Sun Sun

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Sun Sun
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1986
Recordedfrom June 8 to June 29, 1986
Studio The Hit Factory, New York City Flag of the United States.svg
Genre Jazz fusion
Length51:14
Label Alfa Records
ALR-28085
Producer Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Live
(1985)
Sun Sun
(1986)
Casiopea Perfect Live II
(1987)
Singles from Sun Sun
  1. "Sun/Mr. Unique/Samba Mania ALR-12005"
    Released: August 25, 1986

Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.

Contents

Track listing

LP

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Conjunction"- Issei Noro 1:40
2."Coast To Coast"- Issei Noro 4:05
3."Keepers"- Issei Noro 3:16
4."Lunar Shade"- Issei Noro 4:16
5."Sun" Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro Carlos Alomar 4:03
6."After Glow"- Akira Jimbo 3:18
Total length:20:38
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Departure"- Akira Jimbo 3:05
2."Someone's Love" Carlos Alomar Issei Noro 3:45
3."Mi Señora"- Tetsuo Sakurai 3:22
4."Something's Wrong (Change It)" Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar 4:31
5."Transformation 1"- Minoru Mukaiya 3:23
6."Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"- Issei Noro 5:12
Total length:19:33

CD

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Conjunction"- Issei Noro 1:40
2."Coast To Coast"- Issei Noro 4:05
3."Keepers"- Issei Noro 3:16
4."Lunar Shade"- Issei Noro 4:16
5."Sun" Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro Carlos Alomar 4:03
6."After Glow"- Akira Jimbo 3:18
7."Mr. Unique" (CD, 12inch bounus track)- Issei Noro 4:16
8."Samba Mania" (CD, 12inch bounus track)- Minoru Mukaiya 3:12
9."Departure"- Akira Jimbo 3:05
10."Someone's Love" Carlos Alomar Issei Noro 3:45
11."Mi Señora"- Tetsuo Sakurai 3:22
12."Something's Wrong (Change It)" Carlos Alomar Carlos Alomar 4:31
13."Transformation 1"- Minoru Mukaiya 3:23
14."Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"- Issei Noro 5:12
Total length:51:14

Personnel

Casiopea are

Issei Noroelectric guitar (Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7)
Minoru Mukaiyakeyboards (Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 & acoustic piano)
Tetsuo Sakuraielectric bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000)
Akira Jimbodrums (Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5)

Additional musicians

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
Japan September 10, 1986 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28085 stereo
Compact Cassette ALR-28085
12cmCD 32XA-90
March 21, 1992ALCA-285
August 31, 1994ALCA-9015
August 29, 1998ALCA-9210
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2215 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002VRCL-2235 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20017 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263387 iTunes Store [1]
4582290414089 mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s [2]
A1003862616 Recochoku AAC 320 kbit/s [3]
B01B5AUF0S Amazon.com [4]
Bwsk45dgdrpveqi7zeocezd3bdq Google Play Music [5]
July 27, 20164542696007605mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [6]
smj4542696007605 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [7]
11190HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [8]
4582290418742mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit [9]
A2000673659Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit [10]
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November 10, 20160k5iEHrY6iK6vI3pnTF4KX Spotify [14]

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