Casiopea "LIVE" (Sealed)

Another epic moment for the band.

I felt pleased with this cd because I was able to listen to this one all the way through. EVERY moment keeps you into the live performance because the guys keep old favorites the way fans like them with added momentum and in between the classics improvise with rhythimic moments(Like when Akira and Tetsuo play a funky groove between Looking up and Eyes of the Mind.This is one of the several performances that solidified Casiopea's status when it came display of excellent musicianship. I actually was cheering with the audience at one point of the cd!!

Casiopea "Soundgraphy"


This collection has 5 cuts that reached the top-10 in Jazz charts around the world:
- Eyes of the Mind (Actually this version is different from the one on the "Eyes of the Mind" album; worth checking out)
- Sunnyside Feelin'
- Asayake
- Looking Up (with that Brazilian-influenced guitar performed by Issei Noro)
and
- What Can't Speak Can't Lie

Actually, this collection's only missing one more super hit from that early 80's Casiopea era: "A Place in the Sun"; but anyway, this is a great collection nevertheless.

P.S. The sound is superb (No wonder the album is called "Soundgraphy"); and for all of you who don't know; Casiopea used to record all these albums digitally back in the 80's when everybody else in the world was only recording theirs analogically; that's why the sound here is sonically superior.