8月の現状

Note: this is the page for the album. For the tour, see 8月の現状 (tour).

General information
Romanized Title	8 Gatsu no Genjo
English Title	The Current Situation in August
Release Type	Studio Live Album
Release Date	August 19, 1998
Recorded	December 26, 1996 - March 20, 1998
Genre	Dream Pop • Dub • Neo-Psychedelia
Length	78:54
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Shinji Sato • Ichizo Nishikawa • Fishmans

8月の現状 (romanized: 8 Gatsu no Genjō, English: The Current Situation in August) is the second live/Studio Live album by dub/rock band Fishmans. It is unique in Fishmans' later career as being one of the only projects by the group to not have been produced by ZAK, instead primarily being produced by mixer Ichizo Nishikawa. The album comprises of material recorded over the course of several tours, but does not include any material from the tour of its own namesake as it was not performed yet.

Being a so-called "studio live" album, 8月の現状 is referred to on Fishmans' website as a "Live!? Album". This is consistent with promotional material printed for the album around the time of its release, which also uses this exact phrasing.

Track listing

CD Version

1. "Oh Slime" (2:55) - Recorded on December 26, 1996 @Akasaka Blitz.
2. "Weather Report" (9:35) - Recorded on December 9, 1997 @Shinsaibashi Club Quattro.
3. "ナイトクルージング" (7:41) - Recorded on June 7, 1997 @Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall.
4. "静かな朝" (8:05) - Recorded on December 10, 1997 @Nagoya Club Quattro.
5. "Sunny Blue" (8:46) - Recorded on March 20, 1998 @Shinjuku Liquid Room.
6. "バックビートにのっかって" (6:45) - Recorded on February 28, 1998 @Take One Studio. Not a live performance.
7. "ずっと前" (9:42) - Recorded on March 20, 1998 @Shinjuku Liquid Room.
8. "それはただの気分さ" (2:29) - Recorded on September 7, 1997 @Hiroshima Namiki Junction.
9. "Season" (6:46) - Recorded on December 12, 1997 @Shinjuku Liquid Room.
10. "Just Thing" (5:51) - Recorded on March 14, 1998 @Shinsaibashi Club Quattro.
11. "新しい人" (10:19) - Recorded on February 28, 1998 @Take One Studio. Not a live performance.

Vinyl Version

Side A

1. "ナイトクルージング1" (7:10) - Recorded on June 7, 1997 @Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall.
2. "ナイトクルージング2" (7:58) - Recorded on June 7, 1997 @Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall.

Side B

1. "ずっと前" (9:34) - Recorded on March 20, 1998 @Shinjuku Liquid Room.
2. "Just Thing" (5:42) - Recorded on March 14, 1998 @Shinsaibashi Club Quattro.

Side C

1. "Sunny Blue" (9:23) - Recorded on March 20, 1998 @Shinjuku Liquid Room.
2. "静かな朝" (8:16) - Recorded on December 10, 1997 @Nagoya Club Quattro.

Side D

1. "バックビートにのっかって" (6:48) - Recorded on February 28, 1998 @Take One Studio. Not a live performance.
2. "新しい人" (10:12) - Recorded on February 28, 1998 @Take One Studio. Not a live performance.

Artwork/Packaging

All scans are from original CD print POCH-1719, except for flyer, which was taken from vinyl issue present in Fishmans Rock Festival boxset.

Booklet page 1.

Booklet page 2.

Booklet page 3.

Booklet page 4.

Booklet page 5.

Booklet page 6.

Booklet page 7.

Booklet page 8.

Booklet page 9.

Booklet page 10.

Booklet page 11.

Flyer from vinyl print. Reverse side is lyrics.

CD.

Back. Inlay is black.

