Casiopea Live [Import]

Casiopea, Casiopea With Synchronized Dna | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Columbia
• ASIN: B00005V4H4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #486,872 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Down Upbeat

2. Continental Way

3. Fabby Dabby

4. Twilight Solitude

5. Marine Blue

6. Looking Up

7. Eyes Of The Mind

8. Asayake

9. Galactic Funk

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't regret..!!, April 29, 2005

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ugroseno (Jakarta, Indonesia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Casiopea Live (Audio CD)

In my place, Casiopea is well-known, especially in 80s when original member (Isei Noro, Akira Jimbo, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya) still on the stage. Their performance was a blast in fussion gig. If you like fusion bands like Mezzoforte, Yellow jacket, Koinonia, Fourplay, etc, then you will like Casiopea.

This live album, was a recorded live performance in 85, not far from the time I saw them with my very eyes. The song they play here almost all their hits at that time. In this performance also, they use wireless guitars/basses, which was unusual at that time. "Looking up", "Piece of Mind", "Down upbeat", "Galactic Funk", really shock me. But the ultimate one for me is Tetsuo Sakurai's Bass Solo. Though it is not listed in the cover, but it's there in this album, after "Looking up".

I personally love this group in 80s, when they were still original member. That's why I prefer their old albums than the new ones. Just have it, and you won't regret. My advice, start it with this live album. If you like it, than you'll love them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Album, March 28, 2006

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D. Hardo (Semarang, Indonesia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Casiopea Live (Audio CD)

Finally, after waiting for years, I have this album on CD !
I have already have this album in cassete for years (more than 17 years as I can remember), I played this album very recently and I always enjoy the play by these four Japanese gentlemen.
Their music is a unique Japanese Jazz (not a traditional Japanese music fyi), it is more like fusion jazz or jazz rock. As far as I know, I can not find this kind of music in western world. The Rippingtons maybe close enaugh to explain what kind of music that Casiopea plays, but it is quiet different. Casiopea plays more "hard" and have a very unique composition.
This album was live recorded in 1985 in Japan, compiling their best tracks during those years. Since this album has been made in Japan, it is very hard to find in my country. Thanks a lot to Amazon & Caiman.com, finally I can have this !

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Fusion Jazz Ever Played 1980 - 2008, February 28, 2008

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Howard Kriswandi "Gentleman Rogue" (Jakarta,Indonesia) - See all my reviews
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I've heard Casiopea back when i was in 5th grade and fell in love intantly to their music. The casette (back then) of this album was trully the 1 thing i treasured all those years but then i've lost it and over the years due to a lot of emerging music i kinda forget of this fine piece of music. But when my CD player broke down i started to find some old casette and found other albums of casiopea so i remember again of this fine album and thanks to amazon.com i finally got one again .. this time in cd quality.Thank you Amazon.com and thank you Casiopea for their everlasting music ...