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Platinum (Casiopea album)

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Released
  
September 1, 1987

Platinum(1987)
  
Euphony(1988)

Release date
  
1 September 1987

Genre
  
Jazz fusion

Length
  
40:01

Artist
  
Casiopea

Producer
  
Issei Noro

Recorded
  
at SOUNDTRACK, New York City . from June 11 to June 23, 1987.at STUDIO SOUND, Los Angeles June 23, 1987

Label
  
Polydor K.K. / AURA28MX-2544

Similar
  
Casiopea albums, Other albums

Platinum is the 17th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. The album featured a cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"--a song originally written by Paul Simon.

Contents

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS GUITAR), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, QX-1, KORG DSS-1, DSM-1, SG-1, ROLAND D-50, SBX-80 & Acoustic Piano)Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA TETSUO MODEL, BB-5000, Kramer Electric Bass)Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 Series, PTT-1, PMC-1, RX-5, AKAI S-900, ZILDJAN CYMBALS, SIMMONS SDS-V)

Additional Musicians

  • Yukou Kusunoki - Lead Vocal on A2, B1, B5, C9
  • Djavan - Vocal on A4
  • Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Background Vocal on B4 - Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Steve Thornton - Latin Percussion on A3, B3, B5
  • Earl Gardner - Trumpet on A5, B5
  • Alex Foster - Alto sax on A5,B5
  • Lenny Pickett - Tenor sax, Baritone sax on A5, B5
  • Horns Arrangements - Issei Noro, Lenny Pickett
  • Additional Synthesizer & Programing on B1 - Andy Herrmans

    • Production

  • Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Engineer - Andy Heermans, Les Brockman
  • Assistant Engineers - Mark Partis, Bryan Rutter
  • Mixing engineer - Andy Heermans
  • Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
  • Production management - Masato Arai
  • Management - Osamu Takagi, Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi
  • Art Direction Design and Illustration - Mitsuo Katsui
  • Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka, Miyuki Sawa

    • Songs

    1Access3:50
    2Akasha4:05
    3Magnetic Vibration4:24

    References

    Platinum (Casiopea album) Wikipedia
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