20th (album)

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20th
Casiopea - 20th.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2000
Recordedat Hibiya Yagai Ongakudo, Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg , October 2, 1999
Genre Jazz fusion
Length1:53:21
Label Pioneer LDC
PICL-1199
Producer Casiopea
Casiopea chronology
Material
(1999)
20th
(2000)
Bitter Sweet
(2000)

20th is the seventh live album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea released in 2000. This is a live recording of the 20th anniversary of Casiopea and their thirty-third album overall. This is also their first live album since the release of Made in Melbourne and We Want More in 1992.

Contents

Track listing

CD 1
No.TitleMusicOriginal AlbumLength
1."Freak Jack" Issei Noro Material 4:48
2."Down South" Akira Jimbo Material4:06
3."Precious Joy" Yoshihiro Naruse Material5:12
4."Lucky Stars" Minoru Mukaiya Material4:23
5."Flash Back Medley"  37:45
Total length:56:16
Flash Back Medley's song list
No.TitleMusicOriginal AlbumLength
1."Dream Maker"Issei Noro Be  
2."Chain Reaction"Issei Noro Light and Shadows  
3."Blooming"Issei Noro Flowers  
4."Ihilani"Minoru Mukaiya Freshness  
5."Set Sail"Issei Noro Answers  
6."Glory"Issei Noro Dramatic  
7."New History"Issei Noro Active  
8."Akappachi-Ism"Yoshihiro Naruse, Issei Noro Full Colors  
9."Cyber Zone"Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro The Party  
10."Super Sonic Movement"Issei Noro Euphony  
11."Taiyo-Fu"Issei NoroEuphony 
12."Do Loo Doo?"Issei Noro Platinum  
13."Coast To Coast"Issei Noro SUN SUN  
14."North Sea"Issei Noro HALLE  
15."Zoom"Issei Noro Down Upbeat  
16."Fabby Dabby"Issei Noro Jive Jive  
17."Mid Manhattan"Akira Jimbo, Issei Noro FOUR BY FOUR  
18."Domino Line"Issei Noro Cross Point  
19."Eyes Of Mind"Issei Noro Make Up City  
20."Space Road"Issei Noro CASIOPEA  
CD 2
No.TitleMusicOriginal AlbumLength
1."Midnight Rendezvous"Issei NoroCASIOPEA4:19
2."Shocking Function" Noriaki Kumagai Dramatic4:26
3."Galactic Funk"Issei NoroCross Point11:02
4."Red Zone" Tetsuo Sakurai Euphony5:03
5."Eccentric Games"Issei Noro, Yoshihiro NaruseActive17:10
6."Halle"Tetsuo Sakurai, Issei Noro, Minoru Mukaiya, Akira JimboHALLE4:19
7."Asayake"Issei Noro Super Flight 5:40
8."Fight Man"Issei NoroFull Colors5:17
Total length:57:18

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro  Guitars, Synthesizer, Voice
Minoru Mukaiya  keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse  Bass, Bass Synthesizer

Supported

Akira Jimbo  drums

Additional Musicians

Tetsuo Sakurai  Bass
Noriaki Kumagai  drums
Hidehiko Koike  keyboards

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
Japan February 23, 2000 Pioneer LDC 12cmCD PICL-1199
July 26, 2006 Geneon Entertainment GNCL-1080
RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
Japan June 14, 2000 Pioneer LDC DVD PIBL-1001
June 23, 2004 Geneon Entertainment GNBL-1003

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