Eyes of the Mind

Eyes of the Mind
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	April 21, 1981
Recorded	Kendum Studio "D", Los Angeles, California 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
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Music	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.	Title	Music	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:

• Harvey Mason - Percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion

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

• Harvey Mason - Producer
• Kenny Mason - Associate Producer
• Peter Chaikin - Engineers
• Terry Moore - Assistant Engineers
• Project Coordinators - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Hide katada
• Art Direction and front cover illustration - Roland Young
• Photographer - Dave Williams

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.

External links

• CASIOPEA – Eyes of the Mind at Discogs