into a brutal prison island and ascends in a blaze of vengeance.

Delivering an earth-shattering dose of psychedelic jazz-funk, jidaigeki, and haunted exploitation score, it fuses traditional Japanese instrument masters—shakuhachi, koto, shinobue, taiko, and Noh—with neck-snapping grooves, fuzzed-out psych, ritual drums, soaring horns, and soul-drenched ballads.

All songs written, produced, arranged, and recorded by Sean Wolcott at Soundview Analog Recorders.