Thunder Live
| Thunder Live | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | April 21, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | February 8 & 9, 1980 | |||
| Venue | ABC Hall, Shiba, Tokyo  | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 41:56 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-6037 | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi, Shinji Sawada | |||
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Thunder Live is the third album and first live album released by jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1980. This album marked the first appearance of drummer Akira Jimbo, who replaced Takashi Sasaki that same year.[1]
Description
[edit]This is their first live album, and it mainly includes songs from their past two albums, but "I'm Sorry" and "Have A Nice Dream" are included for the first time in this album.
In addition to the technical and detailed ensemble shown in their past two albums, their high performance in the live recordings, and the sophisticated drumming techniques of Akira Jimbo, have earned them even higher praise than ever. In particular, Harvey Mason heard this album during a listening project for a jazz magazine and was impressed, which led to him becoming involved in their subsequent activities, including participating in the production of the album "Eyes of The Mind."
The live performance that included this album also included video, and at the time of its release it existed as a promotional video, but it was not commercially available for a long time. However, more than 10 years later, in 1992, "Have A Nice Dream" and "Black Joke" (different takes on different recording dates from the album) were included in the Casiopea live video collection video software & LD software "ACT ONE". In 1999, the DVD software "CASIOPEA AGAIN" included "Take Me," which was not included in the album, along with "Have A Nice Dream."
There are two types of covers for this album. The jacket of the first edition, released in 1980, featured a caricature of the members in extreme colors, standing against a backdrop of crimson flames. This original jacket has received major criticism, even from Akira Jimbo's mother. However, from the re-press version, the cover was changed to a more subdued color scheme featuring an illustration of lightning falling on the sea surface.
Track listing
[edit]All tunes arranged by Issei Noro.
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Space Road" | Issei Noro | 6:38 |
| 2. | "Sailing Alone" | Tetsuo Sakurai | 7:53 |
| 3. | "I'm Sorry" | Issei Noro | 5:09 |
| Total length: | 19:40 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Have a Nice Dream" | Issei Noro | 6:30 |
| 2. | "Black Joke" | Issei Noro | 9:07 |
| 3. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | Issei Noro | 6:34 |
| Total length: | 22:11 | ||
Personnel
[edit]CASIOPEA are
- Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000)
- Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha CP-80 and CS-40M, Fender Rhodes Piano, Korg 800DV and PS-3200, Roland VP-330 and ProMars)
- Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass (Fender Electric Bass, Yamaha BB-2000)
- Akira Jimbo - Drums (Yamaha YD-9000R)
Production
[edit]- Executive Producer - Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe
- producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Shinji Sawada
- Recording andMixing engineer - Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada, Katsuhiko Sato
- Recorded live at ABC Hall, Shiba, Tokyo on February 8 and 9, 1980.
- Art Director - Yukimasa Okumura
- Design - Tomohiro Itami
- Illustrator - Makoto Saito
- Cover coordination - Toshinao Tsukui
- Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | April 21, 1980 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-6037 | stereo |
| Compact cassette | ALR-6037 | ||||
| December 21, 1986 | 12cmCD | 32XA-106 | |||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-273 | ||||
| June 29, 1994 | ALCA-9003 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9198 | ||||
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2203 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2223 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20005 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076212864 | iTunes Store[2] | ||
| 4582290413969 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3] | ||||
| A1003862385 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[4] | ||||
| B01B5AR7PY | Amazon.com[5] | ||||
| Bngtow64ze5jvnlo3uzaasrgnii | Google Play Music[6] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418681 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | |||
| smj4582290418681 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 11183 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | ||||
| 4582290418674 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | ||||
| A1003862385 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| smj4582290418674 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | ||||
| 11172 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 2l1oVe4qT0xMwR32lSN8BI | Spotify[14] |
Full Live
[edit]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.
| No. | Title | Music | from album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Space Road" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 2. | "Time Limit" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 3. | "Sailing Alone" | Tetsuo Sakurai | Super Flight | |
| 4. | "I'm Sorry" | Issei Noro | ||
| 5. | "Have a Nice Dream" | Issei Noro | ||
| 6. | "Take Me" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 7. | "Magic Ray" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 8. | "I Love New York" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 9. | "Tears of The Star" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 10. | "Life Game" | Issei Noro | Make Up City | |
| 11. | "Black Joke" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 12. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 13. | "Mighty Mouse" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 14. | "Asayake" | Issei Noro | Super Flight |
References
[edit]- ^ "Casiopea". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
External links
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