Personnel

Band Members

• Shinji Sato (vocals, guitar, writer)
• Yuzuru Kashiwabara (bass, chorus)
• Kin-Ichi Motegi (drums, chorus)

Other Musicians

• Michio "Darts" Sekiguchi (guitar, chorus)
• Honzi (violin, keyboards, chorus)
• Asa-Chang (percussion [track 1, 5])
• Toshimi Watanabe (guitar, chorus [track 3])
• Bikke (voice [track 3])
• Minoru Yokoo (voice [track 6])

Other Personnel

• Ichizo Nishikawa (recording engineer, mixing)
• Takao Otsuka (recording engineer [track 10])
• Tak (recording engineer [track 1, 3, 5, 7, 9])
• ZAK (recording engineer [track 1, 3])
• Mariko Yamamoto (art direction, design)
• Moog Yamamoto (art direction, design)
• Phonic (art direction, design)
• Masatoshi Nazaki (assistant engineer)
• Yasushi Shiota (assistant engineer)
• Mei Sumita (photography)
• Buchy (stage producer)
• Shige Sasaki (stage director)
• Hiroto Sasaki (stage director)
• Masato Ono (stage director)
• Kazuro Isokawa (monitor engineer)
• Tsuyoshi Kobayashi (monitor engineer)
• Mitsuteru Takasugi (instrument technician)
• Makoto Nagahama (instrument technician)
• Toshi Betty (instrument technician)
• Norihiko Hirai (instrument technician)
• Masato Kihara (concert promoter)
• Shin Aoki (concert promoter)
• Hiroshi Shimizu (concert promoter)
• Hiroki Shinohara (concert promoter)
• Katsuo Funatsu (concert promoter)
• Yumebanchi (concert promoter)
• Katzuhiro Hirayama (lighting designer)
• Yuka Koizumi (mastering)
• Yasushi Shiota (recording assistant)
• Masatoshi Nozaki (recording assistant)
• Takeshi Nagano (mobile recording crew [track 3])
• Yoshinori Yamamiya (mobile recording crew [track 3, 5, 7, 9])
• Ayu Nishizawa (mobile recording crew [track 3])
• Akira Naruoka (mobile recording crew [track 9])
• Takayuki Kaneko (mobile recording crew [track 9])
• Naoto Hoshino (mobile recording crew [track 5, 7])
• Mariko Miyashita (mobile recording crew [track 5, 7])
• Hisashi Mizoguchi (mobile recording crew [track 2, 10])
• Kyoko Morohashi (mobile recording crew [track 2, 10])
• Toshiya Sano (A&R)
• Masaki Morimoto (A&R)
• Mikio Kaibe (promotional planner)
• Masato Teraguchi (marketing promotion)
• Akiko Ueta (artist manager)
• Junko Ishiwata (styling)
• Izumi Okumura (visual coordination)
• Yumi Haga (visual coordination)
• Ichiro Asatsuma (executive producer)
• Izuko Orita (executive producer)
• Yoshiyuki Okuda (executive producer)
• Yuji Takahashi (supervisor)
• Koichi Nakagawa (supervisor)
• Akira Watanabe (supervisor)
• Hiroshi Hattori (supervisor)

Special Thanks

• GOIS
• PolyGram studio
• Nobuyuki Torigoe
• Shigeki Fujino
• Koreyuki Tanaka
• Yukichi Ichikawa
• Kenji Yoshino
• Terukazu Kawashita
• Kenjiro Ishida
• Rika Ooka
• Keiko Yokozuka
• Masami Miyamoto
• MaliBU Studio
• FM 802
• FM AICHI
• Reiko Kurosawa
• Shinsaibashi Club Quattro
• Satoru Shibuki
• Yasuaki Satake
• Heavy Moon
• Chiyo Sasaki

Issues

• 1998 - POCH-1719 (CD, Polydor, Japan)

Artwork is holographic.

• 1998 - POJH-1024/5 (12" Vinyl, Polydor, Japan)

This issue would include a completely new album cover, a photo taken at Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall (seen below), which would be used for all future issues of the album (except where noted). Also abridges tracklist heavily, and alongside the existing version of ナイトクルージング includes a second mix of the song not found anywhere else.

• 1998 - POCH-1719 (Cassette, Polydor, Japan)

Album artwork is a different, more minimalist blue design (seen below).

• 2009 - UMCC-9014 (Limited CD, Universal, Japan)
• 2012 - UPCY-9233 (Limited CD, Universal, Japan)

Original artwork used.

Vinyl artwork - POJH-1024/5.

Cassette back - POCH-1719.

Cassette front - POCH-1719.