Eyes of the Mind

Eyes of the Mind
Studio album by Casiopea
Released April 21, 1981
Recorded Kendum Studio "D", Los Angeles, California United States from December 4, 1980 to January 5, 1981
Genre Jazz fusion
Length 43:42
Label Alfa Records'
ALR-28016
Producer Harvey Mason
Casiopea chronology
Make Up City
(1980)
Eyes of the Mind
(1981)
Cross Point
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Eyes of the Mind is the fifth album by Casiopea, released in 1981. The album was recorded in Los Angeles.

Track listing

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

Side A
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Asayake (Sunrise)"  Issei Noro 3:48
2. "A Place in the Sun"  Dave Boruff 4:38
3. "Take Me"  Issei Noro 4:08
4. "Lakai"  Harvey Mason, Bob James 4:07
5. "Eyes of the Mind"  Issei Noro 4:40
Total length:
21:21
Side B
No. TitleMusic Length
1. "Black Joke"  Issei Noro 4:01
2. "La Costa (Intro)"  Bob James 0:21
3. "La Costa"  Bob James 3:44
4. "Magic Ray"  Issei Noro 4:50
5. "Space Road"  Issei Noro 4:45
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, Poly Moog, 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

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
USA 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

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs". Billboard July 11, 1981. A Billboard Publication. Retrieved 2014-11-08.

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