Halle is the 13th album and 10th studio album by Casiopea released in 1985. The lead single, "Halle" is the first Casiopea song to have songwriting credits from all four members. It's also the first Casiopea album recorded in Japan since 1983's Photographs.

Halle
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1985
Recordedfrom May 18 to June 12, 1985
StudioStudio Jive, Tokyo Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length42:22
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28071
ProducerIssei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Down Upbeat
(1984)
Halle
(1985)
Casiopea Live
(1985)
Singles from Halle
  1. "Halle/Hoshi-Zora/Looking Up ALR-12003"
    Released: August 25, 1985

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Halle"Casiopea3:39
2."Hoshi-Zora"Issei Noro4:11
3."Street Performer"Akira Jimbo3:56
4."The Turning Bell"Issei Noro3:46
5."North Sea"Issei Noro3:39
6."Matsuri-Bayashi"Issei Noro4:15
Total length:23:26
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Touch The Rainbow"Akira Jimbo4:05
2."After School"Minoru Mukaiya3:33
3."Freesia"Tetsuo Sakurai3:27
4."Marine Blue"Issei Noro4:11
5."Paradox March"Minoru Mukaiya3:40
Total length:18:56

Personnel

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CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-1, SG-3000 Fretless), Chorus, Percussion
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, EMULATOR-II, Acoustic Piano)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA Tetsuo model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjian cymbals, Simmons SDS-5), Percussion

Production

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  • Producer - Issei Noro
  • Co-Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Recording & Re-mix engineer: Kohji Sugimoto
  • Assistant Engineers: Hiroyuki "Jax" Shimura, Hironobu Asano
  • Designer: Toshinao Tsukui
  • Photographer: Koichi Inakoshi
  • Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 10, 1985 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28071 stereo
September 10, 1985 12cmCD 32XA-38
March 21, 1992 ALCA-283
August 31, 1994 ALCA-9013
August 29, 1998 ALCA-9208
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2213 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002 VRCL-2233 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20015 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263332 iTunes Store[1]
4582290418711 mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s[2]
A1003862582 Recochoku AAC 320 kbit/s[3]
B00005V4H3 Amazon.com[4]
Bchw2oo2krjkaxbz7iurrcegqeq Google Play Music[5]
July 27, 2016 4582290418711 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
smj4582290418711 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
11193 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
4582290418643 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
A2000673655 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
smj4582290418643 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11201 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
cdaa471df3b4fe9a1f91 AWA 320kbit/s[13]
November 10, 2016 26i0DoGvasdPo45gJYcNlM Spotify[14]
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References

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