お楽しみフィッシュマンズ〜1987

お楽しみフィッシュマンズ〜1987
Alternate Covers
General information
Romanized Title	Otanoshimi Fishmans ~ 1987
English Title	Enjoy Fishmans ~ 1987
Release Type	Bootleg album
Recorded	1987
Genre	Ska • Funk Rock
Length	27:28

お楽しみフィッシュマンズ〜1987 (romanized: Otanoshimi Fishmans ~ 1987, English: Enjoy Fishmans ~ 1987, originally Live in 1988) is a bootleg album by Fishmans and 時間, recorded during two different concerts in 1987. The bootleg is a compilation tape of some of a currently unknown Japanese blogger's recordings of Sato's activities in his earliest period, uploaded to the bootlegger's blog at latest on August 9, 2004 (the earliest capture featuring the bootleg as available). This tape features six songs, only one (Special Night) would go on to be released in a studio capacity (specifically on Fishmans' first album Chappie, Don't Cry 3 years later). Tracks 2 and 5 are different recordings of the same song. A similar bootleg, 時間 (album), was also assembled from the same blog.

Here are some things that the blog where this tape was found was incorrect about this tape that were later corrected by fans:

• No part of this tape was performed in 1988. Fishmans has confirmed that the latter four tracks were performed in 1987, and the former two tracks are by Jikan, a band which broke up in 1987.
• This tape is not exclusively Fishmans, despite the URL for the tape's audio calling it "fishmans1988-[128kbps].mp3".
• This tape is not exclusively Jikan, as stated in the text describing the page's purpose, because during the beginning of "Ska" Sato announces "こんばんはフィッシュマンズです" (translating to "Good evening, we're Fishmans").

These first two tracks were most likely recorded sometime either in the spring or summer of 1987 at one show. The latter four tracks, this time performed under the Fishmans name, were all recorded at November 1987 @Meguro Civic Center. This performance's recording of "Ska" would later go on to be officially distributed on Early Year's Tracks as track 2.

Cover artwork created by community member SilverShr0ud and adopted as official on December 26, 2023. Released with 2024 fanmade remaster of bootleg. Alternative artwork created by community member Juan Choo was rejected in a community vote. Former artwork is no longer used.

Track listing

1. "Intro/Peter Gunn Theme" (2:46) - Performed by 時間 some time in 1987.
2. "Happy Man (Take 1)" (5:31) - Ditto.
3. "Ska" (3:50) - Performed by Fishmans on November 1987 @Meguro Civic Center.
4. "Special Night" (5:07) - Ditto.
5. "Happy Man (Take 2)" (5:44) - Ditto.
6. "ワンマンバス" (4:30) - Ditto.

Artwork

Original photo used for the bootleg while it was still referred to as "Live in 1988".

Alternative artwork submitted to community art contest, by Juan Choo.

Personnel

Fishmans members

• Shinji Sato (vocals, cornet)
• Kin-Ichi Motegi (drums)
• Kensuke Ojima (guitar)
• Hisamatsu (bass)

Performers in 時間 other than Shinji Sato are unknown.

Issues

• 2019 (digital, unauthorized) - This is the original unedited tape audio. Titled "Live in 1988".
• 2024 (digital, unauthorized) - This is the "repaired" fanmade re-release. Renamed to "お楽しみフィッシュマンズ〜1987".