Cross Point (album)

Cross Point
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedOctober 21, 1981
RecordedJuly 4 – September 10, 1981
StudioStudio "A", Shibaura, TokyoJapan
GenreJazz fusion
Length39:32
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28029
ProducerShunsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason
Casiopea chronology
Eyes of the Mind
(1981) 		Cross Point
(1981) 		Mint Jams
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Cross Point is the sixth album and the fifth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1981. This is the band's second album to be created and produced with Harvey Mason.[2] Casiopea did a domestic tour in late November and December after this album's release, which inspired the Mint Jams concert sessions in February of the following year.

The album's name has a double meaning: first referring to an intersection for roadways, like on the cover art, and secondly, as it says on the LP's OBI paper strip: "The music scene has reached a new cross-point."[3]

This is the first album fully recorded with Mukaiya's GS-1 synth, gifted to him by YAMAHA.

The CD release includes a pamphlet documenting the band's history, written by bassist Tetsuo Sakurai.



Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Smile Again"Issei Noro3:59
2."Swear"Issei Noro5:22
3."A Sparkling Day"Issei Noro3:36
4."Span of a Dream"Issei Noro4:52
5."Domino Line"Issei Noro3:23
Total length:21:12
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Galactic Funk"Issei Noro4:22
2."Sunnyside Feelin'"Akira Jimbo4:12
3."Any Moment (We'll Be One)"Harvey Mason5:09
4."Endless Vision"Minoru Mukaiya4:37
Total length:18:20

Personnel

CASIOPEA are:[4]

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

Production

  • Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Co-Producer – Harvey Mason
  • Associate producer – Satoshi Nakao
  • Executive producer – Shoro Kawazoe
  • Synth Programmer – Eiji Urata
  • Engineers – Norio Yoshizawa
  • Assistant engineers – Atsushi Saito
  • Art direction – Tsuguya Inoue
  • Designer – Tsuguya Inoue
  • Illustrator – Thomas Bayrle / UNAC TOKYO ⓒ1981
  • Coordination – Toshinao Tsukui
  • Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

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[5]
4582290413990 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[6]
A1003862405 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[7]
B01B5ARSU8 Amazon.com[8]
Bujop27brq4j4v5hxp7vxektghq Google Play Music[9]
July 27, 2016 4542696007612 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[10]
smj4542696007612 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[11]
11179 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[12]
4582290418933 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[13]
A1004668216 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[14]
smj4582290418933 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[15]
11177 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[16]
d9a46ea5b513b56aa983 AWA 320kbps[17]
November 10, 2016 5ACZZnH09oCt2ZZwazQWlf Spotify[18]


See also

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ https://reuprecordz.com/products/casiopea-cross-point-1982
  3. ^ http://v-matsuwa.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2016/08/post-53d5.html
  4. ^ "CASIOPEA - Cross Point (1981)". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  5. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  8. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  9. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  10. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  15. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  16. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  17. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  18. ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.


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