Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016).Art Direction & Design - ALPHABET (nh ad system).The back cover combines Helvetica Black Italic with all-caps Univers Italic. Filmotype Flare is used for the album title. The band name is shown on the label of the jam jar, in Stan Conform. Recording engineer - Al Schmitt, Norio Yoshizawa, Yasuhiko Terada Mint Jams is the seventh album and the second live album by Japanese jazz-fusion band Casiopea, released on by Alfa Records.Executive Producer - Kunihiko Murai, Syoro Kawazoe.
Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG2000), Acoustic guitar, vocals Minoru Mukaiya - Fender Rhodes electric piano, Acoustic piano, synthesizers, Yamaha electone, vibraphone Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass guitar (Fender Jazz Bass) Takashi Sasaki - Drums
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The cars featured on the album cover are based on Can Am cars running in the japanese Fuji Grand Champion series at the end of the seventies, most likely a Lola T290 Mazda and a March 74s from the 1978 & 1979 championships.Īll tracks were written and arranged by Issei Noro except horn arranged by Jun Fukamachi and strings arranged by Hiroki Inui. This album was recorded on LP in 1979 as ALR-6017 and years later in 1986 on CD under the 32XA-104 catalog numbers, being the first editions on both LP and CD. Tunes like Black Joke are part of the multiple performances and variances along Casiopea's career. The album includes the participation of some notable contemporary jazz players such as David Sanborn on the saxophone, giving a special touch to Issei Noro's compositions. Recorded between December 1978 and March 1979 in Japan, "Casiopea" is Casiopea's self-titled debut album. The cover depicts two racecars racing each other on a raceway. Casiopea is the debut album of the jazz fusion group Casiopea which was recorded between 1978-1979 and released later that year.