Hearty Notes

HEARTY NOTES

Studio album by Casiopea

Released

August 24, 1994

Recorded

at Studio Jive, Tokyo

and Audio Resource Honolulu, Honolulu

, 1994

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

42:48

Label

Alfa Records
ALCA-5007

Producer

Casiopea

Casiopea chronology

Answers
(1994)

Hearty Notes
(1994)

Asian Dreamer
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Hearty Notes is the twenty-sixth album and the first one in which All 4 Members of Casiopea play Acoustic Instruments recorded and released in 1994. This style is referenced on an acoustic version of their 1983 Classic, "Lookin' Up", featured on their 1994 album, "Asian Dreamer", and again on Casiopea's "Seasons" from their 1996 Album "Flowers".

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Sweet Vision"	Issei Noro	4:43
2.	"Dazzling" (from album "Photographs")	Issei Noro	4:22
3.	"Justice"	Issei Noro	4:12
4.	"Pleasure"	Issei Noro	3:35
5.	"Believe Again"	Noriaki Kumagai	3:52
6.	"Distance To Paradise"	Minoru Mukaiya	4:29
7.	"Sombrero"	Minoru Mukaiya	3:51
8.	"So Long"	Yoshihiro Naruse	5:38
9.	"Magic Ray" (from album "Super Flight")	Issei Noro	4:19
10.	"Shining Voyage"	Issei Noro	3:47

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Acoustic Guitars

Minoru Mukaiya - Acoustic Piano

Yoshihiro Naruse - Fretless Bass

Noriaki Kumagai - drums

Production

Sound Produced - CASIOPEA
Executive Producer: Yoshiaki Mizutani

Recording Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura (1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10), Ross Cockle (2,9)
Mixing Engineer - Hiroyuki Shimura
Mastering Engineer - Tohru Kotetsu
Assistant Engineer - Masashi Yanagisawa(Studio Jive), Porter Miller

Instruments Technician - Yasushi Horiuchi
Basses Build Up Technician - Yoshiki Murayama

Art Direction & Design - Shigekazu Tsujimori
Digital Art & Design - Keiko Akiyama
Photograph - Junichi Takahashi, Hiroshi Nameta, Shigekazu Tsujimori, Keiko Akiyama

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	August 24, 1994	Alfa Records	12cmCD	ALCA-5007
	February 20, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2218	DSD, LP paper jacket
	March 13, 2002	Village Records		VRCL-2238	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20020	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket

References

↑ Allmusic review

External links

CASIOPEA – HEARTY NOTES at Discogs

Casiopea

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilations

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