Platinum (Casiopea album)

Platinum is the 17th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. The album featured a cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"--a song originally written by Paul Simon.

Platinum
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1987
Recordedat SOUNDTRACK, New York City . from June 11 to June 23, 1987.
at STUDIO SOUND, Los Angeles June 23, 1987
GenreJazz fusion
Length40:01
LabelPolydor K.K. / AURA
28MX-2544
ProducerIssei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Perfect Live II
(1987)		 Platinum
(1987)		 Euphony
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

LP(28MX-2544) Track listing
Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Access"-Issei Noro3:49
2."Akasha"Tetsuo SakuraiIssei Noro4:05
3."Magnetic Vibration"-Tetsuo Sakurai4:24
4."Me Espere"DjavanAkira Jimbo3:19
5."Do-Loo-Doo?"-Issei Noro3:56
Total length:19:33
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Get Back To That Good Thing"Andy Heermans, Tommy MandelAndy Heermans, Tommy Mandel4:01
2."Princess Moon"-Issei Noro4:21
3."Sunset Rhapsody"-Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro3:19
4."SUNCA" (賛歌)-Issei Noro4:38
5."Bridge Over Troubled Water"Paul SimonPaul Simon4:09
Total length:20:28

CD(UPCY-6538) Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Access"-Issei Noro3:49
2."Akasha"Tetsuo SakuraiIssei Noro4:05
3."Magnetic Vibration"-Tetsuo Sakurai4:24
4."Me Espere"DjavanAkira Jimbo3:19
5."Do-Loo-Doo?"-Issei Noro3:56
6."Get Back To That Good Thing"Andy Heermans, Tommy MandelAndy Heermans, Tommy Mandel4:01
7."Princess Moon"-Issei Noro4:21
8."Sunset Rhapsody"-Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro3:19
9."Believe in Yourself" (CD Bonus track)JESSIEYukou Kusunoki4:38
10."SUNCA" (賛歌)-Issei Noro4:38
11."Bridge Over Troubled Water"Paul SimonPaul Simon4:09
12."Asayake (Live)" (CD Bonus track)-Issei Noro5:12
Total length:50:23

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS GUITAR), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, QX-1, KORG DSS-1, DSM-1, SG-1, ROLAND D-50, SBX-80 & Acoustic Piano)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA TETSUO MODEL, BB-5000, Kramer Electric Bass)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 Series, PTT-1, PMC-1, RX-5, AKAI S-900, ZILDJAN CYMBALS, SIMMONS SDS-V)

Additional Musicians

  • Yukou Kusunoki - Lead Vocal on A2, B1, B5, C9
  • Djavan - Vocal on A4
  • Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Background Vocal on B4 - Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya, Yukoh Kusunoki
  • Steve Thornton - Latin Percussion on A3, B3, B5
  • Earl Gardner - Trumpet on A5, B5
  • Alex Foster - Alto sax on A5,B5
  • Lenny Pickett - Tenor sax, Baritone sax on A5, B5
  • Horns Arrangements - Issei Noro, Lenny Pickett
  • Additional Synthesizer & Programing on B1 - Andy Herrmans

Production


  • Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
  • Production management - Masato Arai
  • Management - Osamu Takagi, Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi


  • Art Direction Design and Illustration - Mitsuo Katsui
  • Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka, Miyuki Sawa

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 1, 1987 Polydor K.K. / AURA 30cmLP 28MX-2544 stereo
September 1, 1987 12cmCD H33P-20176
July 1, 1992 POCH-1221
June 24, 2009 Universal Music LLC / AURA remastered SHM-CD UPCY-6538
June 24, 2017 UPCY-9700 J-FUSION 40th
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References
  1. Allmusic review
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