Annotation
First commercial release. In jewel case with white tray and obi. Twenty-eight page booklet includes three sets of liner notes (one in English, the others in Japanese), a short biography of lyricist James Ragan in English, lyrics in English and Japanese, and personnel credits in English/romaji. A single-sided BSCD2 insert is also included.
Customers at Tower Records received a 140 x 250mm card with liner notes by Yuji Shibasaki. Disk Union stores offered a 90 x 90mm coaster. Amazon JP offered an optional 240 x 240mm print of the album cover ("mega jacket").
Other Identifiers
Rights Society: JASRAC
Matrix / Runout: MHCL-3092 1 MASTER
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L288
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L280
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 455V
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 455T
Tracklist
Credits
Release
| liner notes: | Linda Carriere (member of “Dynasty”) 石川真男 (Japanese writer, lyricist, and translator.) 松永良平 (Japanese music writer) 長門芳郎 |
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| miscellaneous support: | Kohei Sano (promoter) (task: promotion / sales promotion) Runa Kusunoki (promoter) (task: promotion / sales promotion) Natsuki Mizokawa (promoter) (task: promotion / sales promotion) 齋藤典子 (promoter and PR manager) (task: promotion / artist promotion) Momoka Shuto (product manager and coordinator) (task: product manager / product coordinator; task: coordinator / product coordinator) Tetsushi Hiruma (promoter) (task: promotion / artist promotion in chief) |
| mixer: | Goh Hotoda (task: mixing engineer) |
| executive producer: | Charles Mikami (producer) Kunihiko Murai |
| producer: | Haruomi Hosono |
| recording engineer: | Norio Yoshizawa |
| mastering: | Goh Hotoda |
| alto saxophone: | Motoo Okazaki (clarinet / saxophone) |
| baritone saxophone: | Shunzo Sunahara |
| bass: | Haruomi Hosono Kenji Takamizu |
| drums (drum set) [drums]: | Shuichi Murakami (Shūichi “Ponta” Murakami) Tatsuo Hayashi |
| guitar: | Kenji Omura Shigeru Suzuki (guitarist) Tatsuro Yamashita Tsunehide Matsuki |
| keyboard: | Haruomi Hosono Ryuichi Sakamoto (Ryūichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer, pianist, singer, songwriter) |
| organ [hammond], synthesizer [solina] and vibraphone [vibe]: | Tatsuro Yamashita |
| percussion: | Motoya Hamaguchi |
| piano: | Akiko Yano Haruomi Hosono Hiroshi Sato (keyboardist, engineer, producer) |
| strings: | Tadaaki Ohno (violinist, 1928–1995) |
| tenor saxophone: | Takeru Muraoka |
| trombone: | Shigeharu Mukai (jazz trombonist) Tadanori Konakawa (jazz trombonist) |
| trumpet: | Koji Hadori Shin Kazuhara (Susumu Kazuhara, trumpeter, composer & arranger) |
| lyricist: | James Ragan (songwriter) |
| background vocals: | Kayoko Ishu (Kayo Ishū) Minako Yoshida Tatsuro Yamashita |
| lead vocals: | Linda Carriere (member of “Dynasty”) |
| concertmaster: | Tadaaki Ohno (violinist, 1928–1995) |
| design: | Takashi Okada |
| manufactured by: | Sony Music Labels Inc. (record company established in 2014; rights and manufacturer use primarily, not an imprint) |
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| publisher, copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Alfa Music, Inc. (Japan) |
| recorded at: | Alfa Studio “A” in Tokyo, Japan |
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| mastered at: | Studio Go & Nokko (recording studio by Goh Hotoda) in Japan |
| glass mastered at: | Sony Music Solutions Inc. (Japanese entertainment company) in Japan |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/31233583 [info] |
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Release group
| artist & repertoire support: | Satoshi Makita (director and product manager) |
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| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/3543856 [info] |
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