Eyes of the Mind is the fifth album and the fourth studio album by Casiopea, released in 1981. The album was recorded in Los Angeles.[1]

Track listing

All Arranged by Casiopea and Harvey Mason except "Space Road" arranged by Kenny Mason.

Side A
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Asayake (Sunrise)"Issei Noro3:48
2."A Place in the Sun"Dave Boruff4:38
3."Take Me"Issei Noro4:08
4."Lakai"Harvey Mason, Bob James4:07
5."Eyes of the Mind"Issei Noro4:40
Total length:21:21
Side B
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Black Joke"Issei Noro4:01
2."La Costa (Intro)"Bob James0:21
3."La Costa"Bob James3:44
4."Magic Ray"Issei Noro4:50
5."Space Road"Issei Noro4:45
Total length:22:21

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless)
Minoru Mukaiya - keyboards (Fender Rhodes 73, Roland VP-330, Prophet-5, Yamaha GS-1, Mini Moog, Polymoog, ARP 2600, Korg 800 DV, Korg Trident)
Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass (YAMAHA BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo - drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R)

Guest Players:

Synthesizer arrangements for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke" and "Take Me" by Bob James.
Synthesizer programming for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke" and "Take Me" by Michael Boddicker.

Production

  • Producer - Harvey Mason
  • Associate Producer - Kenny Mason
  • Engineers - Peter Chaikin
  • Assistant Engineers - Terry Moore
  • Project Coordinators - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Hide katada
  • Art Direction and front cover illustration - Roland Young
  • Photographer - Dave Williams
  • Liner notes - Issei Noro
  • Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Jazz Albums 1981 33[2]

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog Note
Japan April 21, 1981 Alfa Records 30cmLP ALR-28016 stereo
United States 1981 AAA-10002
Europe 1981 ALF 85375
Japan March 25, 1984 12cmCD 32XA-11
January 23, 1987 32XA-115
March 21, 1992 ALCA-275
June 29, 1994 ALCA-9005
July 23, 1998 ALCA-9200
December 19, 2001 Village Records remastered 12cmCD VRCL-2205 DSD, LP paper jacket
January 17, 2002 VRCL-2225 DSD
May 27, 2009 Sony Music Direct MHCL-20007 DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
February 3, 2016 Music download 1076209969 iTunes Store[3]
4582290413983 mora AAC-LC 320 kbps[4]
A1003862415 Recochoku AAC 128/320 kbps[5]
B01B5ASIZW Amazon.com[6]
Bujop27brq4j4v5hxp7vxektghq Google Play Music[7]
July 27, 2016 4582290418919 mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8]
smj4582290418919 e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9]
11187 HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[10]
4582290418926 mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[11]
A1004668167 Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12]
smj4582290418926 e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[13]
11176 HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[14]
November 10, 2016 4Lh17Br4qOw0WZunJorOK0 Spotify[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Casiopea Eyes of the Mind". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs". Billboard July 11, 1981. A Billboard Publication. 11 July 1981. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  3. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". LevelGate Co., Ltd.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  5. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  7. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  8. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  13. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  15. ^ "EYES OF THE MIND CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.


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