Prototype
1988 CD
Pop Rock

Main image
Fitzbeat
art direction, design Hiroshi Maeda
backing vocals Audrey Wheeler
backing vocals Cindy Mizelle
backing vocals Craig Derry
backing vocals Dan Hartman
bass, keyboards Tatsuya Honda
co-producer George Tashiro
coordinator [album] Tony Drootin
crew [recording] Akihiko Kibushi
crew [recording] Masato Kiyosawa
design Kaori Furuichi
design Ryota Mizuki
directed by Hiroyuki Iinuma
drums Mickey Curry
drums Steve Ferrone
engineer [additional] Acar Key
engineer [additional] George Karras
engineer [additional] Kazuyoshi Matsushita
engineer [additional] Ken Collins
engineer [additional] Mark Plati
engineer [additional] Mizuo Miura
engineer [additional] Rob Paustian
engineer [additional] Tatsuo Nagami
engineer [additional] Yoshiaki Matsuoka
engineer [assistant] Barbara Milne
engineer [assistant] John Abrams
engineer [assistant] Kanji Ishitaka
engineer [assistant] Koji Suzuki
engineer [assistant] Masashi Shigenobu
engineer [assistant] Masumi Nakanishi
engineer [assistant] Matt Hathaway
engineer [assistant] Motonari Matsumoto
engineer [assistant] Quinn Batson
engineer [assistant] Satoshi Asano
engineer [assistant] Yoshio Gomi
executive-producer Shiro Nishida
executive-producer Yoshiaki Sato
guitar [additional] Skip McDonald
keyboards, guitar Masaki Suzukawa
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Akihiko Matsumoto
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Billy Cobin
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by David LeBolt
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Gary Corbett
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Reggie Griffin
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Robbie Kilgore
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Steve Rimland
keyboards, synthesizer, programmed by Tetsuo Ohtake
keyboards, vocals, backing vocals Joe Rinoie
management Takeo Kobayashi
mastered by Mitsukazu Tanaka
mastered by [pre-mastering digital] Bob Rosa
mastered by [pre-mastering digital] Ted Jensen
mixed by, recorded by Bob Rosa
musical assistance George Karras
photography by Naoto Ohkawa
producer Kenya Yamamoto
producer [sound] D-Project
promotion [fitzbeat chief staff] Kenji Watanabe
promotion [fitzbeat chief staff] Koji Asai
promotion [fitzbeat chief staff] Satoshi Shime
recorded by Nobuhisa Kawabe
saxophone Jeff Smith
saxophone Rick Bell
Record Company CBS/Sony Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) CBS/Sony Group Inc.
Copyright (c) CBS/Sony Group Inc.
Mixed At Unique Recording
Recorded At Unique Recording
Recorded At Soundtrack Studios
Recorded At Sedic Studio
Recorded At CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio
Recorded At Wonder Station
Recorded At Smile Garage
Mastered At Sterling Sound Inc.
Mastered At CBS/Sony Shinanomachi Studio
Manufactured By CBS/Sony Group Inc.
Track 9 is listed differently throughout the release, with it being only in English on the back cover, only in Japanese on the CD, and a combination of Japanese and English (as seen on above) on the inside of the cover. This has been included in the release's image scans.

The subsequent digital reissue in 2020 has this track simply transliterated as Miraini Nagasu Namida, as well as Track 7 omitting the exclamation point.
Barcode: 4988009583563
Matrix / Runout: DS-1089 2
Rights Society: JASRAC



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