Platinum (Casiopea album)
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Platinum is the 17th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. The album featured a cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"--a song originally written by Paul Simon.
Track listing
LP(28MX-2544) Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Access" | - | Issei Noro | 3:49 |
2. | "Akasha" | Tetsuo Sakurai | Issei Noro | 4:05 |
3. | "Magnetic Vibration" | - | Tetsuo Sakurai | 4:24 |
4. | "Me Espere" | Djavan | Akira Jimbo | 3:19 |
5. | "Do-Loo-Doo?" | - | Issei Noro | 3:56 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Get Back To That Good Thing" | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | 4:01 |
2. | "Princess Moon" | - | Issei Noro | 4:21 |
3. | "Sunset Rhapsody" | - | Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro | 3:19 |
4. | "SUNCA" (賛歌) | - | Issei Noro | 4:38 |
5. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 4:09 |
CD(UPCY-6538) Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Access" | - | Issei Noro | 3:49 |
2. | "Akasha" | Tetsuo Sakurai | Issei Noro | 4:05 |
3. | "Magnetic Vibration" | - | Tetsuo Sakurai | 4:24 |
4. | "Me Espere" | Djavan | Akira Jimbo | 3:19 |
5. | "Do-Loo-Doo?" | - | Issei Noro | 3:56 |
6. | "Get Back To That Good Thing" | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel | 4:01 |
7. | "Princess Moon" | - | Issei Noro | 4:21 |
8. | "Sunset Rhapsody" | - | Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro | 3:19 |
9. | "Believe in Yourself" (CD Bonus track) | JESSIE | Yukou Kusunoki | 4:38 |
10. | "SUNCA" (賛歌) | - | Issei Noro | 4:38 |
11. | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 4:09 |
12. | "Asayake (Live)" (This is the bonus track featured on the 2009 Reissue of "Euphony" that was part of the Box Set called "Legend of Casiopea", released in commemoration of their 30th Anniversary. This track was also featured on the 1992 Reissue of Casiopea World Live '88.) | - | Issei Noro | 5:12 |
Personnel
CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS GUITAR) Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, QX-1, KORG DSS-1, DSM-1, SG-1, ROLAND D-50, SBX-80 & Acoustic Piano)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA TETSUO MODEL, BB-5000, Kramer Electric Bass)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 Series, PTT-1, PMC-1, RX-5, AKAI S-900, ZILDJAN CYMBALS, SIMMONS SDS-V)
Additional Musicians
- Yukou Kusunoki - Lead Vocal on A2, B1, B5, C9
- Djavan - Vocal on A4
- Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Background Vocal on B4 - Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya, Yukoh Kusunoki
- Steve Thornton - Latin Percussion on A3, B3, B5
- Earl Gardner - Trumpet on A5, B5
- Alex Foster - Alto sax on A5,B5
- Lenny Pickett - Tenor sax, Baritone sax on A5, B5
- Horns Arrangements - Issei Noro, Lenny Pickett
- Additional Synthesizer & Programing on B1 - Andy Herrmans
Production
- Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Engineer - Andy Heermans, Les Brockman
- Assistant Engineers - Mark Partis, Bryan Rutter
- Mixing Engineers - Andy Heermans
- Executive Producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
- Production management - Masato Arai
- Management - Osamu Takagi, Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi
- Art Direction Design and Illustration - Mitsuo Katsui
- Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka, Miyuki Sawa
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
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Japan | September 1, 1987 | Polydor K.K. / AURA | 30cmLP | 28MX-2544 | stereo |
September 1, 1987 | 12cmCD | H33P-20176 | |||
July 1, 1992 | POCH-1221 | ||||
June 24, 2009 | Universal Music LLC / AURA | remastered CD | UPCY-6538 | SHM-CD |
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