Down Upbeat
1984 studio album by Casiopea
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Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. [1] This is Casiopea's second full album where Issei Noro is credited as a producer. The following year, "Zoom" was released as the lead single for this album, and is the only one of Casiopea's songs to have a professionally produced, full length music video, recorded in Manhattan.
ReleasedOctober 25, 1984
Recordedfrom July 24 to August 4, 1984
Studiosecret sound studio, New York City 
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| Released | October 25, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | from July 24 to August 4, 1984 | |||
| Studio | secret sound studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 38:30 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-28063 | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro | |||
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| Singles from Down Upbeat | ||||
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After the album was released, Casiopea went on their "1984 Around The World Tour." Notably, even though the tour was named after being international, the group only played a select few dates outside of Japan.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 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. | "Frou Frou" | Akira Jimbo | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 19:07 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Home Stretch" | 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 |
| 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 |
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| 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[2] | ||
| 4582290414058 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3] | ||||
| A1003862509 | Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[4] | ||||
| B01B5AUSBY | Amazon.com[5] | ||||
| Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy | Google Play Music[6] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418636 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | |||
| smj4582290418636 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 11192 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | ||||
| 4582290418629 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | ||||
| A2000673648 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| smj4582290418629 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | ||||
| 11200 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| 1f353675da1293911390 | AWA 320kbps[14] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 7eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS | Spotify[15] | |||
