design [sleeve design] Eckford/Stimpson electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bass, piano, glockenspiel, organ, vibraphone [vibes] Tony Duhig harp [gaelic], gong, glockenspiel, vibraphone [vibes], flute [alto / concert and japanese flutes], congas [conga drum], bell tree, talking drum [african], cello, piano, organ, acoustic guitar Jon Field lacquer cut by Lee Hulko producer [produced by] Jon Field producer [produced by] Tony Duhig written-by Jon Field written-by Tony Duhig Phonographic Copyright (p) Island Records Ltd. Copyright (c) Blue Mountain Music Ltd. Recorded At Nova Sound Studios, London Recorded At Island Studio, Hammersmith Lacquer Cut At Sterling Sound Pressed By EMI Records Manufactured By EMI Records Ltd. Distributed By EMI Records Ltd. Published By Golden City Music Ltd. Textured sleeve.
[Back cover] Ukiyo, the floating world Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossom and the maple leaves, singing songs, drinking wine and diverting ourselves just in floating, floating, caring not a whit for the pauperism staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along the river current: this is what we call Ukiyo.
Translated by Richard Lane: The beginnings of Modern Japanese Novel: Kana-zoshi, 1600-1682, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol.20. pp671-2