05/06/2023

Casiopea "Eyes Of The Mind" (1981) -Smooth Jazz / Jazz Funk-



Label : Alfa Records, Inc.


Japon Side 1

01 - Asayake (Sunrise) (Issei Noro)
02 - A Place In The Sun (Dave Boruff)
03 - Take Me (Issei Noro)
04 - Lakai (Harvey Mason & Bob James)
05 - Eyes Of The Mind (Issei Noro)

Side 2

01 - Black Joke (Issei Noro)
02 - La Costa (Intro) (Bob James)
03 - La Costa (Bob James)
04 - Magic Ray (Issei Noro)
05 - Space Road (Issei Noro)


Casiopea Band Members :
Issei Noro : Electric Guitar - Yamaha SG-2000 & SG-1000 Fretless
Tetsuo Sakurai : Bass - Yamaha BB-2000
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
Akira Jimbo : Drums - Yamaha YD-9000R

Guest Players :
Harvey Mason : Percussion
Paulinho Da Costa : Percussion

Produced by Harvey Mason
Associate Producer : Kenny Mason
All Arrangements by Casiopea & Harvey Mason except "Space Road" Arranged by Kenny Mason
Synthesizer Arrangements for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke", "Take Me" by Bob James
Synthesizer Programming for "Magic Ray", "Black Joke", "Take Me" by Michael Boddicker
Recording & Mixing :
Engineer : Peter Chaikin
Assistant Engineer : Terry Moore
Recorded & Re-Mixed at Kendun Studio 'D', Los Angeles, California from december 4, 1980 to January 5, 1981