Casiopea (album)

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Casiopea
CasiopeaSelfTitleAlbumCover.jpg
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedMay 25, 1979
Recorded1978–79
Studio
Genre Jazz fusion
Length36:28
Label Alfa Records
Producer
  • Kunihiko Murai
  • Syoro Kawazoe
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea
(1979)		 Super Flight
(1979)

Casiopea is the debut album of Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea, released on May 25, 1979.

Contents

Recording and production

The album was recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan. It is the first album released by the group since their debut performance on EastWest '77.[ citation needed ]

Notable American jazz musicians, The Brecker Brothers and David Sanborn, contributed to the album.

Cover art

The cover depicts two race cars battling on a circuit, possibly Fuji Speedway's hairpin turn. [1] [ better source needed ] The cars are late-1970s Group 6 sports prototypes from the Japanese Fuji Grand Champion Series, most likely a Lola T290-Mazda [2] and a March 74S [3] from the 1978 [4] and 1979 [5] championships, respectively. [6] [ better source needed ]

There is an alternate cover, for an earlier pressing and promotional materials,features a picture of the band standing with pills falling in front of them. [7]

The album is one of Casiopea's most famous, being their most streamed album on Spotify.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro, except for horn arrangements by Jun Fukamachi and string arrangements by Hiroki Inui.

Side A
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
1."Far Away"3:55
2."Swallow"4:24
3."Dream Hill"5:39
4."Black Joke"4:17
Total length:18:15

Credits

Casiopea

Additional musicians

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalognote
JapanMay 25, 1979 Alfa Records 30 cm LPALR-6017 stereo
December 21, 198612 cm CD32XA-104
March 21, 1992ALCA-271
June 29, 1994ALCA-9001
July 23, 1998ALCA-9196
May 31, 2000 Toshiba EMI remastered 12 cm CDTOCT-24364 LP paper jacket
December 19, 2001 Village Records VRCL-2201 DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002VRCL-2221 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20003 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076209054 iTunes Store [8]
4582290414218 mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s [9]
A1003862605 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbit/s [10]
B01B5AQMDC Amazon.com [11]
Bp5pyuaz4lfka3vcvx5ough23ra Google Play Music [12]
July 27, 20164582290418575 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [13]
smj4582290418575 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [14]
11180HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [15]
4582290418568mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit [16]
A1004668200Recochoku FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit [17]
smj4582290418568e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [18]
11170HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit [19]
November 10, 20165ShaVOG8QHOltyWh5ZCxuB Spotify [20]

See also

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<i>Halle</i> (album) 1985 studio album by Casiopea

Halle is the 13th album and 10th studio album by Casiopea released in 1985. The lead single, "Halle" is the first Casiopea song to have songwriting credits from all four members. It's also the first Casiopea album recorded in Japan since 1983's Photographs.

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<i>Sun Sun</i> 1986 studio album by Casiopea

Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.

<i>Answers</i> (album) 1994 studio album by Casiopea

Answers is the 25th album by jazz fusion group Casiopea released in 1994.

<i>Tea Times</i> 2016 studio album by Junko Onishi

Tea Times is an album by the jazz pianist Junko Onishi, recorded and released in 2016.

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