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Recorded Live and Best: Early Alfa Years

Recorded Live and Best: Early Alfa Years

by Casiopea

Regular price $52.45
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Genre: Jazz
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Estimated Shipping Date: Q3 2026 (July). All other items ordered with this one will be held until this product is ready to ship.

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Release Details
  • Available on vinyl for the first time
  • Masterpiece compilation from 2013 featuring Early ALFA era live performances
  • Selections from THUNDER LIVE, MINT JAMS, and CASIOPEA LIVE
  • Performed by the classic “golden age” lineup: Issei Noro, Minoru Mukaiya, Tetsuo Sakurai, Akira Jimbo
  • 2xLP pressed on black vinyl
  • Japan import fusion essential for collectors

Description

This is preorder. Estimated shipping date: Q3 2026 (July)

Recorded Live and Best - Early Alfa Years is a collector’s dream because it captures CASIOPEA where they’re most unstoppable: live, locked-in, and played by the legendary first lineup. Pulling select performances from the band’s most iconic early live albums - THUNDER LIVE, MINT JAMS, and CASIOPEA LIVE - this set delivers peak Japanese fusion: tight grooves, insane precision, and that signature bright, high-speed melodic drive. If you want the “why CASIOPEA became the gold standard” answer on vinyl, this first-time press is one of the strongest ways to get it.

Tracklist

Side A

  1. Midnight Rendezvous
  2. Domino Line
  3. Down Upbeat

Side B

  1. Asayake
  2. Take Me
  3. Space Road

Side C

  1. Looking Up
  2. Eyes Of The Mind
  3. Galactic Funk

Side D

  1. I’m Sorry
  2. Black Joke
  3. Swear

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SKU: MHJL-500 | UPC: 4547366795202

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