Casiopea "Casiopea" (1980) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Alfa Records, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Time Limit (Issei Noro)

02 - Tears Of The Star (Issei Noro)

03 - Space Road (Issei Noro)

04 - Midnight Rendezvous (Issei Noro)

Side 2

01 - Far Away (Issei Noro)

02 - Swallow (Issei Noro)

03 - Dream Hill (Issei Noro)

04 - Black Joke (Issei Noro)

Casiopea :

Issei Noro : Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Vocal

Mindru Mukaiya : Electric & Acoustic Piano, Synthesizers, Yamaha EX-1, Vibe

Tetsuo Sakurai : Electric Bass

Takashi Sasaki : Drums

Horns :

Randy Brecker : Trumpet

Michael Brecker : Tenor Sax

David Sanborn : Alto Sax

Strings : 'Tomato' Strings

All Tunes Written & Arranged by Issei Noro except Horns Arranged by Jan Fukamachi & Strings Arranged by Hiroki Inui

Recorded at Studio 'A', Shibaura, Tokyo from December 1978 to March 1979

Recording Engineers for Basic Tracks : Al Schmitt, Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada

Assistant Engineer : Mitsuo Koike

Horns Recorded at Power Station Studio, N.Y. on February 10, 1979, Directed by Jun Fukamachi

Recording Engineer : Neil Dorfsman

Assistant Engineer : James Farber

Mixed at Studio 'A', Shibaura, Tokyo, March 1979

Mixing Engineer : Yasuhiko Terada

Casiopea "Sun Sun" (2000) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Fusion / Pop Rock-

Label : Alfa Music Inc.

 01 - Conjunction (Issei Noro)

02 - Coast To Coast (Issei Noro)

03 - Keepers (Issei Noro)

04 - Lunar Shade (Issei Noro)

05 - Sun (Issei Noro & Carlos Alomar)

06 - After Glow (Akira Jimbo)

07 - Mr. Unique (Issei Noro)

08 - Samba Maria (Minoru Mukaiya)

09 - Departure (Akira Jimbo)

10 - Someone's Love (Issei Noro & Carlos Alomar)

11 - Mi Señora (Tetsuo Sakurai)

12 - Somethings Wrong (Change It) (Akira Jimbo & Carlos Alomar)

13 - Transformation 1 (Minoru Mukaiya)

14 - Planetoid ~ Mother Earth (Issei Noro & Carlos Alomar)

Casiopea :

Issei Noro : Electric Guitar

Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards

Tetsuo Sakurai : Electric Bass

Akira Jimbo : Drums

Additional Musicians :

Lead vocal on "Somethings Wrong (Change It)" : John Waite

Lead vocal on "Sun" : Frank Simms

Background vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" : Diva Grey, Vivian Cherry & Leatrice Griffin

Background vocals on "Sun" & "Somethings Wrong (Change It)" : Casiopea

Horns by Borneo Horns

Alto Sax : Stan Harrison

Tenor Sax : Lenny Pickett

Tenor & Baritone Sax : Steve Elson

Also

Trumpet : Earl Gardner

Horn Arrangements by Lenny Pickett

Latin Percussion : Pablo Rosario

Brazilian Percussion on "Samba Maria" : Guilmerue Franco & Marcio Sapel

Produced by Carlos Alomar

Co-Produced by Issei Noro (Casiopea)

Engineer : Andy Heermans (Mia Productions)

Assistant Engineers : Victor Deyglio (The Hit Factory)

Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert (Soundtrack)

Sound Adviser : Shun Miyazumi

A&R Co-ordinators : Masato Ari (A.D.O.) & Toshikazu Awano (Alfa)

Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York from June 8th to June 29th, 1986

Re-Mixed at Soundtrack, New York from July 1st to July 6th, 1986

Mastering : Howie Weinberg at Master Disk, New York

Casiopea "Eyes Of The Mind" (1981) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-

Label : Alfa Records, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - Asayake (Sunrise) (Issei Noro)

02 - A Place In The Sun (Dave Boruff)

03 - Take Me (Issei Noro)

04 - Lakai (Harvey Mason & Bob James)

05 - Eyes Of The Mind (Issei Noro)

Side 2

01 - Black Joke (Issei Noro)

02 - La Costa (Intro) (Bob James)

03 - La Costa (Bob James)

04 - Magic Ray (Issei Noro)

05 - Space Road (Issei Noro)

Casiopea Band Members :

Issei Noro : Electric Guitar - Yamaha SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless

Tetsuo Sakurai : Bass - Yamaha BB-2000

Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards - Fender Rhodes 73, Roland VP-330 Prophet 5, Yamaha GS-1, Mini Moog, Poly Moog, ARP 2600, Korg 800 DV, Korg Trident

Akira Jimbo : Drums - Yamaha YD-9000R

Guest Players :

Harvey Mason : Percussion

Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Produced by Harvey Mason

Associate Producer : Kenny Mason

All Arrangements by Casiopea & Harvey Mason except "Space Road" Arranged by Kenny Mason

Synthesizer Arrangements for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke", "Take Me" by Bob James

Synthesizer Programming for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke", "Take Me" by Michael Boddicker

Recording & Mixing :

Engineer : Peter Chaikin

Assistant Engineer : Terry Moore

Recorded & Re-Mixed at Kendun Studio 'D', Los Angeles, California from december 4, 1980 to January 5, 1981

Casiopea "Zoom" (1984) -Jazz Fusion-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side 1

01 - Zoom (Issei Noro)

02 - Down Upbeat (Issei Noro)

