Halle (album)

Halle is the thirteenth album and the tenth studio album by Casiopea released in 1985. The lead single, "Halle" is the first Casiopea song to have songwriting credits from all four members. It's also the first Casiopea album recorded in Japan since 1983's Photographs.

Halle
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	September 10, 1985
Recorded	from May 18 to June 12, 1985
Studio	Studio Jive, Tokyo
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	42:22
Label	Alfa Records ALR-28071
Producer	Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Down Upbeat (1984) Halle (1985) Casiopea Live (1985)
Singles from Halle
"Halle/Hoshi-Zora/Looking Up ALR-12003" Released: August 25, 1985

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Halle"	Casiopea	3:39
2.	"Hoshi-Zora"	Issei Noro	4:11
3.	"Street Performer"	Akira Jimbo	3:56
4.	"The Turning Bell"	Issei Noro	3:46
5.	"North Sea"	Issei Noro	3:39
6.	"Matsuri-Bayashi"	Issei Noro	4:15
Total length:			23:26

Side B

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Touch The Rainbow"	Akira Jimbo	4:05
2.	"After School"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:33
3.	"Freesia"	Tetsuo Sakurai	3:27
4.	"Marine Blue"	Issei Noro	4:11
5.	"Paradox March"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:40
Total length:			18:56

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-1, SG-3000 Fretless), Chorus, Percussion

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, EMULATOR-II, Acoustic Piano)

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA Tetsuo model, BB-5000, BB-3000 Fretless)

Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG & RD, Zildjian cymbals, Simmons SDS-5), Percussion

Production

• Producer - Issei Noro
• Co-Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Recording & Re-mix engineer: Kohji Sugimoto
• Assistant Engineers: Hiroyuki "Jax" Shimura, Hironobu Asano
• Designer: Toshinao Tsukui
• Photographer: Koichi Inakoshi
• Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 10, 1985	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28071	stereo
	September 10, 1985		12cmCD	32XA-38
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-283
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9013
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9208
	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2213	DSD, LP paper jacket
	March 13, 2002			VRCL-2233	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20015	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076263332	iTunes Store[1]
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See also

• 1985 in Japanese music