Casiopea Perfect Live II

Casiopea Perfect Live II
Video by Casiopea
Released	February 25, 1987
Recorded	December 27, 1986
Venue	U-Port hall, Gotanda, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	1:37:12
Label	Laser Disc SM068-3140
Producer	Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Live (1985) Casiopea Perfect Live II (1987) JOIA (1988)

Casiopea Perfect Live II is the fourth live album and second live video released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea.
On February 25, 1987, it was released with a laser disc from laser disc Co., Ltd. 7" single record "Asian Dreamer" was distributed as the first board purchase privilege.
On July 10, 1987, it became an LP record from Alfa Records.
In 2000, it was recurred as DVD "CASIOPEA LIVE HISTORY PART-I". At the end of the video, as an exclusive add-on, an Issei Noro interview was added.
This is contains the final concert of Casiopea's 10th anniversary tour, performed at U-Port hall.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Conjunction"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	2:39
2.	"Looking Up"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:38
3.	"Street Performer"	-	Akira Jimbo	Halle	4:26
4.	"Zoom"	-	Issei Noro	Down Upbeat	4:34
5.	"Departure"	-	Akira Jimbo	Sun Sun	3:04
6.	"Keepers"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	3:16
7.	"Samba Mania"	-	Minoru Mukaiya	Sun Sun	4:15
8.	"Galactic Funk"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:04
9.	"Something's Wrong (Change It)"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:35
10.	"Choose Me"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar		5:01
11.	"Mi Señora"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	Sun Sun	4:27
12.	"Sun"	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:59
13.	"Mother Earth"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	4:57
14.	"Drums Solo"	-	-		6:43
15.	"Bass Solo"	-	-		3:42
16.	"Misty Lady"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:29
17.	"Halle"	-	CASIOPEA	Halle	3:58
18.	"Swear"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:48
19.	"Asayake"	-	Issei Noro	Super Flight	4:51
20.	"Dazzling"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	5:12
21.	"Coast to Coast"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	4:34
Total length:					97:12

Bonus record

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Asian Dreamer"	-	Issei Noro	-

Personnel

CASIOPEA are:

Issei Noro - Guitar (Yamaha SG-IN signature, SG-IN Fretless)

Effects:

Yamaha: 2 PSE-40A, GC-2020, 2 PG-1, 3 SPX-90, P-2200, 2 S2115H-II, WXY-10R

Maxon: HD-1000

Korg: SDD-3000, KMX-62

Boss: FV-200

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboard (Yamaha DX7, Yamaha KX-76, Yamaha KX-88, Roland VP-330, Korg DSS-1)

Effects:

Yamaha: 2 TX-816, PC-1002, SPX-90, REV-7, MV-802, 2 S4115H

Korg: EX-8000, 4 KMX-62

T.C. Electronic: TC-2240

Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Sakurai Model, Yamaha BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless)

Effects:

Yamaha: 2 PSE 40A, PB-1, P-2200, WXY-10R, 2 S4115H-II, Q-1027, SPX-90

Boss: FV-100

DBX: 160x

Akira Jimbo - Drums (Yamaha YD-9000R, Yamaha 6000RD,

Extra equipment:

Yamaha: 22 inch Bass Drum, 16, 14, 12, 10, and 8 inch Tom Toms, 14x6 inch Snare, PMC-1, 6 PTT-1, RX-21L, TX-816, MEP-4, SPX-90, MC-1604

Zildjan: 12 & 8 inch Splash Cymbals, 18 & 16 inch Thin Crash Cymbal, 20 inch Ping Ride, 20 inch Swish, 14 inch 'New Beat' Hi-Hat

Akai: S-900

Additional Musicians

• Yukou Kusunoki - Vocal, Percussion

Production

• Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Engineer - Kohji Sugimori, Yoshizawa Norio

