Euphony (Casiopea album)

Euphony
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	April 25, 1988
Recorded	at Studio Jive, Tokyo , from January 7 to February 5, 1988.
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	40:55
Label	Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2549
Producer	Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Platinum (1987)Platinum1987 Euphony (1988) Casiopea World Live '88 (1988)Casiopea World Live '881988
Singles from Euphony
"Bayside Express/Taiyo-Fu H10P-30002" Released: April 25, 1988

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Euphony is the 18th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988.

Track listing

Side A
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

Side B
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

Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" (live version) added to the track listing.

Personnel

CASIOPEA 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

• Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Executive Producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
• Director - Koichi Nakagawa
• Recording & Mixing Engineers - Koji Sugimori
• Mastering Engineers - 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

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 CD	UPCY-6539	SHM-CD

External links

• CASIOPEA – Euphony at Discogs