Tracklist: 00:00 | Take Me 04:49 | Asayake 09:47 | Midnight Rendezvous 14:43 | Time Limit 17:20 | Domino Line 24:41 | Tears Of The Star 29:09 | Swear (^=◕ᴥ◕=^)
the production is so crystal clear, the drums especially, I let out an audible "WHAT?!" when I scrolled in the description to see ("Live at..."); I've never heard a live album this clear sounding, maybe other than the live tracks from "Starless and Bible Black" by King Crimson
@@TheJargonKing Zappa albums are a wealth of high quality live recordings, he was pretty good at getting some quality recordings in his show cuz it's largely how he stringed his albums together. It's so damn cool when people bring as much care for recording to the stage as they do to the studio.
It was remixed to sound like a studio recording. stuff like cutting out audience chatter. It doesnt make it less tight, but they played live knowing it was gonna be mixed like studio later
i'm here purely because of a greentext someone made on 4chan with this album cover where he was talking about how he got this vynil from a japanese man that also sent him some tea and little crane origamis and he was crying because it was just the sweetest thing that has happened to him, so if you're reading this anon i thank you wholeheartedly
Life is weird. I'd never heard this before. Clicked on it for curiosity's sake. And I got such a sense of Deja Vu that I kept on listening to this album the whole of February. This afternoon, I went to visit my aunt (mom's second cousin) who is unwell. I'd never entered her bedroom before today and guess what I saw - this album on vinyl. Turns out mom and her and their gang used to listen to it back in the day. I was told that mom used to listen to this band all the time during her pregnancy with me and through the next few months after I was born. (She left 8 months after). So this Deja Vu was not misplaced. Did I remember this from the womb? Just wow. Edit : i know that we don't actually have memories from the womb. That was a rhetorical flourish, for those who seem to take things literally.
The only reason I know that Casiopea even exists is because their former keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya has written a ton of little jingles that play in Japanese train stations when the train is about to take off. (Random Fact)
This explains why I always wanted to bust a move when those came on the station, but then you look around and realize the only place people are allowed to dance in Japan is in the smoky clubs that only get going pretty late, and even then it has to be the right place. Dancing publicly was outlawed until like 2015 in Japan
The reason you didn't know Casiopea was probably because they were Japanese musicians and therefore not supplied to the global market. (Only this album was released in the UK by the UK branch of Japan's Alpha Records.) However, many of their albums were never signed to sales contracts with major labels in the UK and US, and were never supplied to the global market. So for a long time, the world could not hear about their 30 albums, and like other Japanese musicians and bands, they were buried only in the domestic Japanese market, unable to be sold in the global market. Until the birth of the Internet, which broke down the border barriers of labels and allowed them to distribute worldwide.
Back in the day when I was a college student in Tokyo, I had several days to work as a roadie for their concert stage set up. The band members were quite nice and humble people, greeted and appreciated us working hard around the stage. The stage setup crews were skillful pros, and the stage 'kit' - frames / panels - was very organized and seemed fairly easy to set up / break down for efficient touring around the county. The big thing on the staging then was the Vali-Lite system. They were one of the first bands to use them in Japan and they were proud of it, saying so during the show. Also I was fortunate to take second and fun part of my job, as a security person in the venue during the concert, and saw their playing these tunes in this album. In each show, they almost played exactly the same as in the album, very highly skilled musicianship. Oh, now I remember this album is actually LIVE recording album as I hear audience's happy cheer during drum solo in "Domino Line" and during the last tune "Swear" (that's why they named the album title, to be fresh as mint jam, I believe). I think they played the songs as in the order of the album, too. They are true perfectionist in the beautiful way. Mr. Minoru Mukaiya / keyboards did all MCs, and he was so polite to the fans and sharing funny stories about their daily lives, everyone loved him. Good memories! Thank you so much for sharing the album on TH-cam.
you know the easiest way to tell a good recording? when you can hear every ghost note the drummer plays, and it still sounds like a ghost note, much quieter than the strokes on 2 and 4, but still audible and clear. this is pristine. like a steely dan record.
No matter what crisis I’m going through, Mint Jams reminds me that tough times don’t last but tough people do, and that everything is going to be okay!
@@ok._.jayden Yeah that 4chan post is so intense. I mean his happiness is now spread all around the world. Because of Coronavirus i can't go outside but when i do i listen this and the world become more peaceful.
"Mint Jams" is my high school youth itself, an important album. It is a masterpiece that will remain in history, combining the power of a wonderful live performance at the Chuo Kaikan in Tsukiji, Tokyo, and the meticulous sound creation of studio recordings. At that time, Yamaha GS-1 and Moog synthesizer were my dream machines. I am proud that there are still many CASIOPEA fans around the world.
tfw you find out that the music you listened to growing up playing video games which permanently shaped your musical preferences was actually almost entirely based on a genre of music you've never heard of but feel like you've known all your life
These channels that share music like this. This is why the internet is great. This type of stuff brings people together to enjoy something. Instead of trying to further divide us. The power of music may save us all one day.
