4x4 (Casiopea album)
| 4×4 - FOUR BY FOUR | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 16, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | October 12–29, 1982 | |||
| Studio | Studio "A", Shibaura, Tokyo  | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 30:08 | |||
| Label | Alfa Records ALR-28045 | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
| Casiopea chronology | ||||
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4×4 - FOUR BY FOUR is the eighth album and sixth studio album by Casiopea recorded and released in 1982. Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, Nathan East, and Don Grusin participated in the recording of this album.
Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason and Nathan East, along with pianist Bob James, rather than Don Grusin, went on to become the Original members of Fourplay in 1991.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mid-Manhattan" | Akira Jimbo | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Pavane -Pour Une Infante Dẻfunte-" | Maurice Ravel | 5:32 |
| 3. | "Transatlantic" | Lee Ritenour | 5:37 |
| Total length: | 15:46 | ||
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Galactic Funk" | Issei Noro | 6:04 |
| 2. | "Kauai" | Lee Ritenour | 3:51 |
| 3. | "Chandelier" | Issei Noro | 4:27 |
| Total length: | 14:22 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Issei Noro – Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000, SG-1000 Fretless), Acoustic guitar (on B2), Percussion (on A2, A3, B3)
- Lee Ritenour – Electric guitar (Ibanez, Fender Stratocaster, Ovation Nylon Strings), Classical guitar (on A2), Acoustic Guitar (on B2)
- Minoru Mukaiya – Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35, Oberheim OB-Xa, Moog the SOURCE)
- Don Grusin – Keyboards (Acoustic Piano (on A2), YAMAHA CP-80 (on A1, B1), Oberheim OB-Xa (on A2, B2), Rhodes (on A3, B3))
- Tetsuo Sakurai – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000 Milk Bass) (on A2, B1, B3), Percussion (on B3)
- Nathan East – Electric Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000, Roland GR-33B) (on A1, A3, B1, B2)
- Akira Jimbo – drums (YAMAHA YD-9500R) (except on B3), Percussion (on A3, B2, B3)
- Harvey Mason – drums (Premier Sound Wave Custom) (on A1, B1, B3), Marimba (on A2, B2)
Production
[edit]- Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
- Associate Producer – Satoshi Nakao
- Recording and Mixing Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa, Issei Noro
- Assistant Engineer – Atsushi Saito, Shinji Miyoshi
- Mastering Engineer – Osamu Shimoju
- Art Direction and Design – Nao Magami, Shinya "SHAR" Asami
- Illustration – Shinya "SHAR" Asami
- Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | December 16, 1982 | Alfa Records | stereo LP | ALR-28045 | 30 cm |
| February 22, 1984 | 12cm CD | 38XA-10 | |||
| January 25, 1987 | 32XA-114 | ||||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-277 | ||||
| July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9008 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9203 | ||||
| January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered CD | VRCL-2208 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| February 14, 2002 | VRCL-2228 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20010 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076210150 | iTunes Store[2] | ||
| 4582290414010 | mora AAC-LC 320 kbit/s[3] | ||||
| A1003862359 | Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[4] | ||||
| B01B5ATFHW | Amazon.com[5] | ||||
| Bfvjwafaq7xj3kr2i2jux33er4a | Google Play Music[6] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290418889 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | |||
| smj4582290418889 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 11186 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | ||||
| 4582290418872 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | ||||
| A2000673633 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| smj4582290418872 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | ||||
| 11175 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| 3ab0068bae92d7262085 | AWA 320kbps[14] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 1FDJljnanAoqWavDDqrR6O | Spotify[15] |
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- CASIOPEA – 4x4 at Discogs
- 4x4 at MusicBrainz
References
[edit]- ^ "4x4". All Music. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "4×4 FOUR BY FOUR CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
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