The Soundgraphy

The Soundgraphy is the 11th album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984 in Japan. This is also Casiopea's first Compilation album.

The Soundgraphy
Compilation album by Casiopea
Released	April 25, 1984
Recorded	1980–1984
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	42:16
Label	Alfa Records ALR-28055
Producer	Harvey Mason, Richard Manwaring, Shunsuke Miyazumi, and Issei Noro
Casiopea chronology
Jive Jive (1983) The Soundgraphy (1984) Down Upbeat (1984)
Singles from The Soundgraphy
"The Soundgraphy/Living On A Feeling ALR-777" Released: March 1, 1984

This compilation notably does not feature any songs release with Takashi Sasaki playing drums, even though those recordings are some of Casiopea's most popular.

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Soundgraphy"	-	Issei Noro	3:43
2.	"Gypsy Wind" (from "Make Up City")	-	Issei Noro	4:06
3.	"Eyes Of The Mind" (from "Eyes Of The Mind")	-	Issei Noro	4:43
4.	"Sunnyside Feelin'" (from "Cross Point")	-	Akira Jimbo	4:12
5.	"Asayake" (from "Mint Jams")	-	Issei Noro	4:58
Total length:				21:42

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Mid-Manhattan" (from "4x4")	-	Akira Jimbo	4:42
2.	"Looking Up" (from "Photographs")	-	Issei Noro	4:25
3.	"Misty Lady" (from "Photographs")	-	Issei Noro	3:45
4.	"What Can't Speak Can't Lie" (from "Jive Jive")	Gary Osborne	Issei Noro	3:49
5.	"Fabby Dabby" (from "Jive Jive")	-	Issei Noro	3:53
Total length:				20:34

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass

Akira Jimbo - Drums

GUEST MUSICIANS

• Harvey Mason - Drums (B1), Percussion (A3, B1)
• Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion (A3)
• Bob James - Keyboards (A3)
• Lee Ritenour - Guitar (B1)
• Don Grusin - Keyboards (B1)
• Nathan East - Bass (B1)
• Kiki Dee - Vocal (B4)

Production

• Producer - Synsuke Miyazumi, Harvey Mason, Richard Manwaring, Issei Noro
• Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa, Peter Chaikin, Richard Manwaring
• Art Director - Kaoru Watanabe
• Cover Illustration - Mizumaru Anzai
• Cover Designers - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
• Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	April 25, 1984	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28055	stereo
	May 25, 1984		12cmCD	38XA-12
	January 25, 1987			32XA-116
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-281
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9011
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9206
	December 6, 2000	Toshiba EMI		TOCT-10752
	January 23, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2211	DSD, LP paper jacket
	February 14, 2002			VRCL-2231	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20013	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076213149	iTunes Store[1]
				4582290414041	mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[2]
				A1003862558	Recochoku AAC 320 kbps[3]
				B01B5AVWKK	Amazon.com[4]
				Bqqt7vhzhaeb5mzbtzf5t3bmtay	Google Play Music[5]
	July 27, 2016			4582290418612	mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[6]
				smj4582290418612	e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7]
				11191	HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
				4582290418605	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[9]
				A2000673653	Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[10]
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				11199	HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[12]
				621720ac1901377e8c89	AWA 320kbps[13]
	November 10, 2016			2l8h3gH5VSq8qGcKyOQiO8	Spotify[14]

See also

• 1984 in Japanese music

External links

• CASIOPEA – The Soundgraphy at Discogs
• The Soundgraphy at MusicBrainz