Eiichi Ohtaki = 大滝詠一* – A Long Vacation = ロング・バケイション
Tracklist
君は天然色 | 5:02 | ||
Velvet Motel | 3:42 | ||
カナリア諸島にて | 3:58 | ||
Pap-Pi-Doo-Bi-Doo-Ba物語(ストーリー) | 3:14 | ||
我が心のピンボール | 4:24 | ||
雨のウェンズデイ | 4:24 | ||
スピーチ・バルーン | 3:55 | ||
恋するカレン | 3:21 | ||
FUN×4 | 3:26 | ||
さらばシベリア鉄道 | 4:33 |
Credits (57)
- 佐藤 徹 (Shumisome)*Art Direction [Re-Design]
- 湯村 輝彦 (Terry)*Artwork [Pattern]
- 伊集加代子*Backing Vocals [Chorus; Voices Of Each]
- オシャマンベ・キャッツ*Backing Vocals [Chorus; Voices Of Each]
- ラジ*Backing Vocals [Chorus; Voices Of Each]
- シンガーズ・スリー*Backing Vocals [Chorus; Voices Of Each]
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![]() | A Long Vacation = ロング・バケイション LP, Album, Stereo | Niagara Records – 27AH 1234 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation Cassette, Album | Niagara Records – 27KH 959 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation LP, Album, Printed Outer Sleeve, Hype Sticker | Niagara Records – 27AH 1234 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation LP, Album, Promo | Niagara Records – 27AH 1234 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation = ロング・バケイション LP, Album, Stereo, 1st press, Eiichi Ohtaki label credit | Niagara Records – 27AH 1234 | Japan | 1981 | Japan — 1981 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Gold | Niagara Records – 35DH 1 | Japan | 1982 | Japan — 1982 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation = ロング・バケイション LP, Album, Stereo, Master Sound | Niagara Records – 30AH 1616 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation Cassette, Album, Stereo | Niagara Records – 33KH 1050 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Repress, 2nd Pressing - Silver Surface | Niagara Records – 35DH 1 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Repress, 3rd Pressing - Silver Surface, NGCD-7-OT | Niagara Records – 35DH 1, Niagara Records – NGCD-7-OT | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation LP, Album, Promo, Stereo | Niagara Records – 30AH 1616 | Japan | 1983 | Japan — 1983 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – 27DH 5300, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT | Japan | 1989 | Japan — 1989 | New Submission | |||
A Long Vacation Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – 27KH-5300 | Japan | 1989 | Japan — 1989 | New Submission | ||||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – CJD 1362, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT | Hong Kong | 1989 | Hong Kong — 1989 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | Niagara Records – CSCL 1661, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT | Japan | 1991 | Japan — 1991 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation Minidisc, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – SRYL 7320 | Japan | 1997 | Japan — 1997 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (20th Anniversary Edition) CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | Niagara Records – SRCL 5000, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT, Niagara Records – NGCD-21-TB | Japan | 2001 | Japan — 2001 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (20th Anniversary Edition) CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | Niagara Records – SRCL 5000, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT, Niagara Records – NGCD-21-TB | Japan | 2001 | Japan — 2001 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (30th Edition) 2×CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – SRCL 8000~1 | Japan | 2011 | Japan — 2011 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation 2×CD, Album, Limited Edition, Promo, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – SRCL 8000~1 | Japan | 2011 | Japan — 2011 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – SRJL 1234 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation Vox Box Set, Album, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition; 2×LP, 45 RPM, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo; CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo; 3×CD, Compilation, Stereo; Cassette, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo; Blu-ray, Blu-ray Audio, Album, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo, 5.1ch, Hi-Res | Niagara Records – SRCL 12000-8 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) 2×CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | Niagara Records – SRCL 12010-1 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress | Niagara Records – SRJL 1234 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) SACD, Stereo, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered | Niagara Records – SRGL 1000 | Japan | 2021 | Japan — 2021 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation (40th Anniversary Edition) LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Clear Blue | Niagara Records – SRJL 1234 | Japan | 2023 | Japan — 2023 | New Submission | |||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Repress, Stereo | Niagara Records – CSCL 1661, Niagara Records – NGCD-1-OT | Japan | Japan | Recently Edited | ||||
![]() | A Long Vacation CD, Album, Reissue, 2nd press | Niagara Records – 35DH 1 | Japan | Japan | New Submission |
Recommendations
- 2023 JapanVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Reviews
- Absolutely fantastic pressing. Pressed on heavy vinyl. Sound stage is broad with plenty of details, and absolutely dead silent. A beautiful sounding record well presented in this issue.
