On the Love Beach

On the Love Beach
Studio album by Nagisa Ni te
Released	1995
Recorded	March 1992 - April 1995
Genre	Folk rock Psychedelic rock
Length	65:30
Label	Org Records P-Vine Jagjaguwar
Producer	Nagisa Ni te
Nagisa Ni te chronology
On the Love Beach (1995) The True Sun (1998)
Reissue cover
Jagjaguwar Records, 2002

On the Love Beach is the first album by Japanese psychedelic-folk rock duo Nagisa Ni te. It was released in 1995 by Org Records. In 2000, P-Vine Records re-released this album followed by Jagjaguwar in 2002 for North American/European distribution.

On the Love Beach is essentially solo album by Shinji Shibayama with an assortment of guests. Although Masako Takeda is credited with the writing of songs, she appears to be absent in the performance or recording of the music and is instead credited with 'Wind'.

Tracks 3 and 7, both called "Deserting You", have almost-similar lyrics, but the songwriting and instrumentation are entirely different.

Track listing

1. "Me, on the Beach" - 8:38
2. "Elegy to Betrayal" - 5:13
3. "Deserting You" - 4:10
4. "Yesterday's Story" - 2:42
5. "The Signs of Love" - 5:25
6. "The False Stars" - 8:02
7. "Deserting You" - 3:14
8. "On the Beach" - 4:40
9. "They" - 6:36
10. "An Old Story" - 6:52
11. "Woman" - 10:04

Personnel

• Masako Takeda: wind
• Shinji Shibayama: vocals and all instruments except
• Eiji Tanaka: bass guitar, "fuzz" guitar, vocals, hand clapping
• Naoki Zushi: electric guitar, backing/chorus vocals
• Kyoto Nabesaka: vocals
• Takahisa Watanabe: charango
• Ken-ichi Takayama: vocals
• Tori Kudo (of Maher Shalal Hash Baz): piano, bass
• Hiro Nakazaki (of Maher Shalal Hash Baz): euphonium, trumpet, tuba, hand clapping
• Ikuro Takahashi: drums, hand clapping, feedback
• Reiko.A: hand clapping
• Chie Mukai: vocals (track 8)

Production and credits

All songs written by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda

Recorded and mixed at Omega Sound Studio, Osaka, and Bea-Pot Studio, Tokyo, during March 1992 and April 1995
Mixed by Shinji Shibayama
Engineered by Tesuya Kotani (Omega) and Takaaki Hanya (Bea-Pot) on track 7, 10
Digital mastering by Akihiko Takenaka at Heart Beat, Tokyo 1995
English translation by Alan Cummings
Art direction and design by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda
Art direction and design for the U.S./European version also by Jagjaguwar
Photographs by Shinji Shibayama and Masako Takeda
Thanks to Maher Shalal Hash Baz

Arranged and produced by Nagisa Ni te for Org Records