Down Upbeat
| Down Upbeat | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 25, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | from July 24 to August 4, 1984 | |||
| Studio | secret sound studio, New York City  | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-28063 | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro | |||
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| Singles from Down Upbeat | ||||
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Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. [1] This is Casiopea's second full album where Issei Noro is credited as a producer. The following year, "Zoom" was released as the lead single for this album, and is the only one of Casiopea's songs to have a professionally produced, full length music video, recorded in Manhattan.
After the album was released, Casiopea went on their "1984 Around The World Tour." Notably, no touring locations were outside of Japan.
Track listing
[edit]| 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. | "Frou Frou" | Akira Jimbo | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 19:07 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Home Stretch" | 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 |
| Total length: | 19:23 | ||
Personnel
[edit]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, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)
- Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya
Production
[edit]- Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
- Engineer - Rik Pekkonen
- Assistant Engineer - Warren Bruleigh
- Mastering - 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
- Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | October 25, 1984 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-28063 | stereo | |
| 12cmCD | 38XA-25 | |||||
| Europe | 1984 | Sonet Records | SNTCD 926 | |||
| Netherlands | 1984 | 30cmLP | SNTF 926 | |||
| UK | 1984 | SNTF 926 | ||||
| United States | 1984 | Milestone Records | 30cmLP | M-9133 | titled 'Zoom' | |
| Japan | January 25, 1987 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | 32XA-119 | ||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-282 | |||||
| August 31, 1994 | ALCA-9012 | |||||
| August 29, 1998 | ALCA-9207 | |||||
| January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2212 | DSD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 14, 2002 | VRCL-2232 | DSD | ||||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20014 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | |||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076263140 | iTunes Store[2] | |||
| 4582290414058 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3] | |||||
| A1003862509 | Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[4] | |||||
| B01B5AUSBY | Amazon.com[5] | |||||
| Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy | Google Play Music[6] | |||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418636 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | ||||
| smj4582290418636 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | |||||
| 11192 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | |||||
| 4582290418629 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | |||||
| A2000673648 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | |||||
| smj4582290418629 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | |||||
| 11200 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | |||||
| 1f353675da1293911390 | AWA 320kbps[14] | |||||
| November 10, 2016 | 7eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS | Spotify[15] |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://www.casiopea.co.jp/cd/downupbeat.html
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
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