Jive Jive

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Jive Jive
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 30, 1983
Recordedfrom September 12 to October 8, 1983
Studio Townhouse Studio one, London
Genre Jazz fusion
Length37:38
Label Alfa Records
ALR-28052
Producer Kunihiko Murai
Casiopea chronology
Photographs
(1983)
Jive Jive
(1983)
The Soundgraphy
(1984)

Jive Jive is the tenth album and the eighth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1983.

Contents

Description

After the release of Mint Jams, an album created to break into the European market, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya traveled to Europe to show off the album. The band traveled to record in London, all members brought their instruments except for Sakurai, who left his "Milk-Bass" in Japan, and instead used a similar looking BB2000.


Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Sweat It Out"- Issei Noro 4:12
2."In the Pocket"- Akira Jimbo 3:37
3."Right from the Heart" Steve Travell Issei Noro 4:09
4."Step Daughter"- Minoru Mukaiya 3:43
5."Secret Chase"- Issei Noro 4:50
Total length:20:31
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Fabby Dabby"- Issei Noro 3:53
2."Living on a Feeling" Steve Travell Akira Jimbo 4:20
3."S-E"- Issei Noro 5:05
4."What Can't Speak Can't Lie" Gary Osborne Issei Noro 3:49
Total length:17:07

London Concert

On September 29th, during the recording session, Casiopea played a concert in London's Dominion Theatre. There was a LaserDisc released in the 1993, and a radio recording aired close to the concert date.

"Mid-Manhattan" was heavily extended, including drum and overdrive bass solos, reaching over 14 minutes in length.

No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Looking Up" Issei Noro Photographs  
2."Eyes of the Mind" Issei Noro Make Up City  
3."Fruit Salad Sunday" Akira Jimbo Photographs  
4."Black Joke" Issei Noro Casiopea  
5."Spice Road" Issei Noro Photographs  
6."Long Term Memory" Issei Noro Photographs  
7."Dazzling" Issei Noro Photographs  
8."Take Me" Issei Noro Super Flight  
9."Sweat It Out" Issei Noro   
10."In The Pocket" Issei Noro   
11."Fabby Dabby" Issei Noro   
12."Mid-Manhattan" Issei Noro 4x4  
13."Space Road" Issei Noro Casiopea  
14."Swear" Issei Noro Cross Point  
15."Asayake" Issei Noro Super Flight  
16."Galactic Funk" Issei Noro Cross Point  


Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG Original, SG 3000, GS-1000 Fretless), KORG Guitar Synthesizer, Linn Drum Computer, Percussion, Vocal (A3)
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, DX-3, CS-70M, Emulator, ROLAND Jupiter 6, Acoustic Piano)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass ( YAMAHA BB-2000, Kramer OMZ-6000B)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 RG, Simmons V), Linn Drum Computer, Amdeck Percussion Synthesizer

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
Japan November 30, 1983 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28052 stereo
January 25, 1984 12cmCD 38XA-8
January 25, 198732XA-113
March 21, 1992ALCA-280
July 27, 1994ALCA-9010
August 29, 1998ALCA-9205
January 23, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2210 DSD, LP paper jacket
February 14, 2002VRCL-2230 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20012 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076213598 iTunes Store [1]
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July 27, 20164582290418599mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [6]
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