Eyes of the Mind

Eyes of the Mind
Studio album by Casiopea
Released	April 21, 1981
Recorded	December 4, 1980–January 5, 1981
Studio	Kendum Studio "D", Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	43:42
Label	Alfa
Producer	Harvey Mason Kenny Mason (assoc.)
Casiopea chronology
Make Up City (1980) Eyes of the Mind (1981) Cross Point (1981)

Eyes of the Mind is the fourth studio album by Japanese jazz fusion Casiopea, released on April 21, 1981 by Alfa Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles. ^[1]

Track listing

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

Band members

• 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 musicians

• Harvey Mason - Percussion
• Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
• Bob James - Keyboards (uncredited), synthesizer arrangements for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke" and "Take Me"
• Michael Boddicker - synthesizer programming for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke" and "Take Me"

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

• 1981 in Japanese music

External links

• CASIOPEA – Eyes of the Mind at Discogs
• Eyes of the Mind at MusicBrainz

References

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