Mint Jams
Mint Jams is the seventh album and the second live album by Japanese jazz-fusion band Casiopea, released on May 21, 1982. The album's title is an arrangement of the band members' first and last initials.
| Mint Jams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | May 21, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | February 23 & 24, 1982 | |||
| Venue | Chuo Kaikan Hall, Tukiji Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 36:16 | |||
| Label | Alfa | |||
| Producer | Shunsuke Miyazumi | |||
| Casiopea chronology | ||||
| ||||
Description
Live sound recordings from a two-day performance at Tokyo Kaikan were used, and subsequently remixed at Alfa Studio 'A' by Shunsuke Miyazami, Satoshi Nakao, Norio Yoshizawa and Atsushi Saito. The songs were specifically re-arranged with the studio work in mind, and no dubbing was performed in the studio for segments such as the outro to 'Time Limit'. To achieve the likeness of a studio quality sound, the audience noise from the Chuo Kaikan live performances were cut from the mix, except for during the bass guitar and drum solos in 'Domino Line', and the rag-time piano breakdown in 'Swear'.
Besides the title of the album being an arrangement of the band members' first and last initials, it derives the word 'mint' to imply 'a mint condition' and 'high performance'. The word 'jams' describe their live performance of which the source material was taken from.
Mint Jams was originally planned to be a compilation album with "best-of" Casiopea songs
This album is widely considered to be Casiopea's best, as it combines their live dynamism and precision with careful studio work.
Mint Jams was also Casiopea's first album to mainly feature the Yamaha GS-1 FM synthesizer, operated by Minoru Mukaiya. This synthesizer was subsequently used in many of their live-performances.
The European version of Mint Jams was released in the same year as the Japanese release. The following year, in 1983, when Casiopea visited London to record the album JIVE JIVE, a promotional live concert was held.
Track listing
All music is composed by Issei Noro.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Take Me" | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Asayake" | 4:58 |
| 3. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Time Limit" | 2:38 |
| Total length: | 17:24 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Domino Line" | 7:22 |
| 2. | "Tears of the Star" | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Swear" | 6:48 |
| Total length: | 18:39 | |
Personnel
Casiopea:
- Issei Noro – electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000), arrangement
- Minoru Mukaiya – keyboards (Yamaha GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35, Moog Source, Roland Vocoder Plus)
- Tetsuo Sakurai – bass (Yamaha BB-2000)
- Akira Jimbo – drums (Yamaha YD-9000R), percussion
Production:
- Shunsuke Miyazumi – producer
- Satoshi Nakao – associate producer
- Norio Yoshizawa – engineer
- Atsushi Saito – assistant engineer
- Toshinao Tsukui – art director
- Masao Hiruma – illustration and design
- Kouji Suzuki – remastering engineer (2016 reissue)
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | March 21, 1982 | Alfa Records | 30cmLP | ALF-85869[1] | stereo |
| United Kingdom | 1982 | ||||
| Netherlands | 1982 | ||||
| Sweden | 1982 | Sonet Records | SNTF-924 | ||
| Japan | December 21, 1983 | Alfa Records | 12cmCD | 38XA-5 | |
| 1984 | 30cmLP | ALR-20002 | |||
| Sweden | 1984 | Sonet Records | 12cmCD | SNCD 924 | |
| Japan | January 25, 1987 | Alfa Records | 32XA-112 | ||
| March 21, 1992 | ALCA-277 | ||||
| July 27, 1994 | ALCA-9007 | ||||
| July 23, 1998 | ALCA-9202 | ||||
| January 23, 2002 | Village Records | remastered 12cmCD | VRCL-2207 | DSD, LP paper jacket | |
| February 14, 2002 | VRCL-2227 | DSD | |||
| May 27, 2009 | Sony Music Direct | MHCL-20009 | DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket | ||
| December 10, 2014 | HYBRID SA-CD | DYCL-446 | DSD, ORDER MADE FACTORY | ||
| February 3, 2016 | Music download | 1076210122 | iTunes Store[2] | ||
| 4582290414003 | mora AAC-LC 320kbps[3] | ||||
| A1003862351 | Recochoku AAC 128/320kbps[4] | ||||
| B01B5ATMFW | Amazon.com[5] | ||||
| Btqo2vsuzhatovitlmjn42qysey | Google Play Music[6] | ||||
| July 27, 2016 | 4582290419152 | mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[7] | |||
| smj4582290419152 | e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[8] | ||||
| 11188 | HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit[9] | ||||
| 4582290419145 | mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit[10] | ||||
| A1004668159 | Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[11] | ||||
| smj4582290419145 | e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit[12] | ||||
| 11178 | HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit[13] | ||||
| 9b1bb9ff260e89188f84 | AWA 320kbps[14] | ||||
| November 10, 2016 | 23fddOrAvvFX0iJQL5vvZ4 | Spotify[15] |
External links
- CASIOPEA – Mint Jams at Discogs
- Mint Jams at MusicBrainz
Full Live
Aside from Casiopea Perfect Live II, all Casiopea lives officially released are cut.
Some songs are missing from the official release, some are not in the right order and some are shorter. "Galactic Funk" was played with a special intro.
| No. | Title | Music | from album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Galactic Funk" | Issei Noro | Cross Point | |
| 2. | "Eyes Of The Mind" | Issei Noro | Make Up City | |
| 3. | "Take Me" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 4. | "Time Limit" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 5. | "Lakai" | Issei Noro | Eyes of the Mind | |
| 6. | "Smile Again" | Issei Noro | Cross Point | |
| 7. | "Sunnyside Feelin'" | Akira Jimbo | Cross Point | |
| 8. | "Midnight Rendezvous" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 9. | "Any Moment (We'll Be One)" | Harvey Mason | Cross Point | |
| 10. | "Domino Line" | Issei Noro | Cross Point | |
| 11. | "Swear" | Issei Noro | Cross Point | |
| 12. | "Asayake" | Issei Noro | Super Flight | |
| 13. | "Black Joke" | Issei Noro | Casiopea | |
| 14. | "Tears Of The Star" | Issei Noro | Casiopea |
References
- ^ "Casiopea-Mint-Jams". discogs. discogs. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Apple Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ . LevelGate Co.,Ltd.. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Amazon.com, Inc.. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Google Inc. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ . JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". LabelGate Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". RecoChoku Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ . JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". AWA Co. Ltd. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "MINT JAMS CASIOPEA". Spotify AB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.