The Soundgraphy Explained

The Soundgraphy
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Casiopea
Cover:	CasiopeaSoundgraphyalbumcover.jpg
Released:	April 25, 1984
Recorded:	1980–1984
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	42:16
Label:	Alfa Records ALR-28055
Producer:	Harvey Mason, Richard Manwaring, Shunsuke Miyazumi, and Issei Noro
Prev Title:	Jive Jive
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	Down Upbeat
Next Year:	1984

The Soundgraphy is the 11th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984 in Japan. This is also Casiopea's first Compilation album.

This compilation notably does not feature any songs release with Takashi Sasaki playing drums, even though those recordings are some of Casiopea's most popular.

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass

Akira Jimbo - Drums

GUEST MUSICIANS

• Harvey Mason - Drums (B1), Percussion (A3, B1)
• Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion (A3)
• Bob James - Keyboards (A3)
• Lee Ritenour - Guitar (B1)
• Don Grusin - Keyboards (B1)
• Nathan East - Bass (B1)
• Kiki Dee - Vocal (B4)

Production

• Producer - Synsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason, Richard Manwaring, Issei Noro
• Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa, Peter Chaikin, Richard Manwaring
• Art Director - Kaoru Watanabe
• Cover Illustration - Mizumaru Anzai
• Cover Designers - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
• Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	April 25, 1984	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28055	stereo
	May 25, 1984		12cmCD	38XA-12
	January 25, 1987			32XA-116
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-281
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9011
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9206
	December 6, 2000	Toshiba EMI		TOCT-10752
	January 23, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2211	DSD, LP paper jacket
	February 14, 2002			VRCL-2231	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20013	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076213149	iTunes Store^[1]
				4582290414041	mora AAC-LC 320 kbps^[2]
				A1003862558	Recochoku AAC 320 kbps^[3]
				B01B5AVWKK	Amazon.com^[4]
				Bqqt7vhzhaeb5mzbtzf5t3bmtay	Google Play Music^[5]
	July 27, 2016			4582290418612	mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[6]
				smj4582290418612	e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[7]
				11191	HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[8]
				4582290418605	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit^[9]
				A2000673653	Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[10]
				smj4582290418605	e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[11]
				11199	HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit^[12]
				621720ac1901377e8c89	AWA 320kbps^[13]
	November 10, 2016			2l8h3gH5VSq8qGcKyOQiO8	Spotify^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Apple Inc.. 2016-02-03.
2. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. LevelGate Co., Ltd... 2016-02-03.
3. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2016-02-03.
4. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Amazon.com, Inc... 2016-02-03.
5. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Google Inc.. 2017-02-15.
6. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
7. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
8. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820102146/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11191. 2016-08-20.
9. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
10. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2017-02-15.
11. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
12. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820082725/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11199. 2016-08-20.
13. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. AWA Co. Ltd.. 2017-02-15.
14. Web site: THE SOUNDGRAPHY CASIOPEA. Spotify AB. 2017-02-15.