CASIOPEA's 17th album


M01
MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

M02
MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO, LYRICS BY TETSUO SAKURAI

M03
MUSIC BY TETSUO SAKURAI

M04
MUSIC BY AKIRA JIMBO

M05
MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

M06
MUSIC & LYRICS BY ANDY HEERMANS & TOMMY MANDEL

M07
MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

M08
MUSIC BY MINORU MUKAIYA & ISSEI NORO

M09
MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

M10 - Cover of the song of the same name originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel
MUSIC & LYRICS BY PAUL SIMON


ALL SONGS CONCEIVED BY ISSEI NORO (EXCEPT 10)


CASIOPEA
ISSEI NORO: ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITAR (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS 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)

GUEST VOCAL
YUKOH KUSUNOKI (LEAD VOCAL ON “AKASHA” “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING” & “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
VOCAL ON “ME ESPERE”: DJAVAN (APPEARS THROUGH THE COURTESY OF CBS RECORDS BRAZIL)
BACKGROUND VOCAL ON “AKASHA” “DO-LOO-DOO?” “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING”: CEDRIC SAMSON, DINA MILLER & AMANDA BLUE, ISSEI NORO & YUKOH KUSUNOKI (DON’T GIVE IT UP)
“ACCESS”: ISSEI NORO & YUKOH KUSUNOKI
“賛歌 (SUNCA)”: ISSEI NORO, TETSUO SAKURAI, MINORU MUKAIYA & YUKOH KUSUNOKI
LATIN PERCUSSION ON “MAGNETIC VIBRATION” “SUNSET RHAPSODY” “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”: STEVE THORNTON
HORNS ON “DO-LOO-DOO?” “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”: EARL GARDNER (TRUMPET), ALEX FOSTER (ALTO SAX) & LENNY PICKETT (TENOR & BALITONE SAX)
HORNS ARRANGEMENTS BY ISSEI NORO & LENNY PICKETT
ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZER & PROGRAMMING ON “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING”: ANDY HEERMANS

PRODUCED BY ISSEI NORO, SHUNSUKE MIYAZUMI (SHUN CORPORATION)

ENGINEERS: ANDY HEERMANS (MIA PRODUCTIONS) LES BROCKMAN (VOCAL TRACK ON “ME ESPERE”)
ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: MARK PARTIS (SOUNDTRACK, NEW YORK) BRYAN RUTTER (STUDIO SOUND LOS ANGELES)
MIXED BY ANDY HEERMANS (MIA PRODUCTIONS)
RECORD AT SOUNDTRACK NEW YORK. FROM 11TH JUNE TO 23RD JUNE, 1987. STUDIO SOUNDS LOS ANGELES 23RD JUNE, 1987.
MIXED AT SOUNDTRACK NEW YORK. FROM 26TH JUNE TO 29TH JUNE, 1987.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: KATSUKI HAGIWARA (POLYDOR) SHINICHI TOYAMA (AURA MUSIC INC.)
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: MASATO ARAI (SOREISHA CO., LTD.)
MANAGEMENT: OSAMU TAKAGI, FUMIAKI TAKAHASHI, KATSUHIRO MARUICHI (AURA MUSIC INC.)
ART DIRECTION DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION: MITSUO KATSUI
VISUAL SUPERVISER: MASAHIRO TOMIOKA, MIYUKI SAWA (FELLOWSHIP)

SPECIAL THANKS TO: CHRIS RICH, STEVE STEPHES (SOUNDTRACK, IRIS), NOBORU MIURA, CHIKAKO HOSHI (SOREISHA CO., LTD.)
KOJI SUGIMORI & STUDIO JIVE, MIHARU NAGAFUCHI (AURA MUSIC INC.), TAKAO SATO (TOKYO EXPRESS), KOSHIRO UMEMOTO, HIDEYUKI ABE (MOVE CORP.), TOMMY, DEBBIE, MIKE SAKAI, SABURO TSUCHIYA (Y.M.C.), SHIGENORI TANAKA & YAMAHA R&D TOKYO, KORG INC., ROLAND CORP., SEIZAN FUKAMI, KAORU TACHIBANA & COSMOMATE. KOICHI NAKAGAWA (POLYDOR)