Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.

Sun Sun
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1986
Recordedfrom June 8 to June 29, 1986
StudioThe Hit Factory, New York City United States
GenreJazz fusion
Length51:14
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28085
ProducerCarlos Alomar, Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Live
(1985)
Sun Sun
(1986)
Casiopea Perfect Live II
(1987)
Singles from Sun Sun
  1. "Sun/Mr. Unique/Samba Mania ALR-12005"
    Released: August 25, 1986

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Conjunction"-Issei Noro1:40
2."Coast To Coast"-Issei Noro4:05
3."Keepers"-Issei Noro3:16
4."Lunar Shade"-Issei Noro4:16
5."Sun"Carlos Alomar, Issei NoroCarlos Alomar4:03
6."After Glow"-Akira Jimbo3:18
Total length:20:38
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Departure"-Akira Jimbo3:05
2."Someone's Love"Carlos AlomarIssei Noro3:45
3."Mi Señora"-Tetsuo Sakurai3:22
4."Something's Wrong (Change It)"Carlos AlomarCarlos Alomar4:31
5."Transformation 1"-Minoru Mukaiya3:23
6."Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"-Issei Noro5:12
Total length:19:33
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Conjunction"-Issei Noro1:40
2."Coast To Coast"-Issei Noro4:05
3."Keepers"-Issei Noro3:16
4."Lunar Shade"-Issei Noro4:16
5."Sun"Carlos Alomar, Issei NoroCarlos Alomar4:03
6."After Glow"-Akira Jimbo3:18
7."Mr. Unique" (CD, 12inch bounus track)-Issei Noro4:16
8."Samba Mania" (CD, 12inch bounus track)-Minoru Mukaiya3:12
9."Departure"-Akira Jimbo3:05
10."Someone's Love"Carlos AlomarIssei Noro3:45
11."Mi Señora"-Tetsuo Sakurai3:22
12."Something's Wrong (Change It)"Carlos AlomarCarlos Alomar4:31
13."Transformation 1"-Minoru Mukaiya3:23
14."Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"-Issei Noro5:12
Total length:51:14

Personnel

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Casiopea are

Issei Noroelectric guitar (Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7)
Minoru Mukaiyakeyboards (Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 & acoustic piano)
Tetsuo Sakuraielectric bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000)
Akira Jimbodrums (Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5)

Additional musicians

Production

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  • Producer – Carlos Alomar
  • Co-producer – Issei Noro
  • Engineer – Andy Heermans
  • Assistant engineer – Victor Deyglio, Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert
  • Sound adviser – Shun Miyazumi
  • A&R co-ordinator – Masato Arai, Toshikazu Awano
  • Mastering – Howie Weinberg
  • Management – Fumiaki Takahashi
  • Supervisor – Shinichi Toyama
  • Equipment co-ordinator: Katsuhiro Maruichi
  • Photo – Fumio Tomita
  • Design – Toshinao Tsukui
  • Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 10, 1986 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28085 stereo
Compact Cassette ALR-28085
12cmCD 32XA-90
March 21, 1992 ALCA-285
August 31, 1994 ALCA-9015
August 29, 1998 ALCA-9210
February 20, 2002 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2215 DSD, LP paper jacket
March 13, 2002 VRCL-2235 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20017 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263387 iTunes Store[1]
4582290414089 mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s[2]
A1003862616 Recochoku AAC 320 kbit/s[3]
B01B5AUF0S Amazon.com[4]
Bwsk45dgdrpveqi7zeocezd3bdq Google Play Music[5]
July 27, 2016 4542696007605 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
smj4542696007605 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
11190 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
4582290418742 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
A2000673659 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
smj4582290418742 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11203 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
79afc4bf52ba07e0a992 AWA 320kbit/s[13]
November 10, 2016 0k5iEHrY6iK6vI3pnTF4KX Spotify[14]
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References

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