- Cross Point
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Cross Point Studio album by Casiopea Released October 21, 1981 Recorded Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from July 4 to September 10, 1981 Genre Jazz fusion Length 39:32 Label Alfa Records ALR-28029 Producer Shunsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason Casiopea chronology Eyes of the Mind
(1981)Cross Point
(1981)Mint Jams
(1982)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Cross Point is Casiopea's sixth studio album, recorded and released in 1981.
Contents
Track listing
Side A No. Title Music Length 1. "Smile Again" Issei Noro 3:59 2. "Swear" Issei Noro 5:22 3. "A Sparkling Day" Issei Noro 3:36 4. "Span of a Dream" Issei Noro 4:52 5. "Domino Line" Issei Noro 3:23 Side B No. Title Music Length 1. "Galactic Funk" Issei Noro 4:22 2. "Sunnyside Feelin'" Akira Jimbo 4:12 3. "Any Moment (We'll Be One)" Harvey Mason 5:09 4. "Endless Vision" Minoru Mukaiya 4:37 Personnel
CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless, KORG Guitar Synthesizer, Lynn Drum Computer), Arrangement
- Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards (Fender Rhodes, YAMAHA CP-80, GS-1, CS-30, KORG 800DV, Trident, Mini Moog, Prophet 10, Roland Jupiter-8, Acoustic Piano)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000)
- Akira Jimbo - drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), Percussion
- Synthesizer programming by Eiji Urata.
Production
- Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Co-Producer - Harvey Mason
- Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao
- Executive Producer - Shoro Kawazoe
- Engineers - Norio Yoshizawa
- Assistant Engineers - Atsushi Saito
- Art Direction - Tsuguya Inoue
- Designer - Tsuguya Inoue
- Illustrator - Thomas Bayrle / UNAC TOKYO ⓒ1981
- Coordination - Toshinao Tsukui
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note Japan October 21, 1981 Alfa Records stereo LP ALR-28029 30cm Japan November 25, 1984 Alfa Records CD 38XA-24 Japan January 25, 1987 Alfa Records CD 32XA-118 Japan March 21, 1992[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-276 Japan July 27, 1994[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-9006 Japan July 23, 1998[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-9201 Japan December 19, 2001[2] Village Records remastered CD VRCL-2206 DSD, LP paper jacket Japan January 17, 2002[2] Village Records remastered CD VRCL-2226 DSD Japan May 27, 2009[2] Sony Music Direct remastered CD MHCL-20008 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b c d e f "Yahoo!Music Casiopea CROSS POINT". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop/c/10/alca276. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
External links
Categories:- 1980s jazz album stubs
- 1981 albums
- Casiopea albums
- Alfa Records albums
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