Sun Sun Explained

Sun Sun
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Casiopea
Cover:	CasiopeaSunSunalbumcover.jpg
Released:	September 10, 1986
Recorded:	from June 8 to June 29, 1986
Studio:	The Hit Factory, New York City
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Label:	Alfa Records ALR-28085
Producer:	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro
Prev Title:	Casiopea Live
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	Casiopea Perfect Live II
Next Year:	1987

Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.

Track listing

CD

Personnel

Casiopea are

Issei Noro – electric guitar (Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7)

Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 & acoustic piano)

Tetsuo Sakurai – electric bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000)

Akira Jimbo – drums (Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5)

Additional musicians

• John Waite – lead vocal on "Something's Wrong (Change It)"
• Frank Simms – lead Vocal on "Sun"
• Background vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" – Diva Gray, Vivian Cherry & Leatrice Griffin
• Background vocals on "Sun" & "Something's Wrong (Change It)" – Casiopea
• Borneo Horns – Horns
• Stan Harrison – alto saxophone
• Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
• Steve Elson – tenor & baritone saxophone
• Earl Gardner – trumpet
• Lenny Pickett – horn arrangements
• Pablo Rosario – Latin percussion
• Guilmerue Franco, Marcio Sapel – Brazilian percussion on "Samba Mania"

Production

• Producer – Carlos Alomar
• Co-producer – Issei Noro
• Engineer – Andy Heermans
• Assistant engineer – Victor Deyglio, Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert
• Sound adviser – Shun Miyazumi
• A&R co-ordinator – Masato Arai, Toshikazu Awano
• Mastering – Howie Weinberg
• Management – Fumiaki Takahashi
• Supervisor – Shinichi Toyama
• Equipment co-ordinator: Katsuhiro Maruichi
• Photo – Fumio Tomita
• Design – Toshinao Tsukui
• Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 10, 1986	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28085	stereo
			Compact Cassette	ALR-28085
			12cmCD	32XA-90
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-285
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9015
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9210
	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2215	DSD, LP paper jacket
	March 13, 2002			VRCL-2235	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20017	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076263387	iTunes Store^[1]
				4582290414089	mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s^[2]
				A1003862616	Recochoku AAC 320 kbit/s^[3]
				B01B5AUF0S	Amazon.com^[4]
				Bwsk45dgdrpveqi7zeocezd3bdq	Google Play Music^[5]
	July 27, 2016			4542696007605	mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[6]
				smj4542696007605	e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[7]
				11190	HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[8]
				4582290418742	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit^[9]
				A2000673659	Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[10]
				smj4582290418742	e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[11]
				11203	HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit^[12]
				79afc4bf52ba07e0a992	AWA 320kbit/s^[13]
	November 10, 2016			0k5iEHrY6iK6vI3pnTF4KX	Spotify^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Apple Inc.. 2016-02-03.
2. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. LevelGate Co., Ltd... 2016-02-03.
3. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2016-02-03.
4. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Amazon.com, Inc... 2016-02-03.
5. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Google Inc.. 2017-02-20.
6. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
7. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
8. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820035545/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11190. 2016-08-20.
9. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
10. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2017-02-20.
11. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
12. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820173529/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11203. 2016-08-20.
13. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. AWA Co. Ltd.. 2017-02-20.
14. Web site: SUN SUN CASIOPEA. Spotify AB. 2017-02-20.