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	February 25, 1987	Laser Disc	Laser Disc	SM068-3140	Color, NTSC, CLV
			VHS	HM088-3140
	September 13, 2000	Pioneer LDC	DVD-Video	PIBL-1002	Single-layer, PCM, NTSC
	June 23, 2004	Geneon Entertainment		GNBL-1004	Dual-layer, 5.1ch surround, NTSC

External links

• LaserDisc Database Casiopea: Perfect Live - Live II (1986) (SM068-3140)

LP/CD

Casiopea Perfect Live II
Live album by Casiopea
Released	July 10, 1987
Recorded	at U-Port hall, Gotanda, Tokyo December 27, 1986
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	1:37:12
Label	Alfa Records ALR-40005/6
Producer	Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Sun Sun (1986) Casiopea Perfect Live II (1987) Platinum (1987)

Casiopea Perfect Live II is the fourth live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. This is Casiopea's 16th overall album.

Track listing

LP

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Conjunction"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	2:39
2.	"Looking Up"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:38
3.	"Street Performer"	-	Akira Jimbo	Halle	4:26
4.	"Zoom"	-	Issei Noro	Down Upbeat	4:34
5.	"Deperture"	-	Akira Jimbo	Sun Sun	3:04
6.	"Keepers"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	3:16
7.	"Samba Mania"	-	Minoru Mukaiya	Sun Sun	4:15
Total length:					26:52

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Galactic Funk"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:04
2.	"Something's Wrong (Change It)"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:35
3.	"Choose Me"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar		5:01
4.	"Mi Señora"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	Sun Sun	4:27
5.	"Sun"	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:59
Total length:					25:06

Side C

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Mother Earth"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	4:57
2.	"Drums Solo"	-	-	-	6:43
3.	"Bass Solo"	-	-	-	3:42
4.	"Misty Lady"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:29
5.	"Halle"	-	CASIOPEA	Halle	3:58
Total length:					23:49

Side D

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Swear"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:48
2.	"Asayake"	-	Issei Noro	Super Flight	4:51
3.	"Dazzling"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	5:12
4.	"Coast to Coast"	-		Sun Sun	4:34
Total length:					21:25

CD

CD 1

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Conjunction"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	2:39
2.	"Looking Up"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:38
3.	"Street Performer"	-	Akira Jimbo	Halle	4:26
4.	"Zoom"	-	Issei Noro	Down Upbeat	4:34
5.	"Deperture"	-	Akira Jimbo	Sun Sun	3:04
6.	"Keepers"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	3:16
7.	"Samba Mania"	-	Minoru Mukaiya	Sun Sun	4:15
8.	"Galactic Funk"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:04
9.	"Something's Wrong (Change It)"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:35
10.	"Choose Me"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar		5:01
11.	"Mi Señora"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	Sun Sun	4:27
12.	"Sun"	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro	Carlos Alomar	Sun Sun	4:59
Total length:					51:58

CD 2

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	from album	Length
1.	"Mother Earth"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	4:57
2.	"Drums Solo"	-	-	-	6:43
3.	"Bass Solo"	-	-	-	3:42
4.	"Misty Lady"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	4:29
5.	"Halle"	-	CASIOPEA	Halle	3:58
6.	"Swear"	-	Issei Noro	Cross Point	6:48
7.	"Asayake"	-	Issei Noro	Super Flight	4:51
8.	"Dazzling"	-	Issei Noro	Photographs	5:12
9.	"Coast to Coast"	-	Issei Noro	Sun Sun	4:34
Total length:					45:14

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass

Akira Jimbo - Drums

Additional Musicians

• Yukou Kusunoki - Vocal, Percussion

Production

• Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Engineer - Kohji Sugimori, Yoshizawa Norio

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	July 10, 1987	Alfa Records	stereo 30cmLP	ALR-40005/6	stereo
			12cmCD	48XA-167/8

External links

• CASIOPEA – Casiopea Perfect Live II at Discogs
• CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE II at MusicBrainz