03 - The Continental Way (Issei Noro)

04 - Road Rhythm (Minoru Mukaiya)

05 - Froufrou (Akira Jimbo)

Side 2

01 - Homestretch (Issei Noro)

02 - Nightstorm (Akira Jimbo)

03 - Cookin' Up (Minoru Mukaiya)

04 - Twilight Solitude (Issei Noro)

05 - Air Fantasy (Tetsuo Sakurai)

Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi & Issei Noro

Engineering : Rik Pekkonen

Assisted by Warren Burleigh

Recorded at Secret Sound Studio, New York (July 24 - August 4, 1984)

Digital Technicians : John Rutherford, David Satz

Mastering : George Horn (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)

Issei Noro : Yamaha 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, Yamaha BB-2000)

Akira Jimbo : Drums (Yamaha YO-9000 RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)

Digital Drum Percussion Programming by Issei Noro & Minoru Mukaiya

Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture "Hawaiian Dream" (1987) -Soft Rock Hawaiian / City Pop-

Label : Moon Records

 Side A

01 - Yume No Tsuzuki (Mariya Takeuchi)
02 - Just A Love Song (?)
03 - Juliette (Mackey Feary & Ronald Yuen)
04 - Amapola (?)
05 - Girl's In Love With Me (Fujimal Yoshino & Jeff Keeling)

Side B

01 - Machine Gun Heart (?)
02 - Disco King (?)
03 - (For You) I'd Chase A Rainbow (Malani Bilyeu)
04 - Time For Love (?)
05 - After Glow (?)
06 - Traumatic (?)


Album Executive Producer : Kazuhiko Kato, Ryuzo Kosugri & Ichiro Asatsuma


Side A

01 - Yume No Tsuzuki

Performed by Mariya Takeuchi
Produced by Tatsuro Yamashita

02 - Just A Love Song

Performed by Kazuhito Murata
Produced by Kazuhiko Kato

03 - Juliette

Performed & Produced by Kalapana

04 - Amapola

Performed & Produced by Tatsuro Yamashita

05 - Girl's In Love With Me

Performed & Produced by Fujimal Yoshino

Side B

01 - Machine Gun Heart

Performed & Produced by Pink

02 - Disco King

Performed by B&J's
Produced by Kazuhiko Kato

03 - (For You) I'd Chase A Rainbow

Performed & Produced by Kalapana

04 - Time For Love

Performed by Kazuhito Murata
Produced by Kazuhiko Kato

05 - After Glow

Performed by Casiopea
Produced by Carlos Alomar & Issei Noro

06 - Traumatic

Performed & Produced by Masayoshi Takanaka

Casiopea "4x4 (Four By Four)" (1982) -Smooth Jazz-

Label : Alfa Records

 Side 1

01 - Mid-Manhattan (Akira Jumbo)
02 - Pavane - Pour Une Infunte Defunte (Maurice Ravel)
03- Transatlantic (Lee Ritenour)

Side 2

01 - Galactic Funk (Issei Noro)
02 - Kauai (Lee Ritenour)
03 - Chandelier (Issei Noro)


Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
Assistant Producer : Satoshi Nakao
Recording & Mixing Engineer : Norio Yoshizawa
Assistant Engineers : Atsushi Saito & Shinji Miyoshi
Mastering Engineer : Osamu Shimoju / JVC Yokahoma Cutting Center
Recorded & Mixed at Alfa Studio "A"from Oct. 11 to 29th
Mixed by Norio Yoshizawa & Issei Norio

Casiopea :
Issei Noro : Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards
Tetsuo Sakurai : Bass
Akira Jimbo : Drums


Side 1

01 - Mid-Manhattan

Arranged by Akira Jumbo & Issei Noro
Issei Noro : Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (Yamaha CS-1 & CS-70M)
Don Grusin : Keyboards (Tamaha CP-80)
Nathan East : Electric Bass
Akira Jumbo : Drums
Harvey Mason : Drums

02 - Pavane - Pour Une Infunte Defunte

Arranged by Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour : Classical & Electric Guitar
Issei Noro : Fretless Guitar & Percussion
Don Grusin : Keyboards (Acoustic Piano & Oberheim OB-xa)
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (CS-70M)
Tetsuo Sakurai : Electric Bass
Akira Jumbo : Drums
Harvey Mason : Marimba

03- Transatlantic

Arranged by Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Issei Noro : Electric Guitar & Percussion
Don Grusin : Keyboards (Rhodes)
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (OB-Ka & CS-70M)
Nathan East : Electric Bass
Akira Jumbo : Drums & Percussion

Side 2

01 - Galactic Funk

Arranged by Issei Noro
Issei Noro : Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (GS1 & Moog)
Don Grusin : Keyboards (CP-80)
Tetsuo Sakurai : Electric Bass
Nathan East : Electric Bass
Akira Jumbo : Drums
Harvey Mason : Marimba

02 - Kauai

Arranged by Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour : Acoustic Guitar
Issei Noro : Fretless Guitar & Acoustic Guitar Solo (Intro) 
Don Grusin : Keyboards (OB-xa)
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (CS-70M)
Nathan East : Electric Bass
Akira Jumbo : Drums
Harvey Mason : Marimba

03 - Chandelier

Arranged by Issei Noro
Issei Noro : Electric Guitar & Percussion
Lee Ritenour : Electric Guitar
Minoru Mukaiya : Keyboards (GS-1 & CS-70M) 
Don Grusin : Keyboards (Rhodes)
Tetsuo Sakurai : Electric Bass & Percussion
Harvey Mason : Drums
Akira Jumbo : Percussion