Down Upbeat

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Down Upbeat
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Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedOctober 25, 1984
Recordedfrom July 24 to August 4, 1984
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Genre Jazz fusion
Length38:30
Label Alfa Records
ALR-28063
Producer Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
The Soundgraphy
(1984)		Down Upbeat
(1984)		 Halle
(1985)
Singles from Down Upbeat
  1. "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
    Released: January 25, 1985

Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. [1] This is Casiopea's second full album where Issei Noro is credited as a producer. The following year, "Zoom" was released as the lead single for this album, and is the only one of Casiopea's songs to have a professionally produced, full length music video, recorded in Manhattan.

Contents

After the album was released, Casiopea went on their "1984 Around The World Tour." Notably, even though the tour was named after being international, the group only played a select few dates outside of Japan.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Zoom" Issei Noro 3:18
2."Down Upbeat" Issei Noro 3:57
3."The Continental Way" Issei Noro 4:48
4."Road Rhythm" Minoru Mukaiya 3:04
5."Frou Frou" Akira Jimbo 4:00
Total length:19:07
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Home Stretch" Issei Noro 3:50
2."Night Storm" Akira Jimbo 4:13
3."Cookin' Up" Minoru Mukaiya 3:37
4."Twilight Solitude" Issei Noro 4:26
5."Air Fantasy" Tetsuo Sakurai 3:17
Total length:19:23

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000 Fretless)
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha DX-1, DX-7, Roland VP-330)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
JapanOctober 25, 1984 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28063 stereo
12cmCD 38XA-25
Europe1984 Sonet Records SNTCD 926
Netherlands1984 30cmLP SNTF 926
UK1984SNTF 926
United States1984 Milestone Records 30cmLP M-9133titled 'Zoom'
JapanJanuary 25, 1987 Alfa Records 12cmCD 32XA-119
March 21, 1992ALCA-282
August 31, 1994ALCA-9012
August 29, 1998ALCA-9207
January 23, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2212 DSD, LP paper jacket
February 14, 2002VRCL-2232 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20014 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263140 iTunes Store [2]
4582290414058 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps [3]
A1003862509 Recochoku AAC 320 kbps [4]
B01B5AUSBY Amazon.com [5]
Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy Google Play Music [6]
July 27, 20164582290418636mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [7]
smj4582290418636 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [8]
11192HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [9]
4582290418629mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit [10]
A2000673648Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [11]
smj4582290418629e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [12]
11200HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit [13]
1f353675da1293911390AWA 320kbps [14]
November 10, 20167eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS Spotify [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.casiopea.co.jp/cd/downupbeat.html
  2. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  3. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  7. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  8. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  12. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  15. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-15.


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