On Guitar (album)

On Guitar
Studio album by Masayoshi Takanaka
Released	November 25, 1978
Recorded	1978
Studio	Sound City Studio, Media Studio
Genre	Jazz fusion city pop jazz-funk
Length	43:28
Label	Victor
Producer	Hiroshi Tanaka
Masayoshi Takanaka chronology
Brasilian Skies (1978) On Guitar (1978) Jolly Jive (1979)

On Guitar is the fifth studio album by Japanese musician, producer, and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released by Invitation Records in July 1976. The album's initial release was distributed on vinyl and cassette tape, and was re-released on CD in 1994. The album is part of the Professional High-Technique Series, a set of three albums released in 1978 by Victor Entertainment. These albums, intended for instrument instruction, feature material focused on guitar, bass, and drums. Tsugutoshi Gotō's On Bass and Hiro Tsunoda's On Drums are the other two albums in the series.

This album features a mix of original songs and covers from established acts such as Bobby Womack, Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, and Earth, Wind & Fire. The original record release came with a sheet detailing the effect pedals used.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Breezin'"	Bobby Womack	5:50
2.	"Blue Curacao"	Masayoshi Takanaka	5:28
3.	"Just the Way You Are"	Billy Joel	5:08
4.	"Mambo Jambo"	Perez Prado	3:11

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Samba Pa Ti"	Carlos Santana	5:44
6.	"Rainbow"	Masayoshi Takanaka	6:13
7.	"That's the Way of the World"	Earth, Wind & Fire	6:14
8.	"We're All Alone"	Boz Scaggs	5:38
Total length:			43:28

Personnel

Credits and personnel adapted from liner notes ^[1]

• A&R, associate producer – Hiroshi Tanaka
• Art direction – Ryu Inishie
• Bass – Getao Takahashi, Haruomi Hosono
• Coordinator – Shingi Kurata
• Design – Front Publicity Inc.
• Drums – Robert Brill, Yukihiro Takahashi
• Engineer – Osamu Yamanishi, Shozo Inomata
• Assistant engineer – Shuji Yamaguchi
• Executive producer – Akira Higashimoto
• Guitar, producer, arranger – Masayoshi Takanaka
• Keyboards – Kiyosumi Ishikawa
• Recording directed by Toyoho Ryujin
• Mastered by Shizuo Nomiyama
• Musical assistance – Akitoshi Kimura
• Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi, Pecker
• Photography by Yoichi Iwase, Yukio Hasemi
• Recorded by Osamu Yamanishi, Shozo Inomata

Release history

Release history for On Guitar

Region	Date	Formats	Label	Ref.
Japan	November 25, 1978	Cassette	Invitation	[2]
	November 25, 1978	Vinyl	Invitation	[1]
	June 25, 1994	CD	Invitation	[3]
	July 20, 2016	CD (remastered)	Invitation
	March 22, 2025	Vinyl (Limited edition reissue)	Invitation	[4]

References

1. Masayoshi Takanaka = 高中正義 - On Guitar, November 25, 1978, retrieved June 28, 2025
2. Masayoshi Takanaka - On Guitar, November 25, 1978, retrieved June 28, 2025
3. Masayoshi Takanaka = 高中正義 - On Guitar, June 25, 1994, retrieved June 28, 2025
4. "日本を代表するスーパーギタリスト、高中正義の記念すべきソロ・デビュー・アルバムがLPで復刻" [Japan's leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka's memorable solo debut album is reprinted on LP] (in Japanese). Merurido Record Shop. Retrieved December 13, 2022.

External links

On Guitar at Discogs (list of releases)