Skeleton Coast Park

The lyrics tell a one-act science-fiction Ochimusha fantasy story.

Versions
Features sampled vibraphone and shakuhachi for melodies. For rhythm, a sample of coins rolling on a surface was cut-up; its featured in most other recordings of it.
 * Water in Time and Space, 1989
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, all instruments
 * Tsuneo Imahori - bass
 * Hiroshi Harada - Min'yō styled vocal


 * Error CD, 1990
 * Susumu Hirasawa - vocals, electric guitar
 * Hikaru Kotobuki, Kazuhide Akimoto - keyboards, backing vocals
 * Katsuhiko Akiyama - bass, backing vocals
 * Kazutoki Umezu - wind synthesizer
 * Shingo Tomoda - drums, electronic percussion
 * Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Nurse - strings, horns

Has a more dance-oriented style, incorporated a short new section before the first pre-chorus and features wordless chanting.
 * Soft Ballet meets Susumu Hirasawa, 1991
 * Ryoichi Endo - voice
 * Ken Morioka, Maki Fujii - synthesizers, programming
 * Wataru Kamiryo

While still retaining the "coin roll" sample, the intro of this version, has a completely different melody and uses narration from "Fuko Part One".
 * Hirasawa Error Engine - Hirasawa Three Acts in Three Hours: Lower, 1994
 * TAKA - keyboards
 * Toshihiko "BOB" Takahashi - fretless bass
 * Wataru Kamiryo - drums

Connections

 * The "coin roll" sample appears on "Fuko Part Three".
 * The Min'yō style vocals were later re-used twice: backwards and slowed down for "Glory", and with effects laid on them for "Vistoron".