Casiopea World Live '88
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Casiopea World Live '88 is the fourth live album released by the jazz fusion
group Casiopea
in 1988. It is a Compilation Album consistent of Recordings of some of their Songs played live and in Concert during Casiopea's World Tour in 1988 that promoted their Previous Album "Euphony
". It is also a Collaboration Album with 2 Japanese Horn Sections from 2 other bands. The Brass Section of "Spectrum" and the Brass Section of "The Tops". It is, additionally, the First Album Spectrum has recorded together since their Break-Up in 1981, And is also their Penultimate Album (Their last Album after they Officially broke up was released in 1991 and was a Remix Compilation Album of songs of theirs that were hits in Japan from the late 1970s). Lead Trumpeter/Vocalist of Spectrum, Ichiro Nitta was also the Producer of "The Tops" at the time this album was released. TOPS would release one more album, "SOUL CHILDREN", the following year, before they disbanded in 1991.
Guest Musicians:
Horn SPECTRUM are
TOPS Horns are
Recorded on
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
group Casiopea
Casiopea
, named as a misspelling of the constellation Cassiopeia, was a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined the group, leaving Hidehiko out of...
in 1988. It is a Compilation Album consistent of Recordings of some of their Songs played live and in Concert during Casiopea's World Tour in 1988 that promoted their Previous Album "Euphony
Euphony (Casiopea album)
Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" added to the track listing.-Personnel:CASIOPEA are* Executive Producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama* Director - Koichi Nakagawa*Recording & Mixing Engineers - Koji Sugimori...
". It is also a Collaboration Album with 2 Japanese Horn Sections from 2 other bands. The Brass Section of "Spectrum" and the Brass Section of "The Tops". It is, additionally, the First Album Spectrum has recorded together since their Break-Up in 1981, And is also their Penultimate Album (Their last Album after they Officially broke up was released in 1991 and was a Remix Compilation Album of songs of theirs that were hits in Japan from the late 1970s). Lead Trumpeter/Vocalist of Spectrum, Ichiro Nitta was also the Producer of "The Tops" at the time this album was released. TOPS would release one more album, "SOUL CHILDREN", the following year, before they disbanded in 1991.
LP(28MX-2555) Track listing
CD(UPCY-6540) Track listing
Personnel
CASIOPEA are- Issei NoroIssei Norois a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea. He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer...
- Electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Minoru MukaiyaMinoru Mukaiyais a Japanese musician. He joined the jazz fusion band Casiopea in 1979 as keyboardist.He is also the producer of the train simulator game, Train Simulator and CEO of Ongakukan, even the first musician in Japan who plays iPad piano apps ever.-Discography:as a Keyboardist for Casiopea*Casiopea...
- KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Tetsuo SakuraiTetsuo Sakuraiis a Japanese bassist. To date, he has released a total of 37 albums as a member of Casiopea and Jimsaku and solo artist, and has also made 3 bass instructional videos.-History:Tetsuo Sakurai started playing bass when he was 13 years old....
- Electric BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Akira JimboAkira Jimbois a Japanese freelance jazz fusion drummer who is famous for his drumming independence and fusion of electronic drum technology and acoustic drums. Aside from his solo work, he is also the drummer in the Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea and has participated in various side projects with other...
- DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Guest Musicians:
- Horn Arrangement - Ichiro Nitta (LP:A1, B5)(CD:1,10,11,12,13)
Horn SPECTRUM are
- Ichiro Nitta: TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Junichi Kanezaki: TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Toshiyuki Yoshida: TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
TOPS Horns are
- Shigeru Terauchi: Trumpet
- Junichi Kawasaki: Trumpet
- Takashi Kudo: Trombone
- Masahiro Kuroishi: Tenor SaxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
Production
- ProducerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Issei NoroIssei Norois a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist who is one of the founding members and the main composer of the band Casiopea. He has released 6 solo albums and a compilation. He also works as an instructor of a guitar clinic, and as a producer...
- Executive Producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
Recorded on
- July 9th (Projeto Sp. São Paulo, Brazil)[LP:A3, A4][CD:3,4],
- August 23rd (World Expo '88 Brisbane, Australia)[LP:A5][CD:5],
- August 27th (Yomiuri-Land Open Theater East, Tokyo, Japan)[LP:A1,A2,B5][CD:1,2,10,11,12,13],
- September 10th (Auditorio National, Mexico City, Mexico)[LP:B1,B2][CD:6,7],
- September 13th (Roxy, Los Angeles, U.S.A.)[LP:B3,B4][CD:8,9]
- Recording Engineers - Roberto Marques (Brazil), Steve Pyle (Australia), Bob Hodas (U.S.A.), Tsutomu Ueda (Mexico), and Akitsugu Doi (Tokyo)
- Mixing Engineers - Akitsugu Doi, Tutomu Ueda
- Assistant Engineer - Masashi Kudo
- Tour Supervisor - Shinichi Toyama
- Top Producer - Noboru Miura
- Project Co-Ordinator - Masato Arai
- Tour Management - Fumiaki Takahashi
- Tour Crew - Ichiro Gohara, Tsutomu Ueda, Katsuhiro Maruichi, Kazumasa Mitsui, Hideji Uekusa, Hisashi Aratake.
- Art Director - Yoshiyuki Menjoh
- Designer - Yuji Sugita
- Photograph - Nakao Wada, Kazumi Okuma, Eiryo Asada
- Hair & Make - Kaoru Chiba
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
November 25, 1988 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | stereo Stereophonic sound The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective... LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry... |
28MX-2555 | 30 cm |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
November 25, 1988 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
H33P-20285 | |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
July 1, 1992 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
POCH-1223 | |
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
June 24, 2009 | Universal Music LLC / AURA | remaster Remaster Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began... ed CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
UPCY-6540 | SHM-CD |