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Down Upbeat Studio album by Casiopea Released October 25, 1984 Recorded secret sound studio, New York from July 24 to August 4, 1984 Genre Jazz fusion Length 38:30 Label Alfa Records ALR-28063 Producer Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro Casiopea chronology The Soundgraphy
(1984)Down Upbeat
(1984)Halle
(1985)Singles from Down Upbeat - "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
Released: January 25, 1985
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Down Upbeat is Casiopea's tenth studio album, released in 1984.
Contents
Track listing
Side A No. Title Music Length 1. "Zoom" Issei Noro 3:18 2. "Down Upbeat" Issei Noro 3:57 3. "The Continental Way" Issei Noro 4:48 4. "Road Rhythm" Minoru Mukaiya 3:04 5. "Froufrou" Akira Jimbo 4:00 Side B No. Title Music Length 1. "Homestretch" Issei Noro 3:50 2. "Night Storm" Akira Jimbo 4:13 3. "Cookin' Up" Minoru Mukaiya 3:37 4. "Twilight Solitude" Issei Noro 4:26 5. "Air Fantasy" Tetsuo Sakurai 3:17 Personnel
CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 Fretless)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-1, DX-7, ROLAND VP-330)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjan Symbals, AMDECK PCK-100)
- Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya
Production
- Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi and Issei Noro
- Engineered by Rik Pekkonen
- Assisted by Warren Bruleigh
- Mastered by Bernie Grundman
- Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz
- Project Co-ordinators - Jay Durgain, Edward Leaman
- Designer - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
- Photographer - Yukio Ichikawa
Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note Japan October 25, 1984 Alfa Records stereo LP ALR-28063 30cm Japan October 25, 1984 Alfa Records CD 38XA-25 Japan January 25, 1987 Alfa Records CD 32XA-119 Japan March 21, 1992[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-282 Japan August 31, 1994[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-9012 Japan August 29, 1998[2] Alfa Records CD ALCA-9207 Japan January 23, 2002[2] Village Records remastered CD VRCL-2212 DSD, LP paper jacket Japan February 14, 2002[2] Village Records remastered CD VRCL-2232 DSD Japan May 27, 2009[2] Sony Music Direct remastered CD MHCL-20014 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b c d e f "Yahoo!Music Casiopea DOWN UPBEAT". Yahoo!Music. Yahoo Japan Corporation. http://music.yahoo.co.jp/shop/c/10/alca282. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
Categories:- 1984 albums
- Casiopea albums
- 1980s jazz album stubs
- "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
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