Casiopea – Thunder Live (E/E) – LP, JP 1980, With OBI

Thunder Live is an LP by Casiopea from 1980 released on the Alfa label.

About this album

Thunder Live captures Casiopea at full throttle, turning the Japanese fusion group’s jazz-funk precision into a bright, high-energy live statement. Issued in 1980, the album features the band’s trademark blend of fluid guitar and keyboard lines, elastic rhythm work and polished ensemble interplay, with performances built around pieces such as “Space Road” and “Sailing Alone”. Coming early in Casiopea’s rise, it helped cement their reputation as one of the most skilled and distinctive acts in fusion, balancing technical complexity with an easy, crowd-pleasing momentum that made their music stand out well beyond Japan.

Genre: Jazz