Cross Point is the sixth album and the fifth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1981. This is the band's second album to be created and produced with Harvey Mason.[2] Casiopea did a domestic tour in late November and December after this album, which inspired the Mint Jams concert sessions in February of the following year.
| Cross Point | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 21, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | July 4 – September 10, 1981 | |||
| Studio | Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 39:32 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-28029 | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason | |||
| Casiopea chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The album's name has a double meaning: first referring to an intersection for roadways, like on the cover art, and secondly, as it says on the LP's OBI paper strip: "The music scene has reached as new cross-point."[3]
This is the first album fully recorded with Mukaiya's GS-1 synth, gifted to him by YAMAHA.
There's a pamphlet inside the that is a telling of the band's history, written by bassist Tetsuo Sakurai.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Smile Again" | Issei Noro | 3:59 |
| 2. | "Swear" | Issei Noro | 5:22 |
| 3. | "A Sparkling Day" | Issei Noro | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Span of a Dream" | Issei Noro | 4:52 |
| 5. | "Domino Line" | Issei Noro | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 21:12 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Galactic Funk" | Issei Noro | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Sunnyside Feelin'" | Akira Jimbo | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Any Moment (We'll Be One)" | Harvey Mason | 5:09 |
| 4. | "Endless Vision" | Minoru Mukaiya | 4:37 |
| Total length: | 18:20 | ||
Personnel
editCASIOPEA are:[4]
- Issei Noro – electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless, KORG guitar synthesizer, Lynn Drum Computer), arrangement
- Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Fender Rhodes, YAMAHA CP-80, GS-1, CS-30, KORG 800DV, Trident, Mini Moog, Prophet 10, Roland Jupiter-8, acoustic piano)
- Tetsuo Sakurai – bass guitar (YAMAHA BB-2000)
- Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), percussion
- Eiji Urata – synthesizer programming
Production
edit- Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Co-Producer – Harvey Mason
- Associate producer – Satoshi Nakao
- Executive producer – Shoro Kawazoe
- Synth Programmer – Eiji Urata
- Engineers – Norio Yoshizawa
- Assistant engineers – Atsushi Saito
- Art direction – Tsuguya Inoue
- Designer – Tsuguya Inoue
- Illustrator – Thomas Bayrle / UNAC TOKYO ⓒ1981
- Coordination – Toshinao Tsukui
- Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | October 21, 1981 | Alfa Records | stereo 30cmLP | ALR-28029 | stereo |
| November 25, 1984 | 12cmCD | 38XA-24 | |||
| January 25, 1987 | 32XA-118 | ||||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-276 | ||||
| July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9006 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9201 | ||||
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2206 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2226 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20008 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076210088 | iTunes Store[5] | ||
| 4582290413990 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[6] | ||||
| A1003862405 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[7] | ||||
| B01B5ARSU8 | Amazon.com[8] | ||||
| Bujop27brq4j4v5hxp7vxektghq | Google Play Music[9] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4542696007612 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[10] | |||
| smj4542696007612 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[11] | ||||
| 11179 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[12] | ||||
| 4582290418933 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| A1004668216 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[14] | ||||
| smj4582290418933 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[15] | ||||
| 11177 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[16] | ||||
| d9a46ea5b513b56aa983 | AWA 320kbps[17] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 5ACZZnH09oCt2ZZwazQWlf | Spotify[18] |
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ https://reuprecordz.com/products/casiopea-cross-point-1982
- ^ http://v-matsuwa.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2016/08/post-53d5.html
- ^ "CASIOPEA - Cross Point (1981)". Progarchives.com. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "CROSS POINT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
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