# Shōtaijō no Nai Show

Shōtaijō no Nai Show (招待状のないショー) is the fifth studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Yosui Inoue, issued in March 1976. It was the first long-play record he released under the For Life Records, a record label that he joined as one of the co-founders and started in 1975.

## Track listing

All songs written and composed by Yōsui Inoue, except where indicated

### Side one

* "Good, Good-Bye" – 3:37
* "Shōtaijō no Nai Show (招待状のないショー)" – 3:43
* "Makurakotoba (枕詞)" – 1:56
* "Aozora, Hitorikiri (青空、ひとりきり)" – 4:38
* "Summer" – 3:38
* "Magarikado (曲り角)" – 4:38
* "Kotoshi wa (今年は)" – 438

### Side two

* "Minazuki no Yoru (水無月の夜)" – 4:39
* "Sakamichi (坂道)" (Inoue, Kei Ogura) – 3:22
* "Kuchibue (口笛)" – 3:02
* "I-Shi no Kekkon (I氏の結婚)" – 2:54
* "Mō...... (もう......)" – 3:45
* "Musubikotoba (結詞)" – 6:21

## Personnel

* Yōsui Inoue – Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, backing vocals
* Hiromi Yasuda – Acoustic guitar
* Hirofumi Tokutake – Electric guitar
* Masayoshi Takanaka – Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* Mitsuo Nagai – Electric guitar, flat mandolin
* Kazuo Shiina – Electric guitar
* Hirokuni Korekata (occasionally credited to Kunihiro Korekata) – Electric guitar
* Kenji Ōmura – Electric guitar
* Shigeru Suzuki – 12-string guitar
* Hirobumi Suzuki – Electric bass
* Toru Hirano – Electric bass
* Tsugutoshi Goto – Electric bass
* Rei Ohara – Electric bass
* Hiroki Komazawa – Steel guitar
* Kunimitsu Inaba – Wood bass
* Masahiro Takekawa – Violin
* Takayoshi Watanabe – Keyboards
* Shigehito Ōhara – Piano
* Masaru Imada – Electric piano
* Jun Fukamachi – Electric piano
* Akiko Yano – Keyboards, backing vocals
* Makoto Yano – Keyboards, electric piano, rhythm box, percussion
* Ichiro Maeda – Keyboards, percussion, rhythm box
* Katz Hoshi – Percussion, backing vocals
* Shuichi Murakami – Drums
* Tatsuo Hayashi – Drums
* Tetsurō Kashibuchi – Drums
* Motoya Hamaguchi – Percussion
* Sancho Nanoha – Percussion
* Nobuo Saito – Percussion
* Fujio Saito – Percussion
* Yukiko Nishizawa – Ocarina
* Sumio Okada – Horn
* Kouji Hatori – Horn
* Kinji Yoshino – 6th

## Chart positions
### Album

| Year | Country | Chart | Position | Sales |
| 1976 | Japan | Oricon Weekly LP Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 323,000+ |
| 1976 | Japan | Oricon Weekly CT Albums Chart (top 100) | 1 | 323,000+ |

### Singles

| Year | Single | B-Side | Chart | Position | Sales |
| 1975 | "Aozora, Hitorikiri" | "Flight" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 8 | 255,000 |
| 1976 | "Good, Good-Bye" [Edit] | "Kodomo e no Uta" | Japanese Oricon Weekly (top 100) | 13 | 149,000 |

## Release history

| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog number | Notes |
| Japan | March 25, 1976 | For Life Records | LP | FLL4002 | |
| Japan | March 25, 1976 | For Life Records | Audio cassette | 28K13 | |
| Japan | August 21, 1985 | For Life Records | CD | 35KD16 | |
| Japan | February 21, 1990 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-29028 | |
| Japan | September 18, 1992 | For Life Records | Audio cassette | FLTF-28034 | |
| Japan | September 18, 1992 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-29168 | |
| Japan | May 30, 2001 | For Life Records | CD | FLCF-3848 | Original recording digitally remastered |
| Japan | March 25, 2009 | For Life Music Entertainment/BMG | SHM-CD | FLCF-5001 | 2001 Digital remaster |