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| Released | November 30, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | from September 12 to October 8, 1983 | |||
| Studio | Townhouse Studio one, London | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 37:38 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-28052 | |||
| Producer | Kunihiko Murai | |||
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Jive Jive is the tenth album and the eighth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1983.
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.
Jive Jive is Casiopea's first album since their debut to use horn arrangements.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
On September 29th, during the recording session, Casiopea played a concert in London's Dominion Theatre, video was released after the band disbanded of this concert, the video only included some songs, tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 on the setlist.
"Mid-Manhattan" was heavily extended, including drum and overdrive bass solos, reaching over 14 minutes in length.
| No. | Title | Music | from album | Length |
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| 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. | "Mid-Manhattan" | Akira Jimbo | 4x4 | |
| 9. | "Space Road" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 10. | "Swear!" | Issei Noro | Cross Point | |
| 11. | "Asayake" | Issei Noro | Super Flight |
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
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| Japan | November 30, 1983 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-28052 | stereo |
| January 25, 1984 | 12cmCD | 38XA-8 | |||
| January 25, 1987 | 32XA-113 | ||||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-280 | ||||
| July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9010 | ||||
| August 29, 1998 | ALCA-9205 | ||||
| January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2210 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| February 14, 2002 | VRCL-2230 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20012 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
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