| Casiopea | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Casiopea |
| Cover: | CasiopeaSelfTitleAlbumCover.jpg |
| Alt: | Casiopea album cover with two race cars |
| Released: | May 25, 1979 |
| Recorded: | 1978–79 |
| Studio: |
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| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Label: | Alfa Records |
| Next Title: | Super Flight |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
Casiopea is the debut album of Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea, released on May 25, 1979.
The album was recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan. It is the first album released by the group since their debut performance on EastWest '77.
Notable American jazz musicians The Brecker Brothers and David Sanborn contributed to the album.
The cover depicts two race cars battling on a circuit, possibly Fuji Speedway's hairpin turn.[1] The cars are late-1970s Group 6 sports prototypes from the Japanese Fuji Grand Champion Series, most likely a Lola T290-Mazda[2] and a March 74S[3] from the 1978[4] and 1979[5] championships, respectively.[6]
There is an alternate cover, for a slightly earlier pressing and promotional materials that is a picture of the band standing, with pills falling in front of them.[7]
The album is one of Casiopea's most famous, being their most streamed album on Spotify.
All tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro, except for horn arrangements by Jun Fukamachi and string arrangements by Hiroki Inui.
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | May 25, 1979 | Alfa Records | 30 cm LP | ALR-6017 | |
| December 21, 1986 | 12 cm CD | 32XA-104 | |||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-271 | ||||
| June 29, 1994 | ALCA-9001 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9196 | ||||
| May 31, 2000 | Toshiba EMI | remastered 12 cm CD | TOCT-24364 | LP paper jacket | |
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | VRCL-2201 | DSD, LP paper jacket | ||
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2221 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20003 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076209054 | iTunes Store[8] | ||
| 4582290414218 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[9] | ||||
| A1003862605 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[10] | ||||
| B01B5AQMDC | Amazon.com[11] | ||||
| Bp5pyuaz4lfka3vcvx5ough23ra | Google Play Music[12] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418575 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[13] | |||
| smj4582290418575 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[14] | ||||
| 11180 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[15] | ||||
| 4582290418568 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[16] | ||||
| A1004668200 | Recochoku FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[17] | ||||
| smj4582290418568 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[18] | ||||
| 11170 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[19] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 5ShaVOG8QHOltyWh5ZCxuB | Spotify[20] | |||