| Artist | Casiopea |
|---|---|
| Cover | CasiopeaSuperFlightalbumcover.jpg |
| Released | November 25, 1979 |
| Recorded | August 27–October 13, 1979 |
| Studio | Studio A, Tokyo |
| Genre | Jazz fusion |
| Length | 39:06 |
| Label | Alfa |
| Producer |
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| Prev year | 1979 |
| Next year | 1980 |
Super Flight is the second studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released on November 25, 1979 by Alfa Records. Recording took place at Studio A in Shibaura, Tokyo from August to October of that year. The cover art depicts a blimp with "Casiopea" written on the side flying during a sunset near Lower Manhattan, New York.
Description
Super Flight is the first Casiopea release to feature tracks not written by Issei Noro, with "I Love New York", written by Steve Karmen, and "Sailing Alone", written by bassist Tetsuo Sakurai. It was also the final album to feature drummer Takashi Sasaki, who was replaced by Akira Jimbo later that year.
Credits and personnel
- Band Members
- Issei Noro – electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000), fretless guitar, arrangements
- Minoru Mukaiya – Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, organ (with pedal bass), various synthesizers, vocoder, string arrangement on "Take Me"
- Tetsuo Sakurai – bass guitar (Fender Jazz Bass, Yamaha BB-2000 Fretless Bass)
- Takashi Sasaki – drums
- Session Musicians
- Kanya Kazama – backup drums
- Penny (Toshitaro & Riverside) – percussion
- Debrah Correll – vocals on "Olion"
- Jun Fukamachi – conductor, horn arrangement on "Mighty Mouse"
- Koji Hatori – trumpet
- Toshio Araki – trumpet
- Eiji Arai – trombone
- Jake H. Conception – alto saxophone
- Takeru Maruaoka – tenor saxophone
- Shunzo Sunahara – baritone saxophone
- Tomato Strings – strings
- Production and design
- Kunihiko Murai – executive producer
- Syoro Kawazoe – executive producer
- Shunsuke Miyazumi – producer
- Shinji Sawada – producer
- Norio Yoshizawa – recording, mixing engineer
- Yasuhiko Terada – assistant engineer
- Alphabet – art direction, design
- Toshikuni Okubo – illustrator
- Jun Takemura – liner notes
- Kouji Suzuki – remastering engineer (2016)
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | November 25, 1979 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-6029 | stereo |
| December 21, 1986 | 12cmCD | 32XA-105 | |||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-272 | ||||
| June 29, 1994 | ALCA-9002 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9197 | ||||
| May 31, 2000 | Toshiba EMI | Remastered 12cmCD | TOCT-24365 | LP paper jacket | |
| December 19, 2001 | Village Records | VRCL-2202 | DSD, LP paper jacket | ||
| January 17, 2002 | VRCL-2222 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20004 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076209200 | iTunes Store[1] | ||
| 4582290413952 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s[2] | ||||
| A1003862375 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbit/s[3] | ||||
| B01B5ARGEQ | Amazon.com[4] | ||||
| B5rvkgh2auomk6punbeeczvmrom | Google Play Music[5] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418667 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6] | |||
| smj4582290418667 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | ||||
| 11182 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 4582290418650 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9] | ||||
| A1004668226 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10] | ||||
| smj4582290418650 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| 11171 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12] | ||||
| 9508768a942aed540379 | AWA 320kbit/s[13] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 3qonmqz7cdFfMmE2iS37Rb | Spotify[14] |
References
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- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
- ^ "SUPER FLIGHT CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved February 5, 2017.