Photographs is the ninth album and the seventh studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1983.
Photographs | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 23, 1983 | |||
Recorded | from January 24 to March 8, 1983 | |||
Studio | Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo ![]() | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 40:38 | |||
Label | Alfa Records ALR-28049 | |||
Producer | Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
Casiopea chronology | ||||
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Description
editPrior to recording, each member went on a trip to various parts of the world to gain inspiration (Noro = India, Mukaiya = Europe, etc.) These trips gave the album a new style, while also keeping with the established sound from Cross Point. This album marks Casiopea's first use of the E-mu Emulator sampling keyboard.
"Looking Up" and "Misty Lady" were very popular among fans, and became staple tracks in live shows.
Concert
editOn the same day this album was released, Casiopea performed a concert for the "Hot Sounds Island" Music Festival at the Nippon Budokan concert hall, performing "Looking Up" for the first time. The last song Casiopea played was a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely", off of Songs In The Key of Life. This concert was filmed for television, and three songs from this concert, "Looking Up", "Space Road", and "Eyes of The Mind" were released on the "Casiopea, Again" DVD in 2000.
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Looking Up" | Issei Noro | 4:25 |
2. | "Dazzling" | Noro | 4:16 |
3. | "Long Term Memory" | Noro | 4:15 |
4. | "Strasse" | Minoru Mukaiya | 3:40 |
5. | "Out Drive" | Sadao Watanabe | 3:38 |
Total length: | 20:14 |
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Misty Lady" | Noro | 3:45 |
2. | "Love You Day By Day" | Tetsuo Sakurai | 4:02 |
3. | "Spice Road" | Noro | 4:33 |
4. | "Fruit Salad Sunday" | Akira Jimbo | 3:59 |
5. | "From Over The Sky" | Noro | 4:05 |
Total length: | 20:24 |
Personnel
editCASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000, SG-1000 Fretless), Electric acoustic guitar, Sitar, Amdeck Percussion Synthesizer, Prophet-10, Linn LM-1, Vocal (A2, B2)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha GS-1, DX-9, CS-70M, CP-35, Moog the SOURCE, Roland VP-330, Prophet-10, Oberheim OB-Xa, Emulator, Linn LM-1)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-2000 Milk Bass, Kramer DMZ-6000B), Vocal (B2)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (Yamaha YD-9000 RG), Percussion, Amdeck Percussion Synthesizer, Linn LM-1
Production
edit- Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
- Recording Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa
- Assistant Engineer - Shinji Miyoshi
- Re-mixed - Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro
- Mastering - Mituharu Kobayashi
- Art Direction - Kaoru Watanabe
- Cover design - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
- Photographer - Kohei Onishi
- Stylist - Makiko Nakamura
- Hair and Make Up - Mitzi(JET)
- Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
editRegion | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
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Japan | April 23, 1983 | Alfa Records | stereo 30cmLP | ALR-28049 | STEREO |
November 28, 1983 | 12cmCD | 38XA-3 | |||
January 25, 1987 | 32XA-111 | ||||
March 21, 1992 | ALCA-279 | ||||
July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9009 | ||||
August 29, 1998 | ALCA-9204 | ||||
January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2209 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
February 14, 2002 | VRCL-2229 | DSD | |||
May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20011 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076213357 | iTunes Store[1] | ||
4582290414027 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[2] | ||||
A1003862520 | Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[3] | ||||
B01B5ATTUA | Amazon.com[4] | ||||
B4srhtcoeeoavgecyxieqnmyudy | Google Play Music[5] | ||||
July 27, 2016 | 4582290418865 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6] | |||
smj4582290418865/ | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | ||||
11185 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
4582290418858 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9] | ||||
A2000673649 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10] | ||||
smj4582290418858 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
11174 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12] | ||||
bc1490781cf74f4ce886 | AWA 320kbps[13] | ||||
November 10, 2016 | 1MxF83wb0VOoCCPRVKOeVy | Spotify[14] |
External links
editReferences
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- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "PHOTOGRAPHS CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.