Down Upbeat

Down Upbeat
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedOctober 25, 1984
Recordedfrom July 24 to August 4, 1984
Studiosecret sound studio, New York City United States
GenreJazz fusion
Length38:30
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28063
ProducerShunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
The Soundgraphy
(1984) 		Down Upbeat
(1984) 		Halle
(1985)
Singles from Down Upbeat
  1. "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
    Released: January 25, 1985

Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. [1] This is Casiopea's second full album where Issei Noro is credited as a producer. The following year, "Zoom" was released as the lead single for this album, and is the only one of Casiopea's songs to have a professionally produced, full length music video, recorded in Manhattan.

After the album was released, Casiopea went on their "1984 Around The World Tour." Notably, even though the tour was named after being international, the group only played a select few dates outside of japan.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Zoom"Issei Noro3:18
2."Down Upbeat"Issei Noro3:57
3."The Continental Way"Issei Noro4:48
4."Road Rhythm"Minoru Mukaiya3:04
5."Frou Frou"Akira Jimbo4:00
Total length:19:07
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Home Stretch"Issei Noro3:50
2."Night Storm"Akira Jimbo4:13
3."Cookin' Up"Minoru Mukaiya3:37
4."Twilight Solitude"Issei Noro4:26
5."Air Fantasy"Tetsuo Sakurai3:17
Total length:19:23

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000 Fretless)
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha DX-1, DX-7, Roland VP-330)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)
  • Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya

Production

  • Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
  • Engineer - Rik Pekkonen
  • Assistant Engineer - Warren Bruleigh
  • Mastering - Bernie Grundman
  • Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz
  • Project Co-ordinators - Jay Durgain, Edward Leaman
  • Designer - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
  • Photographer - Yukio Ichikawa
  • Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan October 25, 1984 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28063 stereo
12cmCD 38XA-25
Europe 1984 Sonet Records SNTCD 926
Netherlands 1984 30cmLP SNTF 926
UK 1984 SNTF 926
United States 1984 Milestone Records 30cmLP M-9133 titled 'Zoom'
Japan January 25, 1987 Alfa Records 12cmCD 32XA-119
March 21, 1992 ALCA-282
August 31, 1994 ALCA-9012
August 29, 1998 ALCA-9207
January 23, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2212 DSD, LP paper jacket
February 14, 2002 VRCL-2232 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20014 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263140 iTunes Store[2]
4582290414058 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3]
A1003862509 Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[4]
B01B5AUSBY Amazon.com[5]
Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy Google Play Music[6]
July 27, 2016 4582290418636 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
smj4582290418636 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
11192 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9]
4582290418629 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10]
A2000673648 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
smj4582290418629 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12]
11200 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13]
1f353675da1293911390 AWA 320kbps[14]
November 10, 2016 7eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS Spotify[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.casiopea.co.jp/cd/downupbeat.html
  2. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
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  5. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  7. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  8. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  12. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  15. ^ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-15.


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