Down Upbeat
{{Infobox album
| name = Down Upbeat
| type = Album
| artist = Casiopea
| cover = CasiopeaDownUpbeatalbumcover.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 25, 1984
| recorded = from July 24 to August 4, 1984
| venue =
| studio = secret sound studio, New York City {{flagicon|United States}}
| genre = Jazz fusion
| length = 38:30
| label = Alfa Records
ALR-28063
| producer = Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
| prev_title = The Soundgraphy
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Halle
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Down Upbeat
| type = Studio
| single1 = Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002
| single1date = January 25, 1985
}}
}}
Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. http://www.casiopea.co.jp/cd/downupbeat.html 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, even though the tour was named after being international, the group only played a select few dates outside of Japan.
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Side A
| total_length= 19:07
| title1 = Zoom
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = Down Upbeat
| music2 = Issei Noro
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = The Continental Way
| music3 = Issei Noro
| length3 = 4:48
| title4 = Road Rhythm
| music4 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length4 = 3:04
| title5 = Frou Frou
| music5 = Akira Jimbo
| length5 = 4:00
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side B
| total_length= 19:23
| title1 = Home Stretch
| music1 = Issei Noro
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Night Storm
| music2 = Akira Jimbo
| length2 = 4:13
| title3 = Cookin' Up
| music3 = Minoru Mukaiya
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = Twilight Solitude
| music4 = Issei Noro
| length4 = 4:26
| title5 = Air Fantasy
| music5 = Tetsuo Sakurai
| length5 = 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, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)
- Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya
Production
- 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
See also
References
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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r32444}}
- {{Discogs release|id=4509128|name=CASIOPEA – Down Upbeat|type=album}}
- {{MusicBrainz release|mbid=01bf00db-2cd3-4fee-92f9-03fded005cf2|name=Down Upbeat}}
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Category:1984 in Japanese music
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