Sun Sun

Sun Sun
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	September 10, 1986
Recorded	The Hit Factory, New York City from June 8 to June 29, 1986
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

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

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

CD, 12inch track list
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

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

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 10, 1986	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28085	stereo
Japan	September 10, 1986	Alfa Records	12cmCD	32XA-90
Japan	March 21, 1992	Alfa Records	12cmCD	ALCA-285
Japan	August 31, 1994	Alfa Records	12cmCD	ALCA-9015
Japan	August 29, 1998	Alfa Records	12cmCD	ALCA-9210
Japan	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered CD	VRCL-2215	DSD, LP paper jacket
Japan	March 13, 2002	Village Records	remastered CD	VRCL-2235	DSD
Japan	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct	remastered CD	MHCL-20017	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

1. Allmusic review

External links

• CASIOPEA – Sun Sun at Discogs