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1979 studio album by Casiopea
Super Flight
Studio album by Casiopea
ReleasedNovember 25, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioStudio A, Tokyo
GenreJazz fusion
Length39:06
LabelAlfa Records
Producer
  • Shunsuke Miyazumi
  • Shinji Sawada
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea
(1979) 		Super Flight
(1979) 		Thunder Live
(1980)
Singles from Super Flight
  1. "I Love New York / Magic Ray"
    Released: November 15, 1979

Super Flight is the second studio album by Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea, released via Alfa Records on November 25, 1979. Recording took place at Studio A in Shibaura, Tokyo from August to October of that year. The album cover arts 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.

This album release right before a big change in Casiopea: It was Casiopea's last release with drummer Takashi Sasaki, who was replaced by Akira Jimbo later that year. It was also the last Casiopea release of the 70s.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Take Me"Issei Noro4:19
2."Flying"Issei Noro4:51
3."Dune"Issei Noro4:51
4."Asayake" (Sunrise)Issei Noro5:05
Total length:19:06
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."I Love New York"Steve Karmen4:08
2."Sailing Alone"Tetsuo Sakurai4:41
3."Olion"Issei Noro3:20
4."Magic Ray"Issei Noro4:42
5."Mighty Mouse"Issei Noro3:09
Total length:20:00

Credits and personnel

Recorded and mixed at Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo, August 27 – October 13, 1979

Band Members
CASIOPEA are
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
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November 10, 2016 3qonmqz7cdFfMmE2iS37Rb Spotify

External links

References

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