Casiopea – Casiopea
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Great Tracks (2) – MHJL 184 |
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Japan |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Jazz-Funk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Time Limit | 3:07 | |
| A2 | Tears Of The Star | 4:32 | |
| A3 | Space Road | 5:14 | |
| A4 | Midnight Rendezvous | 5:20 | |
| B1 | Far Away | 3:55 | |
| B2 | Swallow | 4:24 | |
| B3 | Dream Hill | 5:39 | |
| B4 | Black Joke | 4:17 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
- Recorded At – Power Station
- Mixed At – Studio A, Shibaura, Tokyo
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alfa Music, Inc.
- Copyright © – Alfa Music, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
- Remastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Pressed By – Sony Music Solutions Inc.
Credits
- Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn
- Arranged By [Horns], Recording Supervisor [Directed By] – Jun Fukamachi
- Arranged By [Strings] – Hiroki Inui
- Art Direction, Design – Alphabet (11)
- Artwork [Refinement] – Mizuki Kondo
- Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai
- Coordinator [Product] – Hana Miyoshi
- Directed By [Reissue] – Satoshi Makita
- Drums – Takashi Sasaki
- Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic Piano], Synthesizer, Electric Organ [Yamaha EX-1], Vibraphone [Vibe] – Minoru Mukaiya
- Engineer [Assistant - Power Plant] – James Farber
- Engineer [Assistant - Studio A] – Mitsuo Koike
- Engineer [Mixing] – Yasuhiko Terada
- Engineer [Recording - Power Plant] – Neil Dorfsman
- Engineer [Recording - Studio A] – Yasuhiko Terada
- Executive-Producer – Shoro Kawazoe
- Executive-Producer [Reissue] – Manabu Tsujino
- Illustration – Toshikuni Okubo
- Liner Notes [Band Profile] – 津田明子*
- Liner Notes [Song Notes] – 藤井英一*
- Photography By – Shigeru Wada
- Producer – Shinji Sawada
- Producer [Great Tracks] – Shigeru Takise
- Remastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Strings – "Tomato" Strings*
- Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
- Trumpet – Randy Brecker
- Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Written-By, Arranged By – Issei Noro
Notes
2024 Japan reissue. 3rd press on clear orange vinyl. Has slightly different hype sticker compared to 2022 repress: Casiopea
Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from December 1978 to March 1979
Horns recorded at Power Station Studio, N.Y. on February 10, 1979, directed by Jun Fukamachi
Mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, March 1979
This album was mixed using The Aphex Aural Exciter
Special Thanks to Casiopea International, Takashi Sasaki.
Recorded at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from December 1978 to March 1979
Horns recorded at Power Station Studio, N.Y. on February 10, 1979, directed by Jun Fukamachi
Mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, March 1979
This album was mixed using The Aphex Aural Exciter
Special Thanks to Casiopea International, Takashi Sasaki.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: JASRAC
- Barcode (Text): 4 560427 462387
- Barcode (Scanned): 4560427462387
- Price Code (Price (with tax)): ¥4,070
- Price Code (Price (without tax)): ¥3,700
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): MHJL-184-A BG
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): MHJL-184-B BG
Other Versions (5 of 27)
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Casiopea (LP, Album, Stereo) | Alfa | ALR-6017 | Japan | 1979 | ||
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Casiopea (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo) | Alfa | ALR-6017 | Japan | 1979 | ||
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Casiopea (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, White labels, Victor pressing) | Alfa | ALR-6017 | Japan | 1980 | ||
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Casiopea (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo) | Alfa | ALR-6017 | Japan | 1980 | ||
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New Submission
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Casiopea (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Gradation labels) | Alfa | ALR-6017 | Japan | 1980 |
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Reviews
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Finally! Got a notification from a recordshop and directly ordered from their website, so glad to finally have this masterpiece.
The website mentioned the black variant but unfortunately I got the orange vinyl, but I'm glad to have it anyways because the colour fits the record theme.
The pressing is very solid in quality, mine is slightly off-centre but not terrible. Very dynamic and it has the typical Japanese mastering, crisp highs and tight lows. The instruments sound in your face and have a natural tone to them. The high-hat is very present but doesn't have sibilance problems.
The record sounds fresh and engaging. And the sleeve is amazing, one of my, if not favourite covers. Will display this often in the house because it's just so beautiful.
Music: 9/10
Pressing: 9/10
Sleeve: 10/10
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So thankful that I managed to get this pressing before it sold out everywhere, currently my rarest record (Payed half of what it's currently worth for it). Media came in mint condition and sleve was slightly dented at the corners, but the record plays perfectly and is a great first record for my collection. Album is fantastic and the orange vinyl looks sick.
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Are they using a scarcity model when doing these represses, or does literally everybody want one? Within days of being available for preorder at US sites it's already sold out, and people are already reselling for hundreds. Smh, so frustrating. Anyone know where you can still get a copy for retail price?
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Amazing pressing, same as the previous recent BG pressings. Vinyl is so silent I double checked my pre-amp was turned on... Highly recommend. Got it shipped from Japan and it arrived in 4 days!
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Got this shipped from Japan. This press sounds AWESOME. So rich and full, maybe just a tad hot on treble as some mentioned for the previous presses of this orange Bernie Grundman version. If you have an EQ on your amp you are good, and even without adjustment this thing slaps hard. Very happy to have this!
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