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Spitz
Analog Disc Collection

Album JP 1997 on Polydor label
Rock and Pop (Indie Pop, Pop Rock, J-pop)

By sending the postcard included in インディゴ地平線 = Indigo Horizon along with the coupons found at the back of the obi of that release and the 6 reissues of their previous albums released in 1997 (Hachimitsu = ハチミツ, 空の飛び方 = Solano Tobikata, Crispy! = クリスピー!, 惑星のかけら = Hoshi No Kakera, 名前をつけてやる = Namae Wo Tsuketeyaru & スピッツ = Spitz), one could receive this storage box and enter a draw to win a limited vinyl edition of オーロラになれなかった人のために. The offer was valid until September 9th, 1997. 1st album: Released on clear blue vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded at Smile Garage, Key-Stone Studio, Sound Inn, 23 Oct.~20 Nov. 1990. Mixed at Smile Garage, 22~28 Nov. 1990. Mastered at Tokyo Fun Digital Mastering Room, 30 Nov. 1990. ℗1991 Polydor K.K. 2nd album: Released on clear brown vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded at Smile Garage, Alfa Studio "A", Arc Garret,Onkio Haus, 26 June~25 July 1991. Mixed at Smile Garage, 25 July~1 August 1991. Mastered at Tokyo Fun Digital Mastering Room, 3 August 1991. ℗1991 Polydor K.K. 3rd album: Released on black vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded & mixed at Freedom Studio, 25 May~27 June 1992. Mastered at Onkio Haus, 29 June 1992. ℗1992 Polydor K.K. 4th album: Released on clear red vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded & mixed at Green Bird, Sound Inn, Onkio Haus, 14 April~11 July 1993. Mastered at Onkio Haus, 13 July 1993. ℗1993 Polydor K.K. 5th album: Released on clear yello vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded & mixed at Baybridge Studio, Crescente Studio,Greenbird Suginami, Studio Jive, Heartbeat Studio, Freedom Studio, February~August 1994. ℗1994 Polydor K.K. 6th album: Released on clear green vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded & mixed at Greenbird Suginami, Crescente Studio, Hitokuchi-Zaka Studio, Studio Take One, Onkio Haus, Tokyo, January~July 1995. Mastered at Sony Music Studio ℗1995 Polydor K.K. 7th album: Released on clear orange vinyl. With obi and insert. Recorded & mixed at Key-Stone Studio, Studio Take One, Greenbird Suginami, Onkio Haus, Tamco Studio, Paradise Komazawa, Tokyo, November 1995~September 1996. Mastered at Sony Music Studio. ℗1996 Polydor K.K.

