# Down Upbeat

Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984. This is Casiopea's second full album where Issei Noro is credited as a producer. The following year, "Zoom" was released as the lead single for this album, and is the only one of Casiopea's songs to have a professionally produced, full length music video, recorded in Manhattan.
After the album was released, Casiopea went on their "1984 Around The World Tour." Notably, even though the tour was named after being international, the group only played a select few dates outside of Japan.

## Personnel

CASIOPEA are
    Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000 Fretless)
    Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha DX-1, DX-7, Roland VP-330)
    Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)
    Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)
* Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya

## Production

* Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
* Engineer - Rik Pekkonen
* Assistant Engineer - Warren Bruleigh
* Mastering - Bernie Grundman
* Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz
* Project Co-ordinators - Jay Durgain, Edward Leaman
* Designer - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
* Photographer - Yukio Ichikawa
* Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

## Release history

| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
| Japan | October 25, 1984 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALR-28063 | stereo |
| Japan | October 25, 1984 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | 38XA-25 | |
| Europe | 1984 | Sonet Records | 12cmCD | SNTCD 926 | |
| Netherlands | 1984 | Sonet Records | 30cmLP | SNTF 926 | |
| UK | 1984 | Sonet Records | 30cmLP | SNTF 926 | |
| United States | 1984 | Milestone Records | 30cmLP | M-9133 | titled 'Zoom' |
| Japan | January 25, 1987 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | 32XA-119 | |
| Japan | March 21, 1992 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | ALCA-282 | |
| Japan | August 31, 1994 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | ALCA-9012 | |
| Japan | August 29, 1998 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | ALCA-9207 | |
| Japan | January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2212 | DSD, LP paper jacket |
| Japan | February 14, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2232 | DSD |
| Japan | May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | remastered 12cmCD | MHCL-20014 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket |
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