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Casiopea is the debut album of Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea, released on May 25, 1979. Recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan, it is Casiopea's self-titled debut album. The record includes the participation of some notable contemporary jazz players such as David Sanborn on the saxophone, giving a special touch to Issei Noro's compositions. Tunes like Black Joke are part of the multiple performances and variances along Casiopea's career.

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Casiopea
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	May 25, 1979
Recorded	1978–79
Studio	Studio A, Tokyo Power Station Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	36:28
Label	Alfa Records ALR-6017
Producer	Kunihiko Murai Syoro Kawazoe
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea (1979) Super Flight (1979)

This album was recorded on LP in 1979 as ALR-6017 and years later in 1986 on CD under the 32XA-104 catalog numbers, being the first editions on both LP and CD.

The cover depicts two racecars racing each other on a raceway. The cars are based on Can Am cars running in the japanese Fuji Grand Champion series at the end of the seventies, most likely a Lola T290 Mazda[1] and a March 74s[2] from the 1978[3] & 1979[4] championships.

Track listing

All tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro except horn arranged by Jun Fukamachi and strings arranged by Hiroki Inui.

Credits and personnel

Musicians

• Issei Noro – Electric guitar (Yamaha SG2000), Acoustic guitar, vocals on "Dream Hill"
• Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Acoustic piano, synthesizers, Yamaha electone, vibraphone
• Tetsuo Sakurai – Bass guitar (Fender Jazz Bass)
• Takashi Sasaki – Drums
• Randy Brecker – Trumpet
• Michael Brecker – Tenor saxophone
• David Sanborn – Alto saxophone
• "Tomato" – Strings

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	note
Japan	May 25, 1979	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-6017	stereo
	December 21, 1986		12cmCD	32XA-104
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-271
	June 29, 1994			ALCA-9001
	July 23, 1998			ALCA-9196
	May 31, 2000	Toshiba EMI	remastered 12cmCD	TOCT-24364	LP paper jacket
	December 19, 2001	Village Records		VRCL-2201	DSD, LP paper jacket
	January 17, 2002			VRCL-2221	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20003	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076209054	iTunes Store[5]
				4582290414218	mora AAC-LC 320kbps[6]
				A1003862605	Recochoku AAC 128/320kbps[7]
				B01B5AQMDC	Amazon.com[8]
				Bp5pyuaz4lfka3vcvx5ough23ra	Google Play Music[9]
	July 27, 2016			4582290418575	mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[10]
				smj4582290418575	e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[11]
				11180	HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[12]
				4582290418568	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[13]
				A1004668200	Recochoku FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[14]
				smj4582290418568	e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[15]
				11170	HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[16]
	November 10, 2016			5ShaVOG8QHOltyWh5ZCxuB	Spotify[17]

References

External links

• CASIOPEA –CASIOPEA at Discogs
• CASIOPEA at MusicBrainz

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