Casiopea World Live '88

Casiopea World Live '88 is the fifth live album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988. It is a compilation Album consisting of recordings of some of their songs played in concert during Casiopea's World Tour in 1988 that promoted their previous album "Euphony". It is also a collaboration album with two Japanese horn sections from two other bands, the brass section of "Spectrum" and the brass Section of "The Tops". Additionally, it is the first album Spectrum recorded since their breakup in 1981, and is their penultimate album (their last album after they broke up was released in 1991 and was a remix compilation album of songs that were hits in Japan from the late 1970s). Lead trumpeter/vocalist of Spectrum, Ichiro Nitta, was also the Producer of "The Tops" at the time this album was released. Tops released one more album, "Soul Children", the following year, before they disbanded in 1991. That same year, Spectrum released their "Super Remix" album. This was also the last album to feature Tetsuo Sakurai on Bass and Akira Jimbo on Drums (during his run as a full-time member), who both left to form the band Jimsaku.

Casiopea World Live '88
Live album by
Casiopea, Spectrum and Tops Horn Section
ReleasedNovember 25, 1988
RecordedJuly 9, 1988 at Projeto Sp. São Paulo, Brazil Brazil,
August 23, 1988 at World Expo '88 Brisbane, Australia Australia,
August 27, 1988 at Yomiuriland Open Theater East, Tokyo, Japan Japan,
September 10, 1988 at Auditorio National, Mexico City, Mexico Mexico,
September 13, 1988 at Roxy, Los Angeles, U.S.A. United States.
GenreJazz fusion
Length43:41
LabelPolydor K.K. / AURA
28MX-2555
ProducerIssei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Euphony
(1988)
Casiopea World Live '88
(1988)
The Party
(1990)
Spectrum chronology
SPECTRUM FINAL
(1981)
Casiopea World Live '88
(1988)
SPECTRUM SUPER REMIX
(1991)

Track listing

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LP(28MX-2555) Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Do-Loo-Doo?"Issei NoroPlatinum4:04
2."Bayside Express"Issei NoroEuphony4:46
3."Taiyo-Fu" (The Wind From The Sun)Issei NoroEUPHONY4:26
4."Red Zone"Tetsuo SakuraiEuphony4:19
5."Princess Moon"Issei NoroPlatinum4:54
Total length:22:29
Side B
No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Inishie" (Old Times)Minoru MukaiyaEuphony3:39
2."Solid Swing"Akira JimboEuphony1:57
3."Magnetic Vibration"Tetsuo SakuraiPlatinum4:48
4."Mei-Mu" (Shallow Dreams)Issei NoroEuphony4:11
5."Super Sonic Movement"Issei NoroEuphony6:37
Total length:21:12

CD(POCH-1223, UPCY-6540) Track listing

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No.TitleMusicVenueLength
1."Do-Loo-Doo?"Issei NoroTokyo4:04
2."Bayside Express"Issei NoroTokyo4:46
3."Taiyo-Fu" (The Wind From The Sun)Issei NoroSão Paulo4:26
4."Red Zone"Tetsuo SakuraiSão Paulo4:19
5."Princess Moon"Issei NoroBrisbane4:54
6."Inishie" (Old Times)Minoru MukaiyaMexico City3:39
7."Solid Swing"Akira JimboMexico City1:57
8."Magnetic Vibration"Tetsuo SakuraiLos Angeles4:48
9."Mei-Mu" (Shallow Dreams)Issei NoroLos Angeles4:11
10."Super Sonic Movement"Issei NoroTokyo6:37
11."Access" (Bonus Track for CD)Issei NoroTokyo4:21
12."Halle" (Bonus Track for 1992 CD)Issei NoroTokyo3:44
13."Asayake" (Bonus Track for 1992 CD)Issei NoroTokyo5:37
Total length:56:53

12, 13 bonus truck are not included in H33P-20285.

Personnel

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Casiopea are

Guest Musicians

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  • Horn Arrangement - Ichiro Nitta (LP:A1, B5)(CD:1,10,11,12,13)

Horn Spectrum are

Tops Horns are

Production

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Recorded on

July 9th (Projeto Sp. São Paulo, Brazil) [LP:A3, A4] [CD:3,4]
August 23rd (World Expo 88, Brisbane, Australia) [LP:A5] [CD:5]
August 27th (Yomiuriland Open Theater East, Tokyo, Japan) [LP:A1,A2,B5] [CD:1,2,10,11,12,13]
September 10th (Auditorio National, Mexico City, Mexico) [LP:B1,B2] [CD:6,7]
September 13th (Roxy, Los Angeles, U.S.A.) [LP:B3,B4] [CD:8,9]
  • Recording engineers - Roberto Marques (Brazil), Steve Pyle (Australia), Bob Hodas (U.S.A.), Tsutomu Ueda (Mexico), and Akitsugu Doi (Tokyo)
  • Mixing engineer - Akitsugu Doi, Tutomu Ueda
  • Assistant engineer - Masashi Kudo
  • Tour supervisor - Shinichi Toyama
  • Top Producer - Noboru Miura
  • Project co-ordinator - Masato Arai
  • Tour management - Fumiaki Takahashi
  • Tour crew - Ichiro Gohara, Tsutomu Ueda, Katsuhiro Maruichi, Kazumasa Mitsui, Hideji Uekusa, Hisashi Aratake.
  • Art director - Yoshiyuki Menjoh
  • Designer - Yuji Sugita
  • Photograph - Nakao Wada, Kazumi Okuma, Eiryo Asada
  • Hair and makeup - Kaoru Chiba