@Ernest Khalimov there was two cassettes. The first one I listened to so much the tape broke (and I cried hard because it was my favourite). The second one might of had a similar fate but I can't remember). This was all when I was a still in my young single digits, so both are long gone now unfortunately.
i just kinda put this on in the background and forgot about it, just passively listening. after several minutes i reliazed my mood was lifted and didn't even notice it at first. this is like magic
Living on South Africa we got this album (vinyl) but this was only for the exteme jazz fusion collectors. Until today this album is still our favorite. We now have videos of them. Absolutely in love 😍 with their music.
Yeah its really cool to see, being someone who listened to casiopea before the greentext, was so happy to see so many new people enjoying casiopea (although they were pretty popular in the fusion world anyway.)
Sooooo many iconic live albums get blown clear out of the water by this one. Recording quality is second to none and that performance! You'd think it was done in a studio and then there's people in the background
I just got laid off from a terrible job. I walked out of the building with a huge smile and I still can't turn it off hours later. Blasting this album in my headphones currently and it feels great. I'm free.
It only was twice this popped in my recommended, and on that second time, I clicked on it, and God, I wish I clicked on it when I first saw it. It's truly amazing.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS ALBUM IS A *LIVE* RECORDING AT CHUO KAIKAN HALL, TOKYO, FEB 1982 - 40 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH AND STILL SOUNDS CONTEMPORARY 🔥🔥🔥 [14 FEB 2022]
Mint Jams (1982) CASIOPEA Released in Japan on May 21, 1982. Label: Alpha Records Japan. (Seventh album. Second live album) (Released in the U.K., the Netherlands, and Sweden in 1982) Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi All music composed and arranged by Issei Noro. Live recording February 23-February 24, 1982 "Chuo Kaikan" Tsukiji, Tokyo. 00:00 | Take Me 04:49 | Asayake 09:47 | Midnight Rendezvous 14:43 | Time Limit 17:20 | Domino Line 24:41 | Tears Of The Star 29:09 | Swear CASIOPEA (Members of the first period) Issei Noro - Electric Guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000), Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35,. Moog Source, ROLAND Vocoder Plus) Tetsuo Sakurai‐ Bass Guitar (YAMAHA BB-2000) Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), percussion Formed in 1977. First album released on May 25, 1979. Major debut in Japan. Since then, they have continued to produce albums and other works and play live shows almost unceasingly every year, and in 2006, CASIOPEA's activities were temporarily suspended. Mintjams was planned to produce an album for the European market of Cassiopeia, a company belonging to Alpha Records, in conjunction with the company's expansion into Europe. Initially, the album was planned to be the best selection from existing past albums, but at the request of Peter Robinson, the CBS-UK rep, the European release version was to be the best live album, re-recorded live and recorded in the hall. (February 23-February 24, 1982, ”Chuo Kaikan” Tsukiji, Tokyo.) Therefore, the sound source of this album sounds like a studio recording, but it is a one-shot live recording. (Discography) CASIOPEA(1979-2000) _Alpha Records_ (1979-1987) 1st CASIOPEA released on May 25, 1979 by Alpha Records 2nd SUPER FLIGHT released on November 25, 1979 (Alpha Records) LIVE THUNDER LIVE released on April 21, 1980 by Alpha Records 3rd MAKE UP CITY released November 21, 1980 4th EYES OF THE MIND released on April 21, 1981 by Alpha Records 5th Cross Point released on October 21, 1981 by Alpha Records LIVE Mint Jams released on May 21, 1982 by Alpha Records ☆ 6th 4×4 FOUR BY FOUR released on December 16, 1982 by Alpha Records 7th Photographs Released on April 23, 1983 by Alpha Records 8th Jive Jive released November 30, 1983 by Alpha Records 9th Down Upbeat Released on October 25, 1984 by Alpha Records 10th HALLE Released on September 10, 1985 by Alfa Records LIVE CASIOPEA LIVE Released on December 21, 1985 Alfa Records 11th SUN SUN Released on September 10, 1986 Alfa Records LIVE CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE -LIVEII- Released on July 10, 1987 by Alfa Records _ POLYDOR / AURA_(1987-1989) 12th PLATINUM Released on September 1, 1987 POLYDOR / AURA 13th EUPHONY Released on April 25, 1988 POLYDOR / AURA LIVE WORLD LIVE '88 released on November 25, 1988 POLYDOR / AURA _PIONEER LDC_(1990-1992) 14th The Party AUDIO STACK June 25, 1990 PIONEER LDC 15th FULL COLORS May 25, 1991 PIONEER LDC 16th Active May 25, 1992 PIONEER LDC LIVE WE WANT MORE August 25, 1992 PIONEER LDC LIVE MADE IN MELBOURNE March 23, 1994 PIONEER LDC LIVE FINE LIVE ANTHOLOGY December 21, 1994 PIONEER LDC LIVE FINE2 LIVE ANTHOLOGY October 25, 1995 PIONEER LDC Alpha Music_(1993-1994) 17th DRAMATIC May 21, 1993 Alpha Records 18th ANSWERS May 25, 1994 Alpha Music Pony Canyon_(1995-1999) 19th Freshness May 19, 1995 Pony Canyon 20th Flowers September 20, 1996 Pony Canyon 21st Light and Shadows September 3, 1997 Pony Canyon 22nd Be September 18, 1998 Pony Canyon 23rd MATERIAL May 19, 1999 Pony Canyon th-cam.com/video/V_apfN3MrHc/w-d-xo.html CASIOPEA shines the most [CASIOPEA] in Alfa Records era album nonstop FULL! 1st-15th
Holy cow, its awesome coming back to an album after years and seeing it finally get the recognition it deserves. I remember finding this 6 years ago when it only had 120k views and thinking what the hell, who tf isnt clicking on this. Thank the gods people finally did.
