Down Upbeat

Down Upbeat
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	October 25, 1984
Recorded	secret sound studio, New York from July 24 to August 4, 1984
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	38:30
Label	Alfa Records ALR-28063
Producer	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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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
			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			VRCL-2232	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20014	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• CASIOPEA – Down Upbeat at Discogs