Shōtaijō no Nai Show

Shōtaijō no Nai Show
Studio album by Yōsui Inoue
Released March 25, 1976
Genre Folk rock
Length 48:35
Label For Life
Producer Yōsui Inoue
Yōsui Inoue chronology
Yōsui Seitan
(1975)		 Shōtaijō no Nai Show
(1976)		 White
(1978)

Shōtaijō no Nai Show (招待状のないショー?) is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yosui Inoue, issued in March 1976. It was the first long-play record he released under the For Life Records, a record label that he joined as one of the co-founders and started in 1975.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, except where indicated

Side one

  1. "Good, Good-Bye" - 3:37
  2. "Shōtaijō no Nai Show (招待状のないショー?)" - 3:43
  3. "Makurakotoba (枕詞?)" - 1:56
  4. "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり?)" - 4:38
  5. "Summer" - 3:38
  6. "Magarikado (曲り角?)" - 4:38
  7. "Kotoshi wa (今年は?)" - 438

Side two

  1. "Minazuki no Yoru (水無月の夜?)" - 4:39
  2. "Sakamichi (坂道?)" (Inoue, Kei Ogura) - 3:22
  3. "Kuchibue (口笛?)" - 3:02
  4. "I-Shi no Kekkon (I氏の結婚?)" - 2:54
  5. "Mō...... (もう......?)" - 3:45
  6. "Musubikotoba (結詞?)" - 6:21

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Year Album Country Chart Position Weeks Sales
1976 Shoutaijou no Nai Show Japan Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 35 323,000+
Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100)[1] 1 30

Singles

Year Single B-Side Chart Position Weeks Sales
1975 "Aozora, Hitorikiri" "Flight" Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100)[2] 8 17 255,000
1976 "Good, Good-Bye" [Edit] "Kodomo e no Uta" 13 14 149,000

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog number Notes
Japan March 25, 1976 For Life Records LP FLL4002
Audio cassette 28K13
August 21, 1985 CD 35KD16
February 21, 1990 FLCF-29028
September 18, 1992 Audio cassette FLTF-28034
CD FLCF-29168
May 30, 2001 FLCF-3848 Original recording digitally remastered
March 25, 2009 For Life Music Entertainment/BMG SHM-CD FLCF-5001 2001 Digital remaster

References

  1. ^ a b Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - "Yosui Inoue Oricon Albums Chart listings" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/album/al_yousui.html Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten -. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
  2. ^ Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten - "Yōsui Inoue Oricon Singles Chart listings" (in Japanese). http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~yamag/single/yousui.html Yamachan Land (Japan's charts archives) - Singles Chart Daijiten -. Retrieved 2008-03-19. 
Preceded by
Oyoge! Taiyakikun by Various artists		 Japanese Oricon LP Chart number-one album
April 5 - May 31, 1976 (9 consecutive weeks)		 Succeeded by
Ashita ni Mukatte Hashire by Takuro Yoshida
Yōsui Inoue
Studio albums
Danzetsu · Yōsui II: Sentimental · Kōri no Sekai · Nishoku no Koma · Shoutaijou no Nai Show · White · Sneaker Dancer · Every Night · Ayashii Yoru wo Matte · Lion & Pelican · Ballerina · 9.5 Carats · Negative · Handsome Boy · The Night Without a Guide · Under the Sun · Forever Surreal · Shopping (with Tamio Okuda) · Kudan · United Cover · Cassis · Blue Selection · Love Complex · Double Drive (with Tamio Okuda) · Maryoku
Live albums
Yōsui Live "Modori Michi" · Tokyo Washington Club · Clam Chowder · Stardust Rendez-vous: Live at Jingu (with Anzen Chitai) ·
Notable compilations
Good Pages · Golden Best · Best Ballade
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