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan November 25, 1988 Polydor K.K. / AURA 30cmLP 28MX-2555 stereo
12cmCD H33P-20285
July 1, 1992 POCH-1223
June 24, 2009 Universal Music LLC / AURA remastered SHM-CD UPCY-6540
June 24, 2017 UPCY-9702 J-FUSION 40th
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LD/DVD

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JOIA
Video by
Casiopea, Spectrum and Tops Horn Section
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1989
RecordedJuly 9, 1988 at Projeto Sp. São Paulo, Brazil  ,
August 23, 1988 at World Expo '88 Brisbane, Australia  ,
August 27, 1988 at Yomiuriland Open Theater East, Tokyo, Japan  ,
September 10, 1988 at Auditorio National, Mexico City, Mexico  ,
September 13, 1988 at Roxy, Los Angeles, U.S.A.  .
GenreJazz fusion
Length75:00
LabelLaserdisc Corp.
SM068-3290
ProducerIssei Noro
Casiopea chronology
CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE II
(1987)
JOIA
(1989)
The Party VISUAL STACK
(1990)

JOIA - Casioea World Tour - is the live video released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1989. Later on, it was released on DVD with the name Live History Part II.

Track listing

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LD(SM068-3290) track listing

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SIDE 1
No.TitleMusicVenueLength
1."Opening" (Piano Solo MEI-MU)Issei Noro-1:00
2."Hacker"Issei NoroJAPAN4:00
3."Bayside Express"Issei NoroJAPAN4:53
4."Taiyo-Fu" (The Wind From The Sun)Issei NoroBRAZIL5:11
5."Red Zone"Tetsuo SakuraiBRAZIL6:23
6."Solid Swing"Akira JimboJAPAN1:55
7."Sentimental Avenue"Issei NoroAUSTRALIA5:06
8."Princess Moon"Issei NoroMEXICO5:33
9."Inishie" (Old Times)Minoru MukaiyaMEXICO3:38
10."Magnetic Vibration"Tetsuo SakuraiU.S.A.4:58
11."Mei-Mu" (Shallow Dreams)Issei NoroU.S.A.4:28
Total length:47:05
SIDE 2
No.TitleMusicVenueLength
1."Rehearsal Scen"-JAPAN3:16
2."Do-Loo-Doo?"Issei NoroJAPAN3:47
3."Super Sonic Movement"Issei NoroJAPAN6:49
4."Halle"Issei NoroJAPAN4:05
5."Bridge Over Troubled Water"Paul SimonJAPAN4:01
6."Asayake"Issei NoroJAPAN5:01
Total length:26:59

Personnel

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Casiopea are

Guest Musicians

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  • Horn arrangement - Ichiro Nitta (2-2〜4,2-6)

Horn Spectrum are

Tops Horns are

Production

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  • Director - Hideaki Oguri
  • Producer - Ryoichi Okuda (L.D.C.), Shunsuke Goth (TAMCO)
  • Technical supervisor - Makoto Kagawa, Kiyoshi Yaezawa
  • Video editor - Susumu "FRYO" Iguchi, Hideaki Oguri
  • Sound mixing engineer - Akitsugu Doi
  • Supervisor - Shinichi Toyama (Aura Music)
  • Tour producer - Noboru Miura (Soreisha)
  • Tour management - Fumiaki Takahashi
  • Assistant director - Kiyoji Yoshino, Atsushi Kimura
  • M.A. engineer - Takami Yuasa
  • Sound mixing assistant - Masashi Kudo
  • Production assistant manager - Hiroshi Mizutani
  • Runner - Kenichi Matsumoto
  • Assistant editor - Kohei Ishizaki
  • Edit co-ordinator - Kouichi Umeda
  • Stylist - Reiko Shishi
  • Designer - Mitsuaki Takeda (L.D.C.)
  • Tour co-ordinator - Masato Arai
  • Tour crew - Katsuhiro Maruichi, Ichiro Gohara, Tsutomu Ueda, Kazumasa Mitsui, Hideji Uekusa, Hisashi Aratake

