1981 studio album by Casiopea Eyes of the Mind Studio album by Casiopea Released| April 21, 1981 Recorded| from December 4, 1980 to January 5, 1981 Studio| Kendum Studio "D", Los Angeles, California 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) | | 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] ## Contents * 1 Track listing * 2 Personnel * 3 Production * 4 Chart performance * 5 Release history * 6 External links * 7 References ## Track listing[edit] All Arranged by Casiopea and Harvey Mason except "Space Road" arranged by Kenny Mason. Side ANo.| 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 BNo.| 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[edit] 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: * 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[edit] * 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[edit] | Chart | Peak position | U.S. Jazz Albums 1981 | 33[2] ## Release history[edit] 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] ## External links[edit] * CASIOPEA – Eyes of the Mind at Discogs * Eyes of the Mind at MusicBrainz ## References[edit] 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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