Casiopea
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	May 25, 1979
Recorded	1978–79
Studio	Studio A, Tokyo Power Station, New York City
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	36:28
Label	Alfa Records
Producer	Kunihiko Murai Syoro Kawazoe
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea (1979) Super Flight (1979)

Casiopea is the debut album of Japanese jazz fusion group Casiopea, released on May 25, 1979.

The album was recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan. It is the first album released by the group since their debut performance on EastWest '77.^{[citation needed]}

Notable American jazz musicians, The Brecker Brothers and David Sanborn, contributed to the album.

The cover depicts two race cars battling on a circuit, possibly Fuji Speedway's hairpin turn.^{[1][better source needed]} The cars are late-1970s Group 6 sports prototypes from the Japanese Fuji Grand Champion Series, most likely a Lola T290-Mazda^[2] and a March 74S^[3] from the 1978^[4] and 1979^[5] championships, respectively.^{[6][better source needed]}

There is an alternate cover, for an earlier pressing and promotional materials,features a picture of the band standing with pills falling in front of them.^[7]

The album is one of Casiopea's most famous, being their most streamed album on Spotify.^{[citation needed]}

All tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro, except for horn arrangements by Jun Fukamachi and string arrangements by Hiroki Inui.

• Issei Noro – Yamaha SG2000 electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals on "Dream Hill"
• Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes piano, acoustic piano, synthesizers, Yamaha Electone electronic organ, vibraphone
• Tetsuo Sakurai – 1974 Natural Finish Fender Jazz Bass bass guitar
• Takashi Sasaki – Drums

Additional musicians

• Randy Brecker – trumpet on "Time Limit" and "Black Joke"
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone on "Time Limit," "Tears of the Star," and "Black Joke"
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone on "Time Limit" and "Black Joke"
• "Tomato Strings" ensemble – strings

• 1979 in Japanese music

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