Brazil staff

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  • Sup operações - M. Lucena
  • Dir tecnico - N. Cagiano
  • Sup tec - Carlos A. Fonseca
  • Co-dir - Simoes
  • Cameraman - Shigeru Mikoshiba, Carlinhos, Michell, Di Nizo, Marcelo, Leonard Yamaguchi
  • Video engineer - Kazuhiro Nagame, Pedro, Valdir, Luizinho, Baldini, Robson
  • AssistanttTecnico - J. Servulo
  • Camera assistant - Paulo, Hamilton
  • Aux mecs - Erco
  • Sound recording engineer - Roberto Marques, João Roberto Guarino
  • Sound assistant engineer - Jose Alberto Pimentel, Carlos Guedes, Dijalma Silva
  • Illumination - Walter, L. Fernando, Claudio, Arnaldo
  • Video mobil - TV Bandeirantes
  • Audio Equipments - Transamerica
  • Co-ordination - Nambei Tshushin Sha, Gisaburo Owa, Marina Satoh, Leonard Yamaguchi
  • Tour Co-ordination - Hallelujah World, Toshiharu Masanobu, Makio Terao

Australia staff

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  • Co-producer - Kei Robards
  • Co-director - Malcom Kemp.
  • Technical director - G. Nettle, B. Cassidy
  • Switcher - P. Lesson
  • Cameraman - Makoto Kogawa, Glen Watson, Steve Cahill, Brian Barnard, Bob McCall, Greg Clark
  • Video engineer - Barry Sutherland, G. Venn, C. Koeneman, J. Waiter, J. Galea, I. Andrews
  • VTR - Craig Metcalfe, D. Webb
  • Sound recording engineer - Steve Pyle, J. Boast
  • Sound recording assistant - G. Son
  • Assistant director - K. Wilson
  • Lighting - J. Bosak
  • Video and audio mobile - TVO (Network Ten), Video Ten
  • Co-ordination - West Street Productions, Tom Kanazaki, Jinni Hazard

Japan staff

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  • Technical director - Kiyoshi Yaezawa
  • Chief cameraman - Makoto Kogawa
  • Cameramen - Joji Ide, Shigeru Mikoshiba, Dave Kajimoto, Tsutomu Akahira, Shinichi Chiba, Jun Kosaka, Masato Ishikawa, Yoji Miyazaki, Teruo Ito, Akio Suzaki, Hiroshi Watanabe (Com-remote)
  • Video engineer - Masaru Konno, Akiyoshi Serino, Kazuhiro Nagame, Yoshitaka Kenkou, Hiroyuki Toida
  • VTR - Hisaki Fukuda, Takashi Suzuki
  • Switcher - Hirohito Ikemoto
  • Camera assistant - Fumito Kotani, Hiroshi Oyama, Junichi Yokoyama, Katsunori Ikemoto, Mitsunori Kishizoe
  • Rail and crane system - Hiroshi Iwasaki, Kozo Nashiki, Kazuya Nakamura, Yutaka Oshima, Shigeru Hirayama, Toshihiro Nakamura, Katsuo Ito, Shinji Kanzaki, Koji Kanaya
  • Sound recording engineer - Akitsugu Doi
  • Sound recording Assistants - Yoshiyasu Kumada, Makoto Takahashi, Tomoyasu Yamashita, Shoji Kusunoki
  • P.A. - Tsutomu Ueda, Kimio Kurokawa
  • Stage art pranner - Kazunori Higuchi
  • Lighting director - Ichiro Gohara
  • Lighting - Yukihisa Nishimura
  • Stage manager - Katsumi Ninagawa, Masayuki Yagi, Seiji Ohashi
  • Location lighting - Kouichi Seo, Tsugio Mizuno

Mexico staff

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  • Cameraman - Makoto Kagawa
  • Video engineer - Kazuhiro Nagame
  • Sound recording engineer - Tsutomu Ueda
  • Co-director - Oscar J. Vera Mendez
  • Video system - TV Imevision
  • Co-ordinator - Setsuo Morishima
  • Stage manager - Ryuichi Masamura

U.S.A. Staff

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  • Technical director - Mike Harrington
  • Technical co-ordinator - Steve North
  • Cameraman - Guy Casagrande, George Prince, Joe Dallura, Dave Kister, Doug Frobie, Makoto Kagawa
  • Gaffer - Marx Misenhiemer
  • Video engineer - Bill Schwartz, Terry Baysdofer, Jon Karhan, John Karhan
  • Camera assistant - Engine Fitzpatrick
  • Sound recording engineer - Bob Hodas, Video Mobil, Video One, Audio Mobile, Record Plant
  • Co-ordination - Muru Okuda (Filmore International)
  • Associates co-ordination - Alvin Mori, Ron Martinez (Lumination)

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan January 25, 1989 Laserdisc Corp. LaserDisc SM068-3290 CLV, NTSC, stereo
VHS HM068-3290 NTSC, Hi-Fi
September 13, 2000 Pioneer LDC DVD PIBL-1003 single-sided, region code2, NTSC, Linear PCM
June 23, 2004 Geneon Entertainment, GNBL-1005 Dual-layer, Dolby5.1 surround, NTSC
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