Cross Point (album)

Cross Point
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	October 21, 1981
Recorded	Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo from July 4 to September 10, 1981
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	39:32
Label	Alfa Records ALR-28029
Producer	Shunsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason
Casiopea chronology
Eyes of the Mind (1981) Cross Point (1981) Mint Jams (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Cross Point is the sixth album by Casiopea recorded and released in 1981.

Track listing

Side A
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

Side B
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

CASIOPEA are

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 (YAMAHA BB-2000)

Akira Jimbo - drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), Percussion

• Eiji Urata - Synthesizer programming

Production

• Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Co-Producer - Harvey Mason
• Associate Producer - Satoshi Nakao
• Executive Producer - Shoro Kawazoe
• Engineers - Norio Yoshizawa
• Assistant Engineers - Atsushi Saito
• Art Direction - Tsuguya Inoue
• Designer - Tsuguya Inoue
• Illustrator - Thomas Bayrle / UNAC TOKYO ⓒ1981
• Coordination - Toshinao Tsukui

Release history

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

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• CASIOPEA – Cross Point at Discogs
• Thomas Bayrle's art