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Note: this is the page for the album. For the tour, see Oh! Mountain (tour).

Oh! Mountain (Katakana: オー！マウンテン) is the first live/Studio Live album by dub/rock band Fishmans. It was first released on March 17, 1995, recorded on December 12-21, 1994 before the Oh! Mountain tour began to promote the newly released album. The music on Oh! Mountain is "studio live" or, as the album cover elaborates, "Live Recording / Studio Treatment". This means that while the music recorded here was performed live, many of the effects and mixing (and perhaps even some instrumentation) was performed in-studio instead of live.

Despite being mostly comprised of live recordings, Oh! Mountain is listed on Fishmans' website as their fifth canon album, following Orange numerically. In reference to this album, the following is written on the site:

Untranslated Japanese

94年に行われたツアーのライヴ音源から歓声を排除し、スタジオで大幅に加工を施した内省的かつ実験的なアルバム。ライヴの臨場感・高揚感は一切なく、研ぎ澄まされた音とひたすら向き合うことを求められる。メディアレモラス時代にリリースされた最後の作品。

English Auto-translated Using DeepL Translate, Edited for Comprehension

This is an introspective and experimental album that was heavily processed in the studio, eliminating the cheers from the live recordings of the 1994 tour. It has none of the realism and exuberance of a live performance, and requires the listener to confront the sharpened sound. This is the last album released during the Media Remoras era.

The CD Extra Dictionary has this to say about the album:

Untranslated Japanese

オー！マウンテン【Ｏｈ！ Ｍｏｕｎｔａｉｎ】（題）

1) そびえ立つ山を見た驚きの表現。「わっ、山だ！」…って感じ。

2) フィッシュマンズ初のライヴ盤ＣＤ。’９４年１２月に行ったオン・エア・イースト（東京）、チキン・ジョージ（神戸）、ミューズ・ホール（京都）、ネオポリス（広島）、ドラムＢｅ－１（福岡）、ラ・ママ（東京）でのツアーを録音、さらにスタジオでリミックスを加え、お手軽なはずのライブ盤の存在意義を世に問いただし、なおかつＣＤとアナログで異なるミックスを収録したという、仕事嫌いなフィッシュマンズとしては快挙と言える意欲作。もちろん日本音楽界にとっては衝撃作。「ひこうき」や「頼りない天使」「土曜日の夜」等初期の作品が、成熟したフィッシュマンズの演奏で聞ける。７０分以上に及ぶ大作。しかし売上の方は“可愛いスマッシュ・ヒット”って感じだった。ハカセ最後の参加作品。

3) フィッシュマンズ初のライブ盤１０インチ２枚組アナログ。主な内容については 2 を参照。ただし、「オー・クライム」「土曜日の夜」「なんてったの」はＣＤとは異なるダブ・バージョンを収録。ちなみにジャケットに写っている佐藤伸治の背後にそびえているのはアメリカ・アリゾナ州のラプトンという崖。９５年３月１７日リリース。

English Auto-translated Using Google Translate, Edited for Comprehension

Oh! Mountain (title)

1) An exclamation of surprise at seeing a mountain towering over the surroundings. 'Wow, a mountain!"....

2) Fishmans' first live CD. Recorded during a tour at On Air East (Shibuya), Chicken George (Kobe), Muse Hall (Kyoto), Neopolis (Hiroshima), Drum Be-1 (Fukuoka), and La.mama (Shibuya) in December '94, with additional studio remixing, questioning the existence of supposedly easy to make live albums, and making differing mixes between the CD and analog recording and mixes, making this an ambitious work and great achievement for Fishmans, who hate work. Naturally, it was shocking to the Japanese music world. Early works such as 'ひこうき', '頼りない天使', and '土曜日の夜' are performed by the mature Fishmans. A masterpiece lasting more than 70 minutes. However, sales were more like an "acceptable smash hit". The last work Hakase participated in.

3) Fishmans' first live album, a 10-inch 2 disc analog set. For the main contents, refer to 2. However, it includes dub versions of 'Oh Crime', '土曜日の夜', and 'なんてったの' that differ from the CD recordings. By the way, the cliffs towering behind Shinji Sato on the jacket cover are from Lupton, Arizona, USA. Released on March 17, 1995.

Track listing[]

CD Version[]

  1. "Oh! Crime" (3:45)
  2. "土曜日の夜" (5:08)
  3. "Running Man" (4:15)
  4. "夜の想い" (5:47)
  5. "エヴリデイ・エヴリナイト" (4:01)
  6. "Oh! Organ" (0:21)
  7. "Thank You" (2:52)
  8. "感謝(驚)" (7:03)
  9. "ひこうき" (5:26)
  10. "Blue Summer" (5:54)
  11. "頼りない天使" (4:45)
  12. "オアシスへようこそ" (7:33)
  13. "チャンス" (6:50)
  14. "いかれたBaby" (5:11)
  15. "Baby Piano Mix" (0:44)
  16. "Oh! Cry" (0:56)

Vinyl Version[]

Side A

  1. "Oh! Dub" (Dub) (2:23)
  2. "土曜日の夜" (Dub) (2:47)
  3. "Running Man" (4:13)
  4. "夜の想い" (5:46)
  5. "Oh! Organ" (0:22)

Side B

  1. "なんてったの" (4:54)
  2. "ひこうき" (5:05)
  3. "Blue Summer" (5:51)

Side C

  1. "頼りない天使" (4:46)
  2. "オアシスへようこそ" (7:33)

Side D

  1. "チャンス" (6:51)
  2. "いかれたBaby" (5:04)
  3. "Baby Piano Mix" (0:36)
  4. "Oh! Cry" (0:40)

Artwork/Packaging[]

All scans are from original CD press MRCA-10024.

Personnel[]

Band members[]

Other musicians[]

Other personnel[]

  • ZAK (production, recording, mixing, devices)
  • Moog Yamamoto (art direction)
  • Mariko Yamamoto (design)
  • Akihiko Takenaka (mastering)
  • Ayako Mogi (photography)
  • Mika Maruyama (photography)
  • Mitsuru Shibamoto (assistant engineer)
  • Mitsuaki Takada (assistant engineer)
  • Akira Naruoka (assistant engineer)
  • Katsuhiko Orito (equipment)
  • Hiroaki Morishita (feedback engineer)
  • Yukihiko Sugimoto (drum tuner)
  • Hiroshi Shimizu (tour manager)
  • Akihiko Yamamoto (director)
  • Nobuo Uesaka (director)
  • Hiroaki Kashimi (artist promotion)
  • Hitoshi Nunokawa (artist promotion)
  • Akira Sasajima (executive producer)
  • Yoshiyuki Okuda (executive producer)
  • Ichiro Asatsuma (executive producer)
  • Kuniko Takahashi (visual coordination)

Special Thanks[]

  • Shiro Kitamura
  • Taro Yokota
  • Yuji Inoue
  • Neri crew

Issues[]

  • 1995 - MRCA-10024 (CD, Media Remoras, Japan)
  • 1995 - MRJA-08003 (10" Vinyl, Media Remoras, Japan)
    Ohmountain alt

Features different photo for front cover artwork (seen to right) and omits エヴリデイ・エヴリナイト and 感謝(驚) from tracklist. Also heavily shortens many other songs appearing on the album. Includes unique performance of なんてったの in 感謝(驚)'s place, which doesn't appear on any other release.

  • 1998 - PCCA-01196 (CD, Pony Canyon, Japan) - Part of reissue series Fishmans Reissue-Series.
  • 2009 - PCCA-50128 (CD, Pony Canyon, Japan)

Mini-LP. Same cover art as 1995 vinyl press.

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