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In the first episode of _Ichigo Mashimaro_ ( _Strawberry Marshmallow_ ), right
after Ito Nobue went into her sister Chika's room (that is, at around 3
minutes from beginning), there was several seconds of music that seemed to
come from Chika's headphone, and the CD player was shown to display "CD track
2 time 01:19" on its screen.

[![CD track 2 time
01:19](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GasWg.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GasWg.jpg)

I do not really know if this is significant, but I remember reading somewhere
that _Ichigo Mashimaro_ (the manga version, at least) is known for its
reference to western music. It would be great to know if someone here, who may
be familiar with the western music as well, could actually identify the piece.

Here is a [SoundCloud link](https://soundcloud.com/user-2675881/mystery-music-
in-ichigo-mashimaro) to the music that I was referring to.


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What is the song that Chika was listening to in the first episode of Strawberry Marshmallow?


I am unable to identify the exact piece of music used in the sample. This is
simply because the given audio samples are way too short. I tried using apps
that have over 10 million pieces in the database, but none had a single
result.

I am able to provide some information though based on the samples with the
knowledge I have about music.

At the very least I can say that the genre is either Jazz from the late
80s/early 90s or it is a sped up Soul track from the 60s. It contains drums
and a very clear saxophone. The era is based on the playstyle of the
saxophone. This playstyle was very popular during the 80s/90s. That is when
the hiphop/jazz become popular in plenty of countries. While it is unclear if
the actual audio sample used by the studio
([Daume](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daume)) has been tampered with is
unclear. I looked up their history from around 2000-2005 and their connections
to pinpoint a certain band that might've been used, but this provided no
results.

As the second we can at least say that this soundtrack is from a legitimate
piece of music and not made on the fly in the studio. This is because of the
instruments used in the sample and the mixture of the instruments. This would
be too expensive for such a short sample and would be too much hassle for a
studio. There is a clear beat and the instruments dont conflict with each
other; this indicates that the composer was aware of what he/she did; an
experienced composer. If anything I'd honestly love to listen to this piece
myself as well as it is a master piece based on what we were given to listen
to during the episode.

Based on the genre and the airing of the series I'd say that it is from the
early 90s. This is due to the big world wide hit on the genre Jazz at the
time. But it might've been some Japanese Jazz as well, which would date to
LP's from as early as the 70s.

Maybe with the information provided above someone might be able to pinpoint
the track or LP. I don't think it will be found on the internet as not all
music from the 90s and earlier are online. There are still some hobby stores
around that sell LP's. Perhaps someone there can identify the piece. All you
need to do is cut the first 10 seconds from the soundcloud track and then from
22s to 26s. Boost up the volume and you will hear the instruments clearly. But
if the original file has been tampered with and for example boosted in speed
then it is highly unlikely that even someone of that level will be able to
identify it.


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I think it is [this
song](https://westarmusic.sourceaudio.com/#!details?id=6851980) that is
playing in the anime.

**Song name:** Popping

**Artist:** Kelly Richmond

**Album:** Free & Funky WSR148


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In the screenshot, the CD player displays the title of the track, DAIJOB.
There are two songs I could find with that title and track number (02): one is
from the 1980 album
_[Landsale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsale_\(album\))_ by P-Model, and
the other is from Digimon in 2000, either the vocal version in _[Digimon
Adventure 02 Best Partner 2 Yamato Ishida&
Gabumon](https://vgmdb.net/album/70598)_ or the karaoke version in
_[Collection: Digimon Adventure 02 Best Partner Original Karaoke: Digimon
Hen](https://anidb.net/perl-
bin/animedb.pl?show=collection&collectionid=7010)_.

Japanese internet
bloggers[[1]](https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/mahodobackyard/diary/200509210000/)[[2]](http://37a.blog123.fc2.com/blog-
entry-144.html) seem to relate it to the 1980 one as it was written by the
famous [Susumu Hirasawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susumu_Hirasawa),
[after whom Yui Hirasawa from _K-On!_ is
modeled](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10562&page=22).
However, to a non-musician me, none of the two sounds like what is used in the
episode, so I don't know if this answer is satisfactory or not.

And for those interested, I'll leave this URL by one of the authors linked
above where he scienced the shit out of _Strawberry Marshmallow_ trivia:
<https://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/mahodobackyard/diary/?ctgy=7>.


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