* Japanese obi included
* 2021 cutting
* with bonus 12" cover art
A Long Vacation was an album released by Eiichi Ohtaki on March 21st 1981. Ohtaki was a member of the band Happy End, but was better known as a solo musician. It sold over a million copies, winning various awards, and is considered to be one of the Japanese rock albums of all time. Most of the songs were influenced by Phil Spector and his 'Wall of Sound', except the last track, a tribute to British producer Joe Meek. All three of Ohtaki's Happy End bandmates featured on the album; Takashi Matsumoto wrote the lyrics (except for one song), Shigeru Suzuki played guitar and Haruomi Hosono played bass. The cover artwork was by Hiroshi Nagai, originally for a picture book, tltled A Long Vacation, published in 1979. Nagai became much in demand after this release, a popularity that lasts to this day.