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... (あの人に似ている, 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

Chart positions

Year	Album	Chart	Position	Weeks	Sales
2002–03	Otogibanashi -Fairy Ring-	Japanese Oricon Weekly Albums Chart (Top 300)	5	12	78,000+[2]

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
Japan	October 23, 2002	Yamaha Music Communications	CD	YCCW-00039
	December 3, 2008			YCCW-10082

References

1. "Miyuki Nakajima and Masashi Sada have a duet for the first time". sanspo.com (in Japanese). Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on June 28, 2003. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
2. "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) – Albums Chart Daijiten – Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2008.