arrangers: []
barcode: '4988005023285'
catalog: H33P-20176
categories:
- Artist Discography
category: Artist Discography
classification: Arrangement, Vocal, Original Work
composers: []
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- disc_length: '44:33'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: ACCESS
      Japanese: ACCESS
    track_length: '3:49'
  - names:
      English: AKASHA
      Japanese: AKASHA
    track_length: '4:04'
  - names:
      English: MAGNETIC VIBRATION
      Japanese: MAGNETIC VIBRATION
    track_length: '4:23'
  - names:
      English: ME ESPERE
      Japanese: ME ESPERE
    track_length: '3:18'
  - names:
      English: DO-LOO-DOO?
      Japanese: DO-LOO-DOO?
    track_length: '3:55'
  - names:
      English: GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING
      Japanese: GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: PRINCESS MOON
      Japanese: PRINCESS MOON
    track_length: '4:21'
  - names:
      English: SUNSET RHAPSODY
      Japanese: SUNSET RHAPSODY
    track_length: '3:19'
  - names:
      English: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
      Japanese: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
    track_length: '4:38'
  - names:
      English: '"SUNCA"'
      Japanese: 賛歌 "SUNCA"
    track_length: '4:37'
  - names:
      English: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
      Japanese: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
    track_length: '4:09'
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lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2022-01-06T20:37
  edited_date: 2022-10-08T16:07
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T09:57
  freedb: 0
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 970
name: PLATINUM / CASIOPEA
names:
  en: PLATINUM / CASIOPEA
  ja: プラティナム / カシオペア
  ja-latn: PLATINUM / CASIOPEA
notes: 'CASIOPEA''s 17th album

  This CD version has one more track ("BELIEVE IN YOURSELF") than the vinyl (28MX-2544)
  and cassette (28CX-2544) prints.

  M01

  MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

  M02

  MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO, LYRICS BY TETSUO SAKURAI

  M03

  MUSIC BY TETSUO SAKURAI

  M04

  MUSIC BY AKIRA JIMBO

  M05

  MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

  M06

  MUSIC & LYRICS BY ANDY HEERMANS & TOMMY MANDEL

  M07

  MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

  M08

  MUSIC BY MINORU MUKAIYA & ISSEI NORO

  M09

  MUSIC BY YUKOH KUSUNOKI, LYRICS BY JESSIE

  M10

  MUSIC BY ISSEI NORO

  M11 - Cover of the song of the same name originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel

  MUSIC & LYRICS BY PAUL SIMON

  ALL SONGS CONCEIVED BY ISSEI NORO (EXCEPT 11)

  CASIOPEA

  ISSEI NORO: ELECTRIC & ACOUSTIC GUITAR (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS 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)

  GUEST VOCAL

  YUKOH KUSUNOKI (LEAD VOCAL ON “AKASHA” “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING” & “BRIDGE OVER
  TROUBLED WATER”)

  ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

  VOCAL ON “ME ESPERE”: DJAVAN (APPEARS THROUGH THE COURTESY OF CBS RECORDS BRAZIL)

  BACKGROUND VOCAL ON “AKASHA” “DO-LOO-DOO?” “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING”: CEDRIC
  SAMSON, DINA MILLER & AMANDA BLUE, ISSEI NORO & YUKOH KUSUNOKI (DON’T GIVE IT UP)

  “ACCESS”: ISSEI NORO & YUKOH KUSUNOKI

  “賛歌 (SUNCA)”: ISSEI NORO, TETSUO SAKURAI, MINORU MUKAIYA & YUKOH KUSUNOKI

  LATIN PERCUSSION ON “MAGNETIC VIBRATION” “SUNSET RHAPSODY” “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
  WATER”: STEVE THORNTON

  HORNS ON “DO-LOO-DOO?” “BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER”: EARL GARDNER (TRUMPET), ALEX
  FOSTER (ALTO SAX) & LENNY PICKETT (TENOR & BALITONE SAX)

  HORNS ARRANGEMENTS BY ISSEI NORO & LENNY PICKETT

  ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZER & PROGRAMMING ON “GET BACK TO THAT GOOD THING”: ANDY HEERMANS

  PRODUCED BY ISSEI NORO, SHUNSUKE MIYAZUMI (SHUN CORPORATION)

  ENGINEERS: ANDY HEERMANS (MIA PRODUCTIONS) LES BROCKMAN (VOCAL TRACK ON “ME ESPERE”)

  ASSISTANT ENGINEERS: MARK PARTIS (SOUNDTRACK, NEW YORK) BRYAN RUTTER (STUDIO SOUND
  LOS ANGELES)

  MIXED BY ANDY HEERMANS (MIA PRODUCTIONS)

  RECORD AT SOUNDTRACK NEW YORK. FROM 11TH JUNE TO 23RD JUNE, 1987. STUDIO SOUNDS
  LOS ANGELES 23RD JUNE, 1987.

  MIXED AT SOUNDTRACK NEW YORK. FROM 26TH JUNE TO 29TH JUNE, 1987.

  EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: KATSUKI HAGIWARA (POLYDOR) SHINICHI TOYAMA (AURA MUSIC INC.)

  PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: MASATO ARAI (SOREISHA CO., LTD.)

  MANAGEMENT: OSAMU TAKAGI, FUMIAKI TAKAHASHI, KATSUHIRO MARUICHI (AURA MUSIC INC.)

  ART DIRECTION DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION: MITSUO KATSUI

  VISUAL SUPERVISER: MASAHIRO TOMIOKA, MIYUKI SAWA (FELLOWSHIP)

  SPECIAL THANKS TO: CHRIS RICH, STEVE STEPHES (SOUNDTRACK, IRIS), NOBORU MIURA, CHIKAKO
  HOSHI (SOREISHA CO., LTD.)

  KOJI SUGIMORI & STUDIO JIVE, MIHARU NAGAFUCHI (AURA MUSIC INC.), TAKAO SATO (TOKYO
  EXPRESS), KOSHIRO UMEMOTO, HIDEYUKI ABE (MOVE CORP.), TOMMY, DEBBIE, MIKE SAKAI,
  SABURO TSUCHIYA (Y.M.C.), SHIGENORI TANAKA & YAMAHA R&D TOKYO, KORG INC., ROLAND
  CORP., SEIZAN FUKAMI, KAORU TACHIBANA & COSMOMATE. KOICHI NAKAGAWA (POLYDOR)'
organizations:
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  names:
    en: AURA RECORDS
    ja: AURA RECORDS
    ja-latn: AURA RECORDS
  role: label
- link: org/2395
  names:
    en: Polydor
    ja: Polydor
    ja-latn: Polydor
  role: label
- link: org/33
  names:
    en: Polydor K.K.
    ja: ポリドール株式会社
    ja-latn: Polydor K.K.
  role: publisher
performers: []
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1987-09-01'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3300.0
reprints: []
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votes: 0
