Down Upbeat
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedOctober 25, 1984
Recordedfrom July 24 to August 4, 1984
Studiosecret sound studio, New York City United States
GenreJazz fusion
Length38:30
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28063
ProducerShunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
The Soundgraphy
(1984)		 Down Upbeat
(1984)		 Halle
(1985)
Singles from Down Upbeat
  1. "Zoom/Down Upbeat ALR-12002"
    Released: January 25, 1985

Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Zoom"Issei Noro3:18
2."Down Upbeat"Issei Noro3:57
3."The Continental Way"Issei Noro4:48
4."Road Rhythm"Minoru Mukaiya3:04
5."Frou Frou"Akira Jimbo4:00
Total length:19:07
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Home Stretch"Issei Noro3:50
2."Night Storm"Akira Jimbo4:13
3."Cookin' Up"Minoru Mukaiya3:37
4."Twilight Solitude"Issei Noro4:26
5."Air Fantasy"Tetsuo Sakurai3:17
Total length:19:23

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

  • Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
  • Engineer - Rik Pekkonen
  • Assistant Engineer - Warren Bruleigh
  • Mastering - 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
  • Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

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 SNTCD 926
Netherlands 1984 30cmLP SNTF 926
UK 1984 SNTF 926
United States 1984 Milestone Records 30cmLP M-9133 titled 'Zoom'
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 12cmCD 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
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076263140 iTunes Store[1]
4582290414058 mora AAC-LC 320kbps[2]
A1003862509 Recochoku AAC 320kbps[3]
B01B5AUSBY Amazon.com[4]
Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy Google Play Music[5]
July 27, 2016 4582290418636 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
smj4582290418636 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
11192 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
4582290418629 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
A2000673648 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
smj4582290418629 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
11200 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
1f353675da1293911390 AWA 320kbps[13]
November 10, 2016 7eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS Spotify[14]

References

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  2. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
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  4. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  6. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  8. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  11. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  14. ↑ "DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-15.


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