@@attherasco probably he means terrifically good, y'know, in english people use adverbs with a negative meaning accompained with an adjective, giving it a superlative meaning, sometimes the adjective is implied, like in this case
@@progisloveprogislife4501 no, it can mean many things, but it's certainly positive most of the time. It can mean wonderful, marvelous, excellent, etc. It can also mean, something like huge or considerable (a terrific bang), but that's less common
I know you're probably not with us anymore, considering your dangerous lifestyle working as a stunt person in Hollywood, but I'm glad you got to listen to this album before kicking the bucket.
I randomly got this recommended to me on TH-cam a few years ago and since then I've been a huge fan of fusion jazz, this album single handedly introduced me to a whole new genre of music.
I was a teenager when i first listened to Casiopea. Now 30 years later my 19 yo son plays Mario Kart with the same delightful groove. Im super thankful my son loves fusion jazz thanks to Mario Kart. It has come a full circle! Love from Malaysia ❤️
Had a couple bass lessons with Sakurai sensei at bass camp in Germany, and let me tell you one thing : he's the only man who can wear leather pants properly...
this album is going to be 40 years old in may of 2022, and it still sounds so goddamn modern. this album has aged wonderfully. edit: probably should have phrased this in a better way, it’s definitely a product of its time, but it’s aged extremely well
Masterpiece. In a parallel universe Michel Petrucciani met them. It's a pleasure to hear some of this fantastic music by the grace of YT. These guys were really really good. Thumbs up from France.
Thank you, the Japanese man who sold the record and put so much time and heart into making sure OP had a good buyer's experience, and to OP for seeing light in his life and at the same time introducing me to this amazing music.
How do you know that a Japanese man sold the him this record? How do you know he put so much time and heart into making sure he had a good buyer's experience? How do you even know this channel was the one who ripped it?
got this recommended while listening to ace attorney jazz ost and now i learned how to play the bass and im playing in a 70s instrumental band aint that wild
Casiopea. Good times, good times. I first heard them on FM radio when stations weren't so corporate and played actual music by acutal musicians. It might be late 70s, but I was a baby in the 80s when I started hearing Japanese techno funk and electronic sounds in music. Punk was phasing out to New Wave and more sophisticated sounds. There were actual radio stations that played this "genre" of music. It wasn't unusual to hear a Casiopea tune followed by Earl Klugh followed by Spyro Gyra and Michael Franks.
Today. Mostly cloudy with a high near 76. Winds south-southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. And, tomorrow. Partly sunny with a high near 77. Winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour...... The week ahead.
In my 37 years on this ridiculous planet, this may very well be the greatest album I have ever heard in my life. I can't explain it the satisfaction this brings me.
Imagine my first breakthrough on DMT with my favorite track off this album, ‘Asayake’ just starting to play. It was terrifying, due to Casiopea’s insane talent to transcribe emotion via sound. It’s a must listen album whenever you’re on psychedelics
@@thedano-spaniard2204 Thank you! I'm hesitant to even point it out, for fear of suggesting the idea that the music of Casiopea is somehow derivative or unoriginal - this album in particular is one of the finest pieces of fusion I've ever heard - but seeing as no one else had mentioned the notorious stock phrase before, I felt obligated to leave a timestamp
@@morgansinclair4843 Well, the lick was found played by bebop musicians in the 40s and 50s. Pretty sure it was an inside jazz joke long before it acquired it's internet meme status
I will never be the same after listening to 20:00 and onward, the bass and drum solos are the sickest thing I’ve ever heard in my life and in closing this is an amazing album
There's a version with the actual live video as well, they look so casual about it and it's pissing me off lol th-cam.com/video/zIK1Vn6Va3w/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this. I have gone through both anxiety and depression and this helps calm me down and get me asleep during hard nights. Thank you for your hard work!
