Down Upbeat

Down Upbeat

Studio album by Casiopea

Released

October 25, 1984

Recorded

secret sound studio, New York City

from July 24 to August 4, 1984

Length

38:30

Alfa Records
ALR-28063

Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro

Casiopea chronology

The Soundgraphy
(1984)

Down Upbeat
(1984)

Halle
(1985)

Singles from Down Upbeat

"Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
Released: January 25, 1985

Down Upbeat is 12th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984.

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Zoom"	Issei Noro	3:18
2.	"Down Upbeat"	Issei Noro	3:57
3.	"The Continental Way"	Issei Noro	4:48
4.	"Road Rhythm"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:04
5.	"Froufrou"	Akira Jimbo	4:00

Side B
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Homestretch"	Issei Noro	3:50
2.	"Night Storm"	Akira Jimbo	4:13
3.	"Cookin' Up"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:37
4.	"Twilight Solitude"	Issei Noro	4:26
5.	"Air Fantasy"	Tetsuo Sakurai	3:17

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 Fretless)

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-1, DX-7, ROLAND VP-330)

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)

Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, AMDECK PCK-100)

Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya

Production

Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi and Issei Noro
Engineered by Rik Pekkonen
Assisted by Warren Bruleigh
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz
Project Co-ordinators - Jay Durgain, Edward Leaman
Designer - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
Photographer - Yukio Ichikawa

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	October 25, 1984	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28063	stereo
Japan	October 25, 1984	Alfa Records	12cmCD	38XA-25
Europe	1984	Sonet Records	CD	SNTCD 926
Netherlands	1984	Sonet Records	30cmLP	SNTF 926
UK	1984	Sonet Records	30cmLP	SNTF 926
Japan	January 25, 1987	Alfa Records	12cmCD	32XA-119
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-282
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9012
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9207
	January 23, 2002	Village Records	remastered CD	VRCL-2212	DSD, LP paper jacket
	February 14, 2002	Village Records		VRCL-2232	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20014	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

External links

Down Upbeat at AllMusic
CASIOPEA – Down Upbeat at Discogs

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

The Soundgraphy
Gig25

Related

Bands	Jimsaku

People	Randy Brecker Michael Brecker Harvey Mason

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