Casiopea Live is the third live album and first live video by Casiopea, released in 1985. This is also Casiopea's 14th album overall.

Casiopea Live
Video by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1985
RecordedApril 27, 1985
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length52:00
LabelLaser Disc
SM058-0110
ProducerShinichi Tohyama
Casiopea chronology
Live in London 1983
(1983)
Casiopea Live
(1985)
Perfect Live II
(1987)

Track listing

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All music is composed by Issei Noro

No.Titlefrom albumLength
1."Down Upbeat"Down Upbeat5:38
2."The Continental Way"Down Upbeat5:55
3."Fabby Dabby"Jive Jive4:07
4."Twilight Solitude"Down Upbeat5:19
5."Marine Blue"Halle4:15
6."Looking Up"Photographs8:25
7."Eyes of the Mind"Make Up City5:15
8."Asayake"Super Flight5:31
9."Galactic Funk"Cross Point7:01
10."Issei Noro interview" (DVD only)-3:42
Total length:55:08

Personnel

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CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass
Akira Jimbo - Drums

Production

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  • Producer - Shinichi Tohyama

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 25, 1985 Laser Disc Laser Disc SM058-0110 Color, 1.33:1
November 21, 1985 Alfa Records VHS 09AV-4
April 25, 1989 Laser Disc Laser Disc SM035-3328
September 13, 2000 Pioneer LDC DVD-Video PIBL-1002 Region codes 2, NTSC, PCM
September 13, 2000 Geneon Entertainment DVD-Video GNBL-1004 NTSC, 5.1ch Surround
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CD:32XA-48

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Casiopea Live
 
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 21, 1985
RecordedApril 27, 1985
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo  
GenreJazz fusion
Length51:26
LabelAlfa Records
32XA-48
ProducerShinichi Tohyama
Casiopea chronology
Halle
(1985)
Casiopea Live
(1985)
Sun Sun
(1986)

Casiopea Live is the third live album by Casiopea, released in 1985. This is also Casiopea's 14th album overall.

Track listing

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All music is composed by Issei Noro

No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Down Upbeat"Issei NoroDown Upbeat5:38
2."The Continental Way"Issei NoroDown Upbeat5:55
3."Fabby Dabby"Issei NoroJive Jive4:07
4."Twilight Solitude"Issei NoroDown Upbeat5:19
5."Marine Blue"Issei NoroHalle4:15
6."Looking Up"Issei NoroPhotographs8:25
7."Eyes Of The Mind"Issei NoroMake Up City5:15
8."Asayake"Issei NoroSuper Flight5:31
9."Galactic Funk"Issei NoroCross Point7:01
Total length:51:26

Personnel

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CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass
Akira Jimbo - Drums

Production

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  • Producer - Shinichi Tohyama
  • Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan December 21, 1985 Alfa Records 12cmCD 32XA-48 stereo
March 21, 1992 ALCA-284
August 31, 1994 ALCA-9014
August 29, 1998 ALCA-9209
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2214 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002 VRCL-2234 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20016 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263603 iTunes Store[1]
4582290418735 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[2]
A2000673671 Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[3]
B00005V4H4 Amazon.com[4]
Bhyve5fzkmfedmidm6gf4ovr6iy Google Play Music[5]
July 27, 2016 4582290418735 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
smj4582290418735 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
11194 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
4582290418728 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
A2000673671 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[3]
smj4582290418728/ e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
11202 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[11]
November 10, 2016 0lupMlh5sd0wAhDX9dYfQ1 Spotify[12]
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Full Live

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Aside from Casiopea Perfect Live II, all Casiopea lives officially released are cut.

Some songs are missing from the official release, some are not in the right order and some are shorter. Since this live featured dancers, the ending of "Eyes of the Mind" is heavily extended.

No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Sweat It Out"Issei NoroPhotographs 
2."Black Joke"Issei NoroCasiopea 
3."Zoom"Issei NoroDown Upbeat 
4."Down Upbeat"Issei NoroDown Upbeat 
5."Marine Blue"Issei NoroHalle 
6."The Continental Way"Issei NoroDown Upbeat 
7."Take Me"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
8."Twilight Solitude"Issei NoroDown Upbeat 
9."S-E"Issei NoroJive Jive 
10."Fabby Dabby"Issei NoroJive Jive 
11."Looking Up"Issei NoroPhotographs 
12."Eyes Of The Mind"Issei NoroMake Up City 
13."The Soundgraphy"Issei NoroThe Soundgraphy 
14."Asayake"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
15."Misty Lady"Issei NoroPhotographs 
16."Galactic Funk"Issei NoroCross Point 

References

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  12. ^ "CASIOPEA LIVE CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-18.