Cross Point (album)

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Cross Point
CasiopeaCrossPointalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedOctober 21, 1981
RecordedJuly 4–September 10, 1981
StudioStudio "A", Tokyo
Genre Jazz fusion
Length39:32
Label Alfa
Producer
Casiopea chronology
Eyes of the Mind
(1981)		Cross Point
(1981)		 Mint Jams
(1982)
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Cross Point is the fifth studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released on October 21, 1981 by Alfa Records. This is the band's second album to be created and produced with Harvey Mason. [2] Casiopea did a domestic tour in late November and December after this album's release, which inspired the Mint Jams live album in February of the following year.

Contents

The album's name has a double meaning: first referring to an intersection for roadways (as on the cover art), and second, as it says on the LP's OBI paper strip: "The music scene has reached a new cross-point." [3]

This is the first album fully recorded with Mukaiya's GS-1 synthesizer, gifted to him by Yamaha.

The CD release and vinyl include a pamphlet documenting the band's history, written by bassist Tetsuo Sakurai.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Smile Again" Issei Noro 3:59
2."Swear" Issei Noro 5:22
3."A Sparkling Day" Issei Noro 3:36
4."Span of a Dream" Issei Noro 4:52
5."Domino Line" Issei Noro 3:23
Total length:21:12
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Galactic Funk" Issei Noro 4:22
2."Sunnyside Feelin'" Akira Jimbo 4:12
3."Any Moment (We'll Be One)" Harvey Mason 5:09
4."Endless Vision" Minoru Mukaiya 4:37
Total length:18:20

Personnel

CASIOPEA are: [4]

Issei Noro – electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless, KORG guitar synthesizer, Lynn Drum Computer), arrangement
Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Fender Rhodes, YAMAHA CP-80, GS-1, CS-30, KORG 800DV, Trident, Mini Moog, Prophet 10, Roland Jupiter-8, acoustic piano)
Tetsuo Sakurai – bass guitar (YAMAHA BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), percussion
Eiji Urata – synthesizer programming

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
Japan October 21, 1981 Alfa Records stereo 30cmLP ALR-28029 stereo
November 25, 1984 12cmCD 38XA-24
January 25, 198732XA-118
March 21, 1992ALCA-276
July 27, 1994ALCA-9006
July 23, 1998ALCA-9201
December 19, 2001 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2206 DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002VRCL-2226 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20008 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076210088 iTunes Store [5]
4582290413990 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps [6]
A1003862405 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps [7]
B01B5ARSU8 Amazon.com [8]
Bujop27brq4j4v5hxp7vxektghq Google Play Music [9]
July 27, 20164542696007612mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [10]
smj4542696007612 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [11]
11179HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [12]
4582290418933mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit [13]
A1004668216Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [14]
smj4582290418933e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [15]
11177HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit [16]
d9a46ea5b513b56aa983AWA 320kbps [17]
November 10, 20165ACZZnH09oCt2ZZwazQWlf Spotify [18]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ https://reuprecordz.com/products/casiopea-cross-point-1982
  3. ↑ http://v-matsuwa.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2016/08/post-53d5.html
  4. ↑ "CASIOPEA - Cross Point (1981)". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  5. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  8. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  9. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  10. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  15. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  16. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  17. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  18. ↑ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.


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