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Releases: Singles

To-Search

release date: October 21, 1986
company: Taiyo Records
formats: 7" vinyl (LEO-007)
initial price: ?
goodies: ?

Tracklisting

To-Search (Imai/Imai)
Plastic Syndrome Type II (Imai/Imai)

Credits

Atsushi Sakurai: vocal
Hisashi Imai: guitar
Hidehiko Hoshino: guitar
Yutaka Higuchi: bass
Toll Yagami: drums

photo by: ?
covering by: ?

* (I'll have my mom help me read these people's names later)

[this page was last updated on Friday, 23-Nov-2007 13:25:03 PST]

Notes

Ranked #6 on the Indies singles chart.

Buck-Tick only released 2 items during their indie days, this single and the album Hurry Up Mode. The A-side of this single is not from the album but the B-side is.

This release is extremely rare and collectable because it is Buck-Tick's first release.

There is a misprint of Hisashi's name in romaji. The kanji is correct but the romaji says that his name is Kotobuki! This is due to the unusual reading of Hisashi's kanji as "Hisashi" (it is not normally read that way) and the person who did the artwork apparently did not know the correct way to read his kanji.

The credit's for Toll's name is Tohru because that is the literal romanization of Japanese characters.

In 2002, Victor issued digital remasters of all the Buck-Tick albums. Victor also created a remaster CD of the To-Search single (with b-side "Plastic Syndrom Type II") which was used for promotional purposes. (CDS-1390)

Please note that I have credited the songs as printed but I disagree with some of the credits. The credits for both songs are Imai/Imai. However, there is some confusion as to who wrote "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the liner notes for Hurry Up Mode (1990 mix), it credits Imai/Sakurai for writing "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the official tab book for the 1990 mix, it also credits Imai/Sakurai for writing "Plastic Syndrome Type II". In the discography section of Buck-Tick's official website, it lists the song as being composed by Sakurai/Imai, causing confusion as to who are the actual songwriters. In the "Chaos" disc from Picture Product, the discography credits the song as Imai/Sakurai. In the book Buck-Tick, Hisashi says that Atsushi wrote the music for "Plastic Syndrome Type II" and then Hisashi later wrote the lyrics. Hence, I have credited the song that way for the pages for the album and left the single as Imai/Imai since it was printed that way in the original release (but I consider it a typo). All things considered, I believe that "Prologue" was composed as an instrumental by Imai and that "Plastic Syndrome Type II" was lyrics by Imai and music by Sakurai. I will continue to believe the credits as such until a member of Buck-Tick tells me I am wrong (or a high staff member).