Super Flight

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Super Flight
CasiopeaSuperFlightalbumcover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioStudio A, Tokyo
Genre Jazz fusion
Length39:06
Label Alfa Records
Producer
  • Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Shinji Sawada
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea
(1979)
Super Flight
(1979)
Thunder Live
(1980)
Singles from Super Flight
  1. "I Love New York / Magic Ray"
    Released: November 15, 1979

Super Flight is the second studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released via Alfa Records on November 25, 1979. Recording took place at Studio A in Shibaura, Tokyo from August to October of that year. The album cover arts depicts a blimp with "Casiopea" written on the side flying during a sunset near Lower Manhattan, New York.

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Take Me" Issei Noro 4:19
2."Flying"Issei Noro4:51
3."Dune"Issei Noro4:51
4."Asayake" (Sunrise)Issei Noro5:05
Total length:19:06
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."I Love New York" Steve Karmen 4:08
2."Sailing Alone" Tetsuo Sakurai 4:41
3."Olion"Issei Noro3:20
4."Magic Ray"Issei Noro4:42
5."Mighty Mouse"Issei Noro3:09
Total length:20:00

Credits and personnel

Recorded and mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, August 27 – October 13, 1979

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
JapanMay 25, 1979 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-6029 stereo
December 21, 1986 12cmCD 32XA-105
March 21, 1992ALCA-272
June 29, 1994ALCA-9002
July 23, 1998ALCA-9197
May 31, 2000 Toshiba EMI Remastered 12cmCD TOCT-24365 LP paper jacket
December 19, 2001 Village Records VRCL-2202 DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002VRCL-2222 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20004 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076209200 iTunes Store [1]
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A1003862375 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbit/s [3]
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July 27, 20164582290418667 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit [6]
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