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" (in Japanese). sanspo.com. Sankei Shimbun Co., Ltd.. Archived from 中島みゆき＆さだまさしが初デュエット the original on 2003-06-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20030628001749/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200210/gt2002101602.html. Retrieved 2009-05-21. 
2. ^ "Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Miyuki Nakajima" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_nakajima.html. Retrieved 2008-01-24.