| Cross Point | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Casiopea |
| Cover: | CasiopeaCrossPointalbumcover.jpg |
| Released: | October 21, 1981 |
| Recorded: | from July 4 to September 10, 1981 |
| Studio: | Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo |
| Genre: | Jazz fusion |
| Length: | 39:32 |
| Label: | Alfa Records ALR-28029 |
| Producer: | Shunsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason |
| Prev Title: | Eyes of the Mind |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Mint Jams |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Cross Point is the sixth album and the fifth studio album by Casiopea recorded and released in 1981. This album is the first appearance of many Casiopea staple songs, like "Domino Line", "Galactic Funk", "Swear", and "Sunnyside Feelin'". Casiopea did a domestic tour after this album, which inspired the Mint Jams concert sessions.
CASIOPEA are:[1]
Issei Noro – electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless, KORG guitar synthesizer, Lynn Drum Computer), arrangement
Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Fender Rhodes, YAMAHA CP-80, GS-1, CS-30, KORG 800DV, Trident, Mini Moog, Prophet 10, Roland Jupiter-8, acoustic piano)
Tetsuo Sakurai – bass guitar (YAMAHA BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), percussion
Eiji Urata – synthesizer programming
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | October 21, 1981 | Alfa Records | stereo 30cmLP | ALR-28029 | stereo |
| November 25, 1984 | 12cmCD | 38XA-24 | |||
| January 25, 1987 | 32XA-118 | ||||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-276 | ||||
| July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9006 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9201 | ||||
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2206 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2226 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20008 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076210088 | iTunes Store[2] | ||
| 4582290413990 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3] | ||||
| A1003862405 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[4] | ||||
| B01B5ARSU8 | Amazon.com[5] | ||||
| Bujop27brq4j4v5hxp7vxektghq | Google Play Music[6] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4542696007612 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | |||
| smj4542696007612 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 11179 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | ||||
| 4582290418933 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | ||||
| A1004668216 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| smj4582290418933 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | ||||
| 11177 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| d9a46ea5b513b56aa983 | AWA 320kbps[14] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 5ACZZnH09oCt2ZZwazQWlf | Spotify[15] | |||