Musicians

	Spitz , arranged by, art direction, 1st to 4th albums, performer, producer, album by
	Masanori Sasaji key, p, arranged by, synthesizer, vibraphone, 4th & 5th albums, piano, acoustic, electric piano, rhodes, wurlitzer, organ, hammond, producer, producer, additional, keyboards, synthesizer, vibraphone, xylophone, tambourine, claves, rhythm guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, vibraphone, guitar, additional, piano, acoustic
	Satoru Shionoya p, syn, JP arranged by
	Takayuki Hijikata g, eg, arranged by, producer
	Tomoki Hasegawa , arranged by, organ, hammond, piano, acoustic
	Yoshiro Kajitani art direction, 1st to 4th albums, design, 1st to 4th albums
	Yutaka Kimura , *1967 JP art direction, central'67 - 5th to 7th albums, design, central'67 - 5th to 7th albums
	Masamiki Takano sax, *1955 JP baritone saxophone, 5th album, alto saxophone
	Akihiro Tamura eb, b, bass guitar, bass, 4 strings & 8 strings
	Hideki Tokuhisa bassoon, fagotto - 6th album
	Masayuki Okamoto , bassoon, fagotto - 6th album
	Yusuke Noda clarinet, 6th album
	Hiroshi Takamura coordinator, music land - 4th & 6th albums
	Michiko Arakawa design, 1st to 3rd albums
	Yutaka Yoda design, hair & make-up / vazara - 1st, 3rd to 7th albums
	Masashi Tateno design, hair & make-up / vazara - 2nd album
	Daisaku Tanaka design, hair & make-up / vazara - 6th & 7th albums
	Mayumi Katayama design, styling - 1st album
	Mari Ohashi design, styling - 3rd to 7th albums
	Tatsuo Sakiyama dr, perc, drums, percussion, tambourine, cabasa, triangle, claves, snare, cymbal, shaker
	Tetsuya Miwa acg, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, mandolin, backing vocals, banjo, sitar, electric, guitar, leslie, twelve-string guitar, electric & acoustic, music by
	Jiro Takita engineer, 2nd - 1st album
	Koreyuki Tanaka engineer, 2nd - 1st album
	Shinji Kobayashi engineer, 2nd - 1st album
	Takayoshi Yamanouchi engineer, 2nd - 1st album
	Tatsuya Nakamura , engineer, 2nd - 1st album, recorded by, mixed by, 2nd album
	Hidemi Nakatani engineer, 2nd - 2nd album
	Keiichi Okuda engineer, 2nd - 2nd album
	Masao Saotome , engineer, 2nd - 2nd album
	Nobuhiko Nakayama , JP engineer, 2nd - 2nd album
	Yukihiro Fukuda engineer, 2nd - 2nd album
	Hidetoshi Okazaki engineer, 2nd / scrum staff - 3rd album
	Masakazu Ishibashi ob, english horn, 6th album
	Nobuhiko Takahashi b, executive-producer, road & sky - 4 to 7th albums, producer, 1st to 3rd albums
	Mari Ozawa illustration, comics by - 4th album
	Naito Yamada illustration, comics 「hachimitsu」 by - 6th album
	Minami Q-ta illustration, comics 「ウサギのバイク」 by - 2nd album
	Radio Wada illustration, comics 「マフラーマン」 by - 7th album
	Yoshitomo Yoshimoto illustration, comics 「夏の魔物」 by - 1st album
	Takashi Nemoto , *1958 JP illustration, comics 「惑星のかけら」 by - 3rd album
	Shiriagari Kotobuki illustration, comics 「空も飛べるはず」 by - 5th album
	Tohru Kotetsu , JP lacquer cut by
	Masamune Kusano voc, h, acg, lyrics by, music by, vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, whistle, samba, written by, guitar, phrase of introduction
	Shigeru Okura management, personal / road & sky, technician, drums - 6th & 7th albums
	Yuji Sakaguchi management, personal / road & sky
	Reiko Miyoshi mastered by, 1st & 2nd albums
	Masao Nakazato ep, mastered by, onkio haus - 3rd to 5th albums
	Soichi Wakioka oboe, 6th album
	Sherry , other, model - 5th album
	田中雄大 other, object (model) - 3rd album
	Hitoshi Iwakiri photography by, 2nd album
	Takahisa Ide photography by, 3rd album
	Tadahisa Yoshikawa photography by, 5th album
	Hidero Asakawa photography by, 6th & 7th albums
	Takeo Ogiso , photography by, band - 1st & 4th albums
	Rio Fujii programmed by, computer - 4th album
	Tsuyoshi Yokoyama programmed by, computer programming - 6th & 7th albums, technician, 5th album
	Noriko Yamamoto promotion, marketing staff / polydor - 7th album, promotion, promotional staff / polydor k.k. - 1st to 6th albums
	Tadashi Yokoshi promotion, promotional staff / polydor k.k. - 5th to 7th albums
	Michiko Onozuka promotion, promotional staff / road & sky
	Juri Kawai recorded by, mixed by, 1st album
	Eiji Makino , JP recorded by, mixed by, 3rd album
	Tetsuhiro Miyajima , *1961 JP recorded by, mixed by, 5th & 6th albums
	Makoto Hirahara sax, *1952 JP saxophone, 4th album
	Jake H. Concepcion sax, 1936-2017 PH saxophone, alto saxophone, 4th & 5th albums, bass clarinet
	Shinozaki Strings str, strings, 4th to 6th albums
	Junji Katayama technician, guitar & bass / team activ - 6th & 7th albums
	Masaki Kobayashi technician, guitar & bass / team active - 6th & 7th albums
	Osamu Koike , tenor saxophone, 5th album
	Sumio Okada tb, JP trombone, 4th album
	Eijiro Nakagawa tb, *1975 JP trombone, 4th to 6th albums
	Taro Kiyooka tb, JP trombone, 4th to 6th albums
	Osamu Matsumoto tb, JP trombone, 5th & 6th albums
	Kenichiro Hayashi tr, alp, JP trumpet, flugelhorn, 4th & 5th albums
	Susumu Kazuhara tr, fh, *1946 JP trumpet, flugelhorn, 4th & 5th albums
	Nobuo Kato tr, JP trumpet, flugelhorn, 4th album
	Isao Watanabe tu, *1960 JP tuba, 5th album
	Tsunehiko Yashiro key, synthesizer, ensoniq, organ, hammond b3, organ, farfisa, harmonium, keyboards, synthesizer, memory moog
	Shigeo Horiuchi , cello
	Shinichi Eguchi , cello
	Asuka Kaneko vn, voc, JP violin, 1st
	Jun Takeuchi vn, violin, 2nd
	Hiroyuki Minami frh, fh, JP french horn
	Otohiko Fujita alp, *1957 JP french horn
	Shoko Araya , glockenspiel
	Takashi Asahi fl, JP piccolo flute
	Tomoda Group , strings
	Yasuo Hirauchi tb, JP trombone
	Narumi Aoki , voice, laughing
	Naoki Suzuki , synthesizer, operate
	Kotobuki Hikaru key, voc, synthesizer, analog
	Toshihiko Furumura sax, flute
	Rieko Teramoto voc, JP vocals
	Katase Manju Gasshodan , choir
	Masato Kawase perc, percussion
	Yoshiko Handa , narrator
	Hideyo Takakuwa fl, JP flute
	Hiroshi Yaginuma , alto saxophone
	Minoru Uesato ts, baritone saxophone
	Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings , JP strings
	Mamoru Mori ts, tenor saxophone

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