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Light and Shadows

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Light and Shadows
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1997
Recordedat Studio Jive, Tokyo Japan, Sunset Sound, Los Angeles United States. 1997
GenreJazz fusion
Length54:38
LabelPony Canyon
PCCA-01123
ProducerCasiopea
Casiopea chronology
Flowers
(1996)
Light and Shadows
(1997)
Be
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Light and Shadows is the thirtieth album by the jazz fusion group Casiopea recorded and released in 1998. This album features guest drummer Harvey Mason and also marks the return of the band's former drummer Akira Jimbo.

Track listing

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No.TitleMusicLength
1."Golden Waves"Issei Noro5:24
2."Forbidden Fruits"Issei Noro4:35
3."Chain Reaction"Issei Noro4:02
4."Missing Days"Issei Noro5:35
5."Speeded Age"Issei Noro4:45
6."The Tease"Harvey Mason4:46
7."Don't Leave Me Alone"Minoru Mukaiya5:24
8."Movin'"Yoshihiro Naruse5:34
9."The Smile of Tender"Issei Noro5:48
10."Riddle"Minoru Mukaiya4:18
11."A Dressy Morning"Issei Noro4:27
Total length:54:38

Personnel

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CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Guitars
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards
Yoshihiro Naruse - Bass

Additional Musicians

Akira Jimbo - drums (M-2,3,4,7,8,9,10,11), Electric Percussion & Timbales (M-1,3,5,6,7,9)
Harvey Mason - Drums (M-1,5,6)

Production

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  • Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
  • Executive Producer - Yuzo Watanabe
  • Recording Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura, Don Murray
  • Assistant Engineer - Tadashi Yamaguchi, Doug Boehm
  • Mixing Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura
  • Mastering Engineer - Mitsuo Koike
  • Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi, Eisuke Sasaki
  • Art Direction & Design - Satoshi Yanagisawa
  • Photography - Yoshihito Sasaguchi

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan September 3, 1997 Pony Canyon 12cmCD PCCA-01123
November 20, 2008 remastered 12cmCD PCCR-50012 DSD, HQCD
Japan
Australia
Canada
U.S.A.
U.K.
August 10, 2010 Digital distribution 389192618 iTunes Store[2]

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Casiopea Light and Shadows". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
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