Down Upbeat

Down Upbeat
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
  1. "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
    Released: January 25, 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 0/5 stars[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

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ 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. 

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