On May 25, 1979, “Alfa” label released the self-titled, debut Casiopea album. It was recorded December 1978 – March 1979, at “Studio A” in Tokyo, “Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe, Shinji Sawada and Kazusuke Obi.
Personnel:
- Issei Noro – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, arrangements
- Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, Yamaha SK-20, Yamaha Electone EX-1, vibraphone
- Tetsuo Sakurai – 1974 Natural Finish Fender Jazz bass guitar
- Takashi Sasaki – drums
- Randy Brecker – trumpet
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Tomato Strings Ensemble – strings
- Jun Fukamachi – horn arrangements
- Hiroki Inul – string arrangements
- Al Schmitt, Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada – recording
- Neil Dorfsman – recording
- Mitsuo Koike – engineer assistant
- James Farber – engineer assistant
- Yasuhiko Terada – mixing
- Toshikuni Okubo – illustration
- Shigeru Wada – photography
- Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe – executive producer
Track listing:
All tracks by Issei Noro.
- Time Limit
- Tears of the Star
- Space Road
- Midnight Rendezvous
- Far Away
- Swallow
- Dream Hill
- Black Joke
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