Euphony is the 18th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988.
| Euphony | ||||
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| Released | April 25, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | from January 7 to February 5, 1988 | |||
| Studio | Studio Jive, Tokyo  | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 40:55 | |||
| Label | Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2549 | |||
| Producer | Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
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| Singles from Euphony | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Taiyo-Fu" (The Wind From The Sun) | Issei Noro | 4:13 |
| 2. | "Shadow Man" | Issei Noro | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Super Sonic Movement" | Issei Noro | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Inishie" (Old Times) | Minoru Mukaiya | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Bayside Express" | Issei Noro | 4:54 |
| Total length: | 20:52 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sentimental Avenue" | Issei Noro | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Solid Swing" | Akira Jimbo | 1:58 |
| 3. | "Hacker" | Minoru Mukaiya | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Pure Green" | Issei Noro | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Red Zone" | Tetsuo Sakurai | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Mei-Mu" (Shallow Dreams) | Issei Noro | 3:58 |
| Total length: | 20:03 | ||
Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" (live version) added to the track listing.
Personnel
editCASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, G10 Guitar MIDI Controller with TX802 & D-50, RX-5), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA KX-88, DX-7, TX-816, TX-16W, QX-3, RX-5, EMULATOR II, KORG DSM-1, Acoustic Piano, ROLAND D-50 & D-550, DYNACORD ADD-one, OBERHEIM EXPANDER)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-5000 & 5000 W/PIEZO PICK UP. STUD Bass, BB-3000 fretless)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 & 6000 Series, ZILDJAN CYMBALS & Hooper Drum)
Production
edit- Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
- Director - Koichi Nakagawa
- Recording & Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
- Mixing engineer - Mitsuharu Kobayashi
- Digital Editing Engineer - Kazumi Sugiura
- Assistant Engineers - Hiroyuki Shimura, Yuji Kuraishi, Masashi Kudo
- Production management - Masato Arai
- Management - Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi, Hisashi Aratake
- Equipment Co-Ordinator - Hideji "Mahka" Uekusa
- Art Director - Masami Akiyama
- Photograph - Osamu Yabushita
- Stylist - Reiko Ohishi
- Hair & Make - Tadamichi Hiwatashi
- Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | April 25, 1988 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | 30cmLP | 28MX-2549 | stereo |
| 12cmCD | H33P-20241 | ||||
| July 1, 1992 | POCH-1222 | ||||
| June 24, 2009 | Universal Music LLC / AURA | remastered SHM-CD | UPCY-6539 | ||
| June 24, 2017 | UPCY-9701 | J-FUSION 40th |
External links
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