- Edited one year agoAbsolutely astounding album.
This is much more than a simple Beach Boys clone, as seems to be the popular opinion these days.
The album often dwells in laid back, South Pacific-esque melodies, meandering between Ohtaki's previous works and something entirely new altogether. It's a sound that hasn't been reproduced outside of this album and his follow-up, Each Time.
Take the laid-back, relaxing melodies of the Pacific and then, out of nowhere, toss in random experimental elementals in the background. Apparently, nobody noticed this.
Well, actually, someone did, as this won the award for Best Album the year it was released and was recognized as one of the greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time in his native Japan. It still seems like the album is searching for the same critical reception in modern times in the Western world, where it's often derided as derivative 60's music.
Let's just review the first side of the album to see what you're in for:
The first song, Kimi wa Tennen Shoku, begins with a lone piano tuning note, then breaks out into all-out 1980s doo-wop meets surfer rock ballad with Eiichi belting out a lilting melody that will have you grooving along with the rhythm - which, by the way, has sleigh bells driving the beat alongside the drums. The idiosyncrasies contained within this song should impress just about any fan of experimentation within music.
Velvet Motel starts off with an introduction suitable for a Y.M.O. album alongside some interesting high-string guitar work, making it sound like a harpsichord during the body of the song. And that chorus....oh my, that chorus. My jaw dropped as the track flows seamlessly between verse and chorus with a call-and-response, as Eiichi and a female vocalist exchange single syllables with one another. My personal favorite song on the album.
Canary Islands have a wonderful symphonic sound mixed with that South Pacific sound, reminiscent of a 1950s movie soundtrack, but with more modern sensibilities. A true standout track.
Pap-Pi-Doo is like doo-wop mixed with synth-pop. That alone should be enough to intrigue you. Again, super catchy melodies on this one.
Side A ends with, unfortunately, one of my least favorite songs on the album, which is an oddball 80s guitar-driven rock song. All is not lost, though, as it still has a decent melody that gets me through the song.
And that concludes the first side. The second side is, admittedly, a bit slower, but has some wonderful standout tracks, like Koisuru Karen and the final track, Siberian Railroad.
If we insist on making Beach Boys comparison, then consider this one the "Smile" of Japanese rock. It sits at the top of Japanese music rankings for valid reasons.
No idea how this one is still as cheap as it is - so grab a copy and pay attention to the tiny details. It's where the album outclasses most others. - I listened to this record after giving it some cleaning and it sounded surprisingly good. Upon placing the stylus, the record was almost dead quiet with minimal surface noise. Analog tape hiss was only present during songs and not during the gaps between songs. The sound is very dynamic, perhaps helped by the digital mastering of this album. One issue I have is that the sound is sometimes shrill/distorted, although that could be caused by the stylus I was using.
- Edited 3 years agoAccording to Wikipedia, the original master tape(s) for this album had deteriorated, so the people behind this remaster resorted to using a backup copy originally made for a planned "A Long Vacation Single Vox" box set which ultimately was never produced. Ohtaki himself never knew this backup copy had existed for quite some time.
This is a very pleasant remaster that doesn't sound too compressed/brickwalled. This is miles better than the 20th and 30th anniversary CDs, and even the 40th anniversary reissues from a few months ago (as of writing this). If you want a great sounding version of an album without having to track down the very first CD release, this is the one to get (there's also the 1989 remastered CD but it's missing one of the tracks from the original LP). - Mine is identical but comes with a 'Sumiya Records and Tapes' outer bag that mirrors the front cover + Niagara fall of sound orchestra on the back.
- A beautiful medly of styles from both the beach boys and some thing much more personal, Eiichi mixes up an attractive storm.
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