Spitz Hachimitsu = ハチミツ
1997 Vinyl Clear Green
Indie Pop
Pop Rock
J-pop

Main image
Polydor
art direction, design [central'67] Yutaka Kimura
bass guitar Akihiro Tamura
bassoon [fagotto] Hideki Tokuhisa
bassoon [fagotto] Masayuki Okamoto
clarinet Yusuke Noda
coordinator [music land] Hiroshi Takamura
coordinator [production cooperator / heart music] Naomi Motoki
design [hair & make-up / vazara] Daisaku Tanaka
design [hair & make-up / vazara] Yutaka Yoda
design [styling] Mari Ohashi
drums, snare, cymbal, shaker, tambourine Tatsuo Sakiyama
engineer [additional / onkio haus] Isao Sato
engineer [assistant / crescente] Mitsuo Sawanobori
engineer [assistant / greenbird] Yutaka Yoshikawa
engineer [assistant / hitokuchi-zaka] Masami Konagaya
engineer [assistant / onkio haus] Tatsuhito Naruse
engineer [assistant / take one] Kazuki Tougeda
engineer [assistant / take one] Tetsuya Hirota
english horn Masakazu Ishibashi
executive-producer [road & sky] Nobuhiko Takahashi
guitar, sitar [electric] Tetsuya Miwa
illustration [comics 「hachimitsu」 by] Naito Yamada
lacquer cut by Tohru Kotetsu
lyrics by, music by Masamune Kusano
management [artist] Road & Sky Co., Ltd.
management [personal / road & sky] Shigeru Okura
management [personal / road & sky] Yuji Sakaguchi
mastered by [sony music studio / voodoo magic crystal] Mitsukazu Tanaka
oboe Soichi Wakioka
photography by Hidero Asakawa
producer, arranged by Masanori Sasaji
producer, arranged by Spitz
programmed by [computer programming] Tsuyoshi Yokoyama
promotion [promotional staff / polydor k.k.] Tadashi Yokoshi
promotion [promotional staff / polydor] Noriko Yamamoto
promotion [promotional staff / road & sky] Michiko Onozuka
recorded by, mixed by Tetsuhiro Miyajima
strings Masatsugu Shinozaki Strings
supervised by [directed by / polydor k.k.] Osamu Takeuchi
technician [drums] Shigeru Okura
technician [guitar & bass / team active] Junji Katayama
technician [guitar & bass / team active] Masaki Kobayashi
trombone Eijiro Nakagawa
trombone Osamu Matsumoto
trombone Taro Kiyooka
vocals Masamune Kusano
written-by Masamune Kusano
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor K.K.
Marketed By Polydor K.K.
Distributed By PolyGram K.K.
Recorded At Sound Studio Greenbird Suginami
Recorded At Crescente Studio
Recorded At Hitokuchizaka Studio
Recorded At Studio Take One
Recorded At Onkio Haus
Mixed At Sound Studio Greenbird Suginami
Mixed At Crescente Studio
Mixed At Hitokuchizaka Studio
Mixed At Studio Take One
Mixed At Onkio Haus
Mastered At Sony Music Shinanomachi Studio
Lacquer Cut At JVC Mastering Center
6th album. Limited edition.
Released on clear green vinyl. With obi and insert.
Original illustrations are included in the insert.

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 vinyls 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.

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. Made in Japan

Hachimitsu
A1: Tongari '95
A2: Arukidase, Kuroba (Clover)
A3: Robinson
A4: Runa Runa
A5: Ojisai Dori
B2: Ai No Kotoba
B3: Hachimitsu
B4: Gurasuhoppa (Grasshopper)
B5: Kimi To Kurasetara
Barcode: 4 988005 192356
Matrix / Runout: POJH-1004A 2 (Runout, side A, stamped)
Matrix / Runout: POJH-1004B 2 (Runout, side B, stamped)
Rights Society: JASRAC
Other: ¥3,000 (Retail price)
Other: 97・2・2 (Release date)



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