Platinum (Casiopea album)

Platinum
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	September 1, 1987
Recorded	at SOUNDTRACK, New York City . from June 11 to June 23, 1987. at STUDIO SOUND, Los Angeles June 23, 1987
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	40:01
Label	Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2544
Producer	Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Perfect Live II (1987) Platinum (1987) Euphony (1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.

Track listing

LP(28MX-2544) Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Access"	-	Issei Noro	3:49
2.	"Akasha"	Tetsuo Sakurai	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Magnetic Vibration"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	4:24
4.	"Me Espere"	Djavan	Akira Jimbo	3:19
5.	"Do-Loo-Doo?"	-	Issei Noro	3:56

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Get Back To That Good Thing"	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	4:01
2.	"Princess Moon"	-	Issei Noro	4:21
3.	"Sunset Rhapsody"	-	Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro	3:19
4.	"SUNCA" (賛歌)	-	Issei Noro	4:38
5.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	4:09

CD(UPCY-6538) Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Access"	-	Issei Noro	3:49
2.	"Akasha"	Tetsuo Sakurai	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Magnetic Vibration"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	4:24
4.	"Me Espere"	Djavan	Akira Jimbo	3:19
5.	"Do-Loo-Doo?"	-	Issei Noro	3:56
6.	"Get Back To That Good Thing"	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	4:01
7.	"Princess Moon"	-	Issei Noro	4:21
8.	"Sunset Rhapsody"	-	Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro	3:19
9.	"Believe in Yourself" (CD Bonus track)	JESSIE	Yukou Kusunoki	4:38
10.	"SUNCA" (賛歌)	-	Issei Noro	4:38
11.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	4:09
12.	"Asayake (Live)" (This is the bonus track featured on the 2009 Reissue of "Euphony" that was part of the Box Set called "Legend of Casiopea", released in commemoration of their 30th Anniversary. This track was also featured on the 1992 Reissue of Casiopea World Live '88.)	-	Issei Noro	5:12

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

• Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Engineer - Andy Heermans, Les Brockman
• Assistant Engineers - Mark Partis, Bryan Rutter
• Mixing Engineers - Andy Heermans

• 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 CD	UPCY-6538	SHM-CD

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• CASIOPEA – Platinum at Discogs