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Eyes of the Mind
Studio album by
Casiopea
ReleasedApril 21, 1981
Recordedfrom December 4, 1980 to January 5, 1981
StudioKendum Studio "D", Los Angeles, California United States
GenreJazz fusion
Length43:42
LabelAlfa Records
ALR-28016
ProducerHarvey Mason
Casiopea chronology
Make Up City
(1980) 		Eyes of the Mind
(1981) 		Cross Point
(1981)

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 320kbps[4]
A1003862415 Recochoku AAC 128/320kbps[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]

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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