ARO / 鴉鷺 / ARO

The debut album from Japanese pop duo ARO, made of Emiko and Sumio Shiratori.

M-01.
  Composer/Lyricist: Emiko Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Drums: Koji Takeda
  Electric Bass: Tsugutoshi Goto
  Acoustic Guitar: Ken Yajima
  Gut Guitar: 中ム礼定則
  Keyboard: Kazuo Ohtani (Epf)
  Percussion: Minoru Ishiyama

M-02.
  Composer/Lyricist: Emiko Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Drums: Shuichi Murakami
  Electric Bass: Shinichi Manabe
  Acoustic Guitar: Toshiaki Usui, Ken Yajima
  Keyboard: Minoru Kuribayashi (pf)
  Percussion: Fujio Saitoh
  Block Flute: Takeshi Shinohara
  Marinba: Isao Kanayama

M-03.
  Composer: Emiko Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Lyricist: 水城明子
  Drums: Masao Suzuki
  Electric Bass: Michio Nagaoka
  Electric Guitar: Kiyoshi Hagiya, Kazuo Shiina
  Acoustic Guitar: Kiyoshi Hagiya
  Keyboards: Kaoru Iiyoshi (Epf, solina)
  Percussion: Minoru Ishiyama

M-04.
  Composer: Emiko Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Lyricist: 水城明子
  Drums: 野村之
  Electric Bass: Shinichi Manabe
  Electric Guitar: 幾見賀博
  Keyboards: Hiroshi Shibui (pf, hammond)
  Percussion: Sancho Nahana

M-05.
  Composer/Arranger/Lyricist: Sumio Shiratori
  Drums: Tsuneo Ohishi
  Electric Bass: Sumio Shiratori
  Acoustic Guitar: Emiko Shiratori, Kazuo Shiina
  Keyboards: 秋場幸子, Emiko Shiratori (solina)
  Glockenspiel: Sumio Shiratori

M-06.
  Composer: Emiko Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Lyricist: 棟明敏
  Drums: Shuichi Murakami
  Electric Bass: Shinichi Manabe
  Electric Guitar: Ken Yajima
  Acoustic Guitar: Toshiaki Usui
  Keyboards: Minoru Kuribayashi (pf, hammond organ)

M-07.
  Composer: Sumio Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Lyricist: 棟明敏
  Drums: Koji Takeda
  Electric Bass: Tsugutoshi Goto
  Electric Guitar: Ken Yajima
  Keyboard: Kazuo Ohtani (Epf)
  Percussion: Minoru Ishiyama
  Koto: Kimiko Yamanouchi
  Shinobue: Takeshi Shinohara

M-08.
  Composer: Sumio Shiratori
  Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki
  Lyricist: 棟明敏
  Drums: 野村之
  Electric Bass: Shinichi Manabe
  Electric Guitar: 幾見賀博
  Acoustic Guitar: Yoshio Noma
  Keyboards: Hiroshi Shibui (pf, hammond)
  Percussion: Sancho Nahana

M-09.
  Composer/Arranger: Sumio Shiratori
  Lyricist: 棟明敏
  Drums: Tsuneo Ohishi
  Electric Bass: Sumio Shiratori
  Electric Guitar: 柴田浩志
  Acoustic Guitar: Emiko Shiratori
  Keyboards: 秋場幸子 (solina, hammond, pf)
  Percussion: Naomi Kawahara

M-10.
  Composer/Arranger: Sumio Shiratori
  Lyricist: 大山充
  Drums: Tsuneo Ohishi
  Electric Guitar: 柴田浩志, Kazuo Shiina
  Acoustic Guitar: Emiko Shiratori
  Shinobue: Sumio Shiratori
  Keyboard: 秋場幸子 (solina)
  Percussion: Sumio Shiratori

M-11.
  Composer: Emiko Shiratori
  Lyricist: 大西澄子
  Percussion: Sumio Shiratori

Producer: Sumio Shiratori
Director: Hidehiko Tagami
Recording Manager: Takashi Esu, 佐藤まり子
Executive Manager: Hachiro Shoji
Arranger: Susumu Nishizaki, Sumio Shiratori (M-05, 09, 10)
Strings Arranger: Shinichiro Mizobuchi (M-05, 09, 10)

Executive Producer: Akira Higashimoto
Director: Toyoho Ryujin
Recording Engineer: Tatsuo Umetsu

Image Concept: Tan Ohe
Photographer: Tadayuki Naitoh, Naoaki Matsumoto
Art Direction and Illustration: 遊糸
Designer: Kohei Oizumi

Recording Place: VICTOR Studio., Sound City
Remixing: VICTOR Studio.
Mastering: VICTOR Studio.
Recording Date : Jun 1977 ~ August 1977

Project Planning: (株)マンクス