Euphony (Casiopea album)

Euphony is the eighteenth album and the thirteenth studio album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1988.

Euphony
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	April 25, 1988
Recorded	from January 7 to February 5, 1988
Studio	Studio Jive, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	40:55
Label	Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2549
Producer	Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Platinum (1987) Euphony (1988) Casiopea World Live '88 (1988)
Singles from Euphony
"Bayside Express/Taiyo-Fu H10P-30002" Released: April 25, 1988

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Taiyo-Fu" (The Wind From The Sun)	Issei Noro	4:13
2.	"Shadow Man"	Issei Noro	4:07
3.	"Super Sonic Movement"	Issei Noro	4:24
4.	"Inishie" (Old Times)	Minoru Mukaiya	3:44
5.	"Bayside Express"	Issei Noro	4:54
Total length:			20:52

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sentimental Avenue"	Issei Noro	3:25
2.	"Solid Swing"	Akira Jimbo	1:58
3.	"Hacker"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:25
4.	"Pure Green"	Issei Noro	4:10
5.	"Red Zone"	Tetsuo Sakurai	3:07
6.	"Mei-Mu" (Shallow Dreams)	Issei Noro	3:58
Total length:			20:03

Re-released in 2009 with "Halle" (live version) added to the track listing.

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, G10 Guitar MIDI Controller with TX802 & D-50, RX-5), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA KX-88, DX-7, TX-816, TX-16W, QX-3, RX-5, EMULATOR II, KORG DSM-1, Acoustic Piano, ROLAND D-50 & D-550, DYNACORD ADD-one, OBERHEIM EXPANDER)

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-5000 & 5000 W/PIEZO PICK UP. STUD Bass, BB-3000 fretless)

Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 & 6000 Series, ZILDJAN CYMBALS & Hooper Drum)

Production

• Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
• Director - Koichi Nakagawa
• Recording & Mixing Engineer - Koji Sugimori
• Mixing engineer - Mitsuharu Kobayashi
• Digital Editing Engineer - Kazumi Sugiura
• Assistant Engineers - Hiroyuki Shimura, Yuji Kuraishi, Masashi Kudo

• Production management - Masato Arai
• Management - Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi, Hisashi Aratake
• Equipment Co-Ordinator - Hideji "Mahka" Uekusa

• Art Director - Masami Akiyama
• Photograph - Osamu Yabushita
• Stylist - Reiko Ohishi
• Hair & Make - Tadamichi Hiwatashi
• Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	April 25, 1988	Polydor K.K. / AURA	30cmLP	28MX-2549	stereo
			12cmCD	H33P-20241
	July 1, 1992			POCH-1222
	June 24, 2009	Universal Music LLC / AURA	remastered SHM-CD	UPCY-6539
	June 24, 2017			UPCY-9701	J-FUSION 40th

External links

• CASIOPEA – Euphony at Discogs
• Euphony at MusicBrainz

References

1. Allmusic review