Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring Explained
(subtitled "Fairy Ring") is the 30th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 2002. Like some efforts such as , it mainly consists of her compositions which had previously interpreted by other singers, or performed on the series of her musicals Yakai.
Nakajima had a duet with Masashi Sada on "You Reminds Me of...", a song they wrote for Ken Takakura and Nae Yuki in 1994.[1]
Track listing
All songs written by Miyuki Nakajima (unless otherwise noted), arranged by Ichizo Seo.
- "" – 4:05
- "" – 4:54
- "" – 4:57
- "" – 4:46
- Medley: ""/"" (Nakajima/Juro Kara) – 5:35
- "" (Masashi Sada/Nakajima) – 6:45
- "" – 5:06
- "" – 4:00
- "" (Tsugutoshi Goto/Nakajima) – 5:40
- "" – 6:24
- "" – 6:05
Personnel
- Miyuki Nakajima – Vocals
- Masashi Sada – Vocals
- Michael Thompson – Electric guitar, nylon guitar
- Masayoshi Furukawa – Electric guitar
- Song Rui – Electric guitar
- Dean Parks – Mandocello, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, flat mandolin
- Tim Pierce – Flat mandolin
- Jia Pengfang – Erhu
- Neil Stubenhaus – Electric bass
- Reggie Hamilton – Bass
- Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums
- Yūta Saito – Keyboards
- Elton Nagata – Keyboards
- Jon Gilutin – Keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, yangqin, pad
- Shingo Kobayashi – Keyboards, drums programming
- Ichizo Seo – Keyboards
- Yousuke Sugimoto – Synth programming, percussion loop
- Keishi Urata – Drums programming, percussion loop, synth programming
- Tomo'o Sato – Drums programming, synth programming, acoustic guitar
- Yoshiaki Sato – Accordion
- Dan Higgins – Tenor sax
- Stephanie Bennett – Irish harp
- John Clarke – Penny whistle
- Julia Waters – Backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – Backing vocals
- Oren Waters – Backing vocals
- Kazuyo Sugimoto – Backing vocals
- People of Yamaha Music Foundation – Chorus
- Suzie Katayama – Strings conductor
- Sid Page – Violin (Concertmaster)
- Charlie Bisharat – Violin
- Joel Derouin – Violin
- Norm Hughes – Violin
- Beri Garabedian – Violin
- Peter Kent – Violin
- Susan Chatman – Violin
- John Wittenberg – Violin
- Amen Garabedian – Violin
- Mark Robertson – Violin
- Carole Mukogawa – Viola
- Damin MaCamn – Viola
- Dan Smith – Cello
- Stefanie Fife – Cello
- Tomoyuki Asagawa – Harp
Release history
Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number |
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Japan | October 23, 2002 | Yamaha Music Communications | CD | YCCW-00039 |
December 3, 2008 | YCCW-10082 |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Miyuki Nakajima and Masashi Sada have a duet for the first time. ja. sanspo.com. Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.. May 21, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20030628001749/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200210/gt2002101602.html. June 28, 2003.
- Web site: Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima. ja. January 24, 2008. dead. https://archive.today/20070619175006/http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. June 19, 2007.