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.

1. Time Limit
2. Tears of the Star
3. Space Road
4. Midnight Rendezvous
5. Far Away
6. Swallow
7. Dream Hill
8. Black Joke