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Thunder Live

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Thunder Live
Live album by
ReleasedApril 21, 1980
RecordedFebruary 8 & 9, 1980
VenueABC Hall, Shiba, Tokyo Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length41:56
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-6037
ProducerShunsuke Miyazumi, Shinji Sawada
Casiopea chronology
Super Flight
(1979)
Thunder Live
(1980)
Make Up City
(1980)

Thunder Live is the third album and first live album released by jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1980. This album marked the first appearance of drummer Akira Jimbo, who replaced Takashi Sasaki that same year.[1]

Description

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This is their first live album, and it mainly includes songs from their past two albums, but "I'm Sorry" and "Have A Nice Dream" are included for the first time in this album.

In addition to the technical and detailed ensemble shown in their past two albums, their high performance in the live recordings, and the sophisticated drumming techniques of Akira Jimbo, have earned them even higher praise than ever. In particular, Harvey Mason heard this album during a listening project for a jazz magazine and was impressed, which led to him becoming involved in their subsequent activities, including participating in the production of the album "Eyes of The Mind."

The live performance that included this album also included video, and at the time of its release it existed as a promotional video, but it was not commercially available for a long time. However, more than 10 years later, in 1992, "Have A Nice Dream" and "Black Joke" (different takes on different recording dates from the album) were included in the Casiopea live video collection video software & LD software "ACT ONE". In 1999, the DVD software "CASIOPEA AGAIN" included "Take Me," which was not included in the album, along with "Have A Nice Dream."

There are two types of covers for this album. The jacket of the first edition, released in 1980, featured a caricature of the members in extreme colors, standing against a backdrop of crimson flames. This original jacket has received major criticism, even from Akira Jimbo's mother. However, from the re-press version, the cover was changed to a more subdued color scheme featuring an illustration of lightning falling on the sea surface.

Track listing

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All tunes arranged by Issei Noro.

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Space Road"Issei Noro6:38
2."Sailing Alone"Tetsuo Sakurai7:53
3."I'm Sorry"Issei Noro5:09
Total length:19:40
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Have a Nice Dream"Issei Noro6:30
2."Black Joke"Issei Noro9:07
3."Midnight Rendezvous"Issei Noro6:34
Total length:22:11

Personnel

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CASIOPEA are

Production

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Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan April 21, 1980 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-6037 stereo
Compact cassette ALR-6037
December 21, 1986 12cmCD 32XA-106
March 21, 1992 ALCA-273
June 29, 1994 ALCA-9003
July 23, 1998 ALCA-9198
December 19, 2001 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2203 DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002 VRCL-2223 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20005 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076212864 iTunes Store[2]
4582290413969 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[3]
A1003862385 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[4]
B01B5AR7PY Amazon.com[5]
Bngtow64ze5jvnlo3uzaasrgnii Google Play Music[6]
July 27, 2016 4582290418681 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
smj4582290418681 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
11183 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9]
4582290418674 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10]
A1003862385 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11]
smj4582290418674 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12]
11172 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13]
November 10, 2016 2l1oVe4qT0xMwR32lSN8BI Spotify[14]

Full Live

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Aside from Casiopea Perfect Live II, all Casiopea lives officially released are cut.

Some songs are missing from the official release, some are not in the right order and some are shorter.

No.TitleMusicfrom albumLength
1."Space Road"Issei NoroCasiopea 
2."Time Limit"Issei NoroCasiopea 
3."Sailing Alone"Tetsuo SakuraiSuper Flight 
4."I'm Sorry"Issei Noro  
5."Have a Nice Dream"Issei Noro  
6."Take Me"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
7."Magic Ray"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
8."I Love New York"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
9."Tears of The Star"Issei NoroCasiopea 
10."Life Game"Issei NoroMake Up City 
11."Black Joke"Issei NoroCasiopea 
12."Midnight Rendezvous"Issei NoroCasiopea 
13."Mighty Mouse"Issei NoroSuper Flight 
14."Asayake"Issei NoroSuper Flight 

References

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  1. ^ "Casiopea". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
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  10. ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
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  13. ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ^ "THUNDER LIVE CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-06.
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