Otogibanashi: Fairy Ring

Otogibanashi -Fairy Ring-
Studio album by Miyuki Nakajima
Released	October 23, 2002
Recorded	Cello Studios, O'Henry Sound Studios, and Epicurus
Genre	Folk rock, kayōkyoku
Length	58:07
Label	Yamaha Music Communications
Producer	Ichizo Seo, Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Nakajima chronology
Singles 2000 (2002) Otogibanashi -Fairy Ring- (2002) Love Letter (2003)

Otogibanashi (おとぎばなし) (subtitled "Fairy Ring") is the 30th studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima, released in October 2002. Like some efforts such as Jidai: Time Goes Around, 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.

1. "Hitsumugiuta (陽紡ぎ唄, Song of Elves Spinning Sunrays)" – 4:05
2. "Shangri-La (シャングリラ, Shangurira)" – 4:54
3. "Fairy Tale (おとぎばなし, Otogi Banashi)" – 4:57
4. "The Snow, the Moon and the Flowers (雪･月･花, Setsu Getsu Ka)" – 4:46
5. Medley: "Fragrant Glass from the Distant Past (匂いガラス, Nioi Garasu)"/"Yasuko's Shoes (安寿子の靴, Yasuko no Kutsu)" (Nakajima/Juro Kara) – 5:35
6. "You Remind Me of... (あの人に似てい��, Ano Hito ni Niteiru)" (Masashi Sada/Nakajima) – 6:45
7. "The Ugly Duckling (みにくいアヒルの子, Minikui Ahiru no Ko)" – 5:06
8. "Loved Flower, Unloved Flower (愛される花、愛されぬ花, Aisareru Hana, Aisarenu Hana)" – 4:00
9. "The Clawless Lion (裸爪のライオン, Hadashi no Raion)" (Tsugutoshi Goto/Nakajima) – 5:40
10. "Jacaranda (Purple Sakura) (紫の桜, Murasaki no Sakura)" – 6:24
11. "Sea! (海よ, Umi yo)" – 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

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