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Casiopea: Right Now

On July 3, 2024, “Hats Unlimited” label released “Right Now”, the 36th Casiopea album. It was recorded in 2024, and was produced by Issei Noro, Kiyomi Otaka, Toshihiro Naruse and Yoshihiro Imai.

Personnel:

  • Issei Noro – guitar
  • Kiyomi Otaka – keyboards
  • Yoshihiro Naruse – bass
  • Yoshihiro Imai – drums

Track listing:

  1. The Time Has Come
  2. The Hopeful World
  3. Which Way
  4. No Place Like Here
  5. Challengers
  6. Admiration
  7. Hour of the Rainbow
  8. 90’s A Go Go
  9. Look Up the Stars
  10. Happiness

Casiopea: Same

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