Sun Sun

Studio album by Casiopea

Released

September 10, 1986

Recorded

from June 8 to June 29, 1986

Studio

The Hit Factory, New York City

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

51:14

Label

Alfa Records
ALR-28085

Producer

Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro

Casiopea chronology

Casiopea Live
(1985)

Sun Sun
(1986)

Casiopea Perfect Live II
(1987)

Singles from Sun Sun

"Sun/Mr. Unique/Samba Mania ALR-12005"
Released: August 25, 1986

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Sun Sun is the 15th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1986.

Track listing

LP

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Conjunction"	-	Issei Noro	1:40
2.	"Coast To Coast"	-	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Keepers"	-	Issei Noro	3:16
4.	"Lunar Shade"	-	Issei Noro	4:16
5.	"Sun"	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro	Carlos Alomar	4:03
6.	"After Glow"	-	Akira Jimbo	3:18
Total length:				20:38

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Departure"	-	Akira Jimbo	3:05
2.	"Someone's Love"	Carlos Alomar	Issei Noro	3:45
3.	"Mi Señora"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	3:22
4.	"Something's Wrong (Change It)"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar	4:31
5.	"Transformation 1"	-	Minoru Mukaiya	3:23
6.	"Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"	-	Issei Noro	5:12
Total length:				19:33

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Conjunction"	-	Issei Noro	1:40
2.	"Coast To Coast"	-	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Keepers"	-	Issei Noro	3:16
4.	"Lunar Shade"	-	Issei Noro	4:16
5.	"Sun"	Carlos Alomar, Issei Noro	Carlos Alomar	4:03
6.	"After Glow"	-	Akira Jimbo	3:18
7.	"Mr. Unique" (CD, 12inch bounus track)	-	Issei Noro	4:16
8.	"Samba Mania" (CD, 12inch bounus track)	-	Minoru Mukaiya	3:12
9.	"Departure"	-	Akira Jimbo	3:05
10.	"Someone's Love"	Carlos Alomar	Issei Noro	3:45
11.	"Mi Señora"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	3:22
12.	"Something's Wrong (Change It)"	Carlos Alomar	Carlos Alomar	4:31
13.	"Transformation 1"	-	Minoru Mukaiya	3:23
14.	"Planetoid ~ Mother Earth"	-	Issei Noro	5:12
Total length:				51:14

Personnel

Casiopea are

Issei Noro – electric guitar (Yamaha Issei Model, SG-3000 Fretless & Kramea Pitchrider-7000 with DX-7)

Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Yamaha DX-7, KX-88, KX-76, TX-816, QX-1, Korg DSS-1, EX-8000, Roland SBX-0, TR-727, Emulator-II, AKAI S-900 & acoustic piano)

Tetsuo Sakurai – electric bass (Yamaha Tetsuo Model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless & Kramer KMZ-6000)

Akira Jimbo – drums (Yamaha YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjan cymbals, Simmons SDS-5)

Additional musicians

John Waite – lead vocal on "Something Wrong /Change It"
Frank Simms – lead Vocal on "Sun"
Background vocals on "Someone's Love" & "Conjunction" – Diva Gray, Vivian Cherry & Leatrice Griffin
Background vocals on "Sun" & "Somethings Wrong (Change It)" – Casiopea
Borneo Horns – Horns
Stan Harrison – alto saxophone
Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone
Steve Elson – tenor & baritone saxophone
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Lenny Pickett – horn arrangements
Pablo Rosario – Latin percussion
Guilmerue Franco, Marcio Sapel – Brazilian percussion on "Samba Mania"

Production

Producer – Carlos Alomar
Co-producer – Issei Noro
Engineer – Andy Heermans
Assistant engineer – Victor Deyglio, Lance Mcvickar, Tim Reppert
Sound adviser – Shun Miyazumi
A&R co-ordinator – Masato Arai, Toshikazu Awano
Mastering – Howie Weinberg
Management – Fumiaki Takahashi
Supervisor – Shinichi Toyama
Equipment co-ordinator: Katsuhiro Maruichi
Photo – Fumio Tomita
Design – Toshinao Tsukui
Remastering engineer – Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 10, 1986	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28085	stereo
			Compact Cassette	ALR-28085
			12cmCD	32XA-90
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-285
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9015
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9210
	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2215	DSD, LP paper jacket
	March 13, 2002	Village Records		VRCL-2235	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20017	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076263387	iTunes Store^[2]
				4582290414089	mora AAC-LC 320kbps^[3]
				A1003862616	Recochoku AAC 320kbps^[4]
				B01B5AUF0S	Amazon.com^[5]
				Bwsk45dgdrpveqi7zeocezd3bdq	Google Play Music ^[6]
	July 27, 2016			4542696007605	mora DSD 2.8MHz/1bit^[7]
				smj4542696007605	e-onkyo DSD 2.8MHz/1bit^[8]
				11190	HD-music DSD 2.8MHz/1bit^[9]
				4582290418742	mora FLAC 96.0kHz/24bit^[10]
				A2000673659	Recochoku FLAC 96kHz 24bit^[11]
				smj4582290418742	e-onkyo FLAC 96kHz 24bit^[12]
				11203	HD-music FLAC 96kHz/24bit^[13]
				79afc4bf52ba07e0a992	AWA 320kbps^[14]
	November 10, 2016			0k5iEHrY6iK6vI3pnTF4KX	Spotify^[15]

External links

CASIOPEA – Sun Sun at Discogs
Sun Sun at MusicBrainz

References

↑ Allmusic review
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