Platinum (Casiopea album)

Platinum is the 17th album released by the jazz fusion group Casiopea in 1987. The album featured a cover of "Bridge Over Troubled Water"--a song originally written by Paul Simon.

Platinum
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	September 1, 1987
Recorded	at SOUNDTRACK, New York City . from June 11 to June 23, 1987. at STUDIO SOUND, Los Angeles June 23, 1987
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	40:01
Label	Polydor K.K. / AURA 28MX-2544
Producer	Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
Casiopea chronology
Casiopea Perfect Live II (1987) Platinum (1987) Euphony (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

LP(28MX-2544) Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Access"	-	Issei Noro	3:49
2.	"Akasha"	Tetsuo Sakurai	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Magnetic Vibration"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	4:24
4.	"Me Espere"	Djavan	Akira Jimbo	3:19
5.	"Do-Loo-Doo?"	-	Issei Noro	3:56
Total length:				19:33

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Get Back To That Good Thing"	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	4:01
2.	"Princess Moon"	-	Issei Noro	4:21
3.	"Sunset Rhapsody"	-	Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro	3:19
4.	"SUNCA" (賛歌)	-	Issei Noro	4:38
5.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	4:09
Total length:				20:28

CD(UPCY-6538) Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Access"	-	Issei Noro	3:49
2.	"Akasha"	Tetsuo Sakurai	Issei Noro	4:05
3.	"Magnetic Vibration"	-	Tetsuo Sakurai	4:24
4.	"Me Espere"	Djavan	Akira Jimbo	3:19
5.	"Do-Loo-Doo?"	-	Issei Noro	3:56
6.	"Get Back To That Good Thing"	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	Andy Heermans, Tommy Mandel	4:01
7.	"Princess Moon"	-	Issei Noro	4:21
8.	"Sunset Rhapsody"	-	Minoru Mukaiya, Issei Noro	3:19
9.	"Believe in Yourself" (CD Bonus track)	JESSIE	Yukou Kusunoki	4:38
10.	"SUNCA" (賛歌)	-	Issei Noro	4:38
11.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water"	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	4:09
12.	"Asayake (Live)" (CD Bonus track)	-	Issei Noro	5:12
Total length:				50:23

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA ISSEI MODEL, FRETLESS GUITAR), Acoustic guitar (D'AGOSTINO GUITAR)

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA DX-7, KX-88, TX-816, QX-1, KORG DSS-1, DSM-1, SG-1, ROLAND D-50, SBX-80 & Acoustic Piano)

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (YAMAHA TETSUO MODEL, BB-5000, Kramer Electric Bass)

Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000 Series, PTT-1, PMC-1, RX-5, AKAI S-900, ZILDJAN CYMBALS, SIMMONS SDS-V)

Additional Musicians

• Yukou Kusunoki - Lead Vocal on A2, B1, B5, C9
• Djavan - Vocal on A4
• Background Vocal on A2, A5, B1 - Cedric Samson, Dina Miller, Amanda Blue, Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
• Background Vocal on A1 - Issei Noro, Yukoh Kusunoki
• Background Vocal on B4 - Issei Noro, Tetsuo Sakurai, Minoru Mukaiya, Yukoh Kusunoki
• Steve Thornton - Latin Percussion on A3, B3, B5
• Earl Gardner - Trumpet on A5, B5
• Alex Foster - Alto sax on A5,B5
• Lenny Pickett - Tenor sax, Baritone sax on A5, B5
• Horns Arrangements - Issei Noro, Lenny Pickett
• Additional Synthesizer & Programing on B1 - Andy Herrmans

Production

• Producer - Issei Noro, Shunsuke Miyazumi
• Engineer - Andy Heermans, Les Brockman
• Assistant Engineers - Mark Partis, Bryan Rutter
• Mixing engineer - Andy Heermans

• Executive producer - Katsuki Hagiwara, Shinichi Toyama
• Production management - Masato Arai
• Management - Osamu Takagi, Fumiaki Takahashi, Katsuhiro Maruichi

• Art Direction Design and Illustration - Mitsuo Katsui
• Visual Supervisor - Masahiro Tomioka, Miyuki Sawa

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	September 1, 1987	Polydor K.K. / AURA	30cmLP	28MX-2544	stereo
	September 1, 1987		12cmCD	H33P-20176
	July 1, 1992			POCH-1221
	June 24, 2009	Universal Music LLC / AURA	remastered SHM-CD	UPCY-6538
	June 24, 2017			UPCY-9700	J-FUSION 40th

External links

• CASIOPEA – Platinum at Discogs
• PLATINUM at MusicBrainz

References

1. Allmusic review