Casiopea (album)
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| Studio album by Casiopea | ||||
| Released | May 25, 1979 | |||
| Recorded |
Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo  on February 10, 1979 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 36:28 | |||
| Label |
Alfa Records ALR-6017 | |||
| Producer | Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe | |||
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Casiopea is the debut album of the jazz fusion group Casiopea which was recorded between 1978-1979 and released later that year. The album showed two racecars racing each other on a raceway.
Recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan, "Casiopea" is Casiopea's self-titled debut album. The album includes the participation of some notable contemporary jazz players as David Sanborn on the saxophone, giving a special touch to Issei Noro's compositions. Tunes like Black Joke are part of the multiple performances and variances along Casiopea's career.
This album was recorded on LP in 1979 as ALR-6017 and years later in 1986 on CD under the 32XA-104 catalog numbers, being the first editions on both LP and CD.
Track listing
All tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro except horn arranged by Jun Fukamachi and strings arranged by Hiroki Inui.
| Side A | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Time Limit" | 3:07 |
| 2. | "Tears of the Star" | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Space Road" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | 5:20 |
Total length: |
18:13 | |
| Side B | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Far Away" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Swallow" | 4:24 |
| 3. | "Dream Hill" | 5:39 |
| 4. | "Black Joke" | 4:17 |
Total length: |
18:15 | |
Personnel
CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG2000), Acoustic guitar, vocals
- Minoru Mukaiya - Fender Rhodes electric piano, Acoustic piano, synthesizers, Yamaha electone, vibraphone
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass guitar (Fender Jazz Bass)
- Takashi Sasaki - Drums
HORNS
- Randy Brecker - Trumpet
- Michael Brecker - Tenor saxophone
- David Sanborn - Alto saxophone
STRINGS
- "Tomato" strings
Production
- Kunihiko Murai - Executive Producer
- Syoro Kawazoe - Executive Producer
- Shinji Sawada - Producer
- Kazusuke Obi - Producer
- Al Schmitt - Recording engineer
- Norio Yoshizawa - Recording engineer
- Yasuhiko Terada - Recording engineer
- Mitsuo Koike - Assistant engineer
- Neil Dorfsman - Recording engineer
- James Farber - Assistant engineer
- Yasuhiko Terada - Mixing engineer
- Art Direction & Design - ALPHABET (nh ad system)
- Photographer - Shigeru Wada
- Illustrator - Toshikuni Okubo
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | note |
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| Japan | May 25, 1979 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-6017 | stereo |
| December 21, 1986 | 12cmCD | 32XA-104 | |||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-271 | ||||
| June 29, 1994 | ALCA-9001 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9196 | ||||
| May 31, 2000 | Toshiba EMI | remastered 12cmCD | TOCT-24364 | LP paper jacket | |
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | VRCL-2201 | DSD, LP paper jacket | ||
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2221 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20003 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||