Super Flight Explained

Super Flight
Type:album
Artist:Casiopea
Cover:CasiopeaSuperFlightalbumcover.jpg
Released:November 25, 1979
Recorded:1979
Studio:Studio A, Tokyo
Genre:Jazz fusion
Length:39:06
Label:Alfa Records
Producer:
  • Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Shinji Sawada
Prev Title:Casiopea
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Thunder Live
Next Year:1980

Super Flight is the second studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released via Alfa Records on November 25, 1979. Recording took place at Studio A in Shibaura, Tokyo from August to October of that year. The album cover arts depicts a blimp with "Casiopea" written on the side flying during a sunset near Lower Manhattan, New York.

Description

Super Flight is the first Casiopea release to feature tracks not written by Issei Noro, with "I Love New York", written by Steve Karmen, and "Sailing Alone", written by bassist Tetsuo Sakurai.

This album release right before a big change in Casiopea: It was Casiopea's last release with drummer Takashi Sasaki, who was replaced by Akira Jimbo later that year. It was also the last Casiopea release of the 70s.

Credits and personnel

Recorded and mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, August 27 – October 13, 1979

Band MembersCASIOPEA are
Session Musicians
Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNote
JapanNovember 25, 1979Alfa Records30cmLPALR-6029stereo
December 21, 198612cmCD32XA-105
March 21, 1992ALCA-272
June 29, 1994ALCA-9002
July 23, 1998ALCA-9197
May 31, 2000Toshiba EMIRemastered 12cmCDTOCT-24365LP paper jacket
December 19, 2001Village RecordsVRCL-2202DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002VRCL-2222DSD
May 27, 2009Sony Music DirectMHCL-20004DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016Music download1076209200iTunes Store[1]
4582290413952mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s[2]
A1003862375Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbit/s[3]
B01B5ARGEQAmazon.com[4]
B5rvkgh2auomk6punbeeczvmromGoogle Play Music[5]
July 27, 20164582290418667mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
smj4582290418667e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
11182HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
4582290418650mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
A1004668226Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
smj4582290418650e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11171HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
9508768a942aed540379AWA 320kbit/s[13]
November 10, 20163qonmqz7cdFfMmE2iS37RbSpotify[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Apple Inc.. February 3, 2016.
  2. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. LevelGate Co., Ltd... February 3, 2016.
  3. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. February 3, 2016.
  4. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Amazon.com, Inc... February 3, 2016.
  5. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Google Inc.. February 5, 2017.
  6. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. July 31, 2016.
  7. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. July 31, 2016.
  8. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. July 31, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820172902/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11182. August 20, 2016.
  9. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. July 31, 2016.
  10. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. February 3, 2016.
  11. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. July 31, 2016.
  12. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. July 31, 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810200445/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11171. August 10, 2016.
  13. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. AWA Co. Ltd.. February 12, 2017.
  14. Web site: SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA. Spotify AB. February 5, 2017.

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