I remember blasting this album back when I was a senior at my trade school. Honest to god, was probably one of the best years of my life, and I think even back then, I knew it was. It just made it all the better, but at the same time, makes me miss it all that much more. Hard to believe its been so long.
@@kemekoist Hello and greetings from Lithuania! Yes! Managed to get one of the last flights to get home. Now the Mint Jam Jazz will always remind me of these times:))
@@xvainiux Glad to know now you are at home. Wishing you a peaceful social distancing and praying your family and you will stay healthy till this epidemic ends.
The vibes continue to be unmatched, that bass solo at 20:00 literally cured me of all that ailed me, the cure for cancer will be found in this album I can guarantee it, the grooviest homework session I've ever experienced
There is a recorded version of this song with an extended bass solo! They just cut it down for the album itself, not sure why... th-cam.com/video/zIK1Vn6Va3w/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=jazzytaka
I remember the summer of 2019, having a shitty fever and being stuck at Kyoto train station for 6 hours, just listening to this and hoping I won't die. Good times.
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I’m going to leave this comment here so that when someone likes it, I’m reminded to listen to this absolute *jam*
Enjoy it man
ℋℯ𝓁𝓁ℴ 𝒷𝓇ℴ❤
Welcome back, king. Another listen for the week :)
I'm curious - getting old after 122 listens?
It’s jamming time
You dont find this album. This album finds you.
And it did
It just found me😢
Found me today. ^^
so true
yup... suddenly
hope that guy enjoyed his tea and origami
last I heard, he's really enjoyed the tea. I tip my hat to the Japanese gentleman, legend.
Wait, this is that album?
No way this is a live album, it's so good it's not even noticeable, talent overload.
the production is so crystal clear, the drums especially, I let out an audible "WHAT?!" when I scrolled in the description to see ("Live at..."); I've never heard a live album this clear sounding, maybe other than the live tracks from "Starless and Bible Black" by King Crimson
Fusion Players are just like that...
@@TheJargonKing Zappa albums are a wealth of high quality live recordings, he was pretty good at getting some quality recordings in his show cuz it's largely how he stringed his albums together. It's so damn cool when people bring as much care for recording to the stage as they do to the studio.
It was remixed to sound like a studio recording. stuff like cutting out audience chatter. It doesnt make it less tight, but they played live knowing it was gonna be mixed like studio later
Jazz albums are recorded live- it's a breathing conversation.
Some guy sent me here hope he enjoys his tea.
Lynnwood Lynnares
I read that greentext too, glad I did
I'm glad I bothered actually looking the album up!
Me too, Loving it
tatsuro yamashita brought me here
For real
i'm here purely because of a greentext someone made on 4chan with this album cover where he was talking about how he got this vynil from a japanese man that also sent him some tea and little crane origamis and he was crying because it was just the sweetest thing that has happened to him, so if you're reading this anon i thank you wholeheartedly
明らかに誇らしいですよ。其れならば将来はTOKYO MX東京メトロポリタンテレビジョン様などが心向き合うミュージックルームを流してくれますので忘れません。
SO TRUE MAN SEEN THIS TOO like 5 year ago. guess we are oldgens
i'm here for this exact reason, just yesterday i saw that post too
Goddamnit im not the only one
I saw that same thing!!! (reposted to tumblr, but still)
i guess you could say this album's music is still in mint condition
Ba dum tss
I award you 1,000 years of glory!
Heck, still fresh after 40 years
This is nothing short of impressive imo
Into the spiky pit with you
its in mint jams by casiopea from 1982 condition 😉
Life is weird. I'd never heard this before. Clicked on it for curiosity's sake. And I got such a sense of Deja Vu that I kept on listening to this album the whole of February. This afternoon, I went to visit my aunt (mom's second cousin) who is unwell. I'd never entered her bedroom before today and guess what I saw - this album on vinyl. Turns out mom and her and their gang used to listen to it back in the day. I was told that mom used to listen to this band all the time during her pregnancy with me and through the next few months after I was born. (She left 8 months after). So this Deja Vu was not misplaced. Did I remember this from the womb? Just wow.
Edit : i know that we don't actually have memories from the womb. That was a rhetorical flourish, for those who seem to take things literally.
Stories like these are why I check the comments. Thanks for sharing.
These types of experiences make me believe there is no such thing as a coincidence
I love your story❤️ thanks for sharing
WOW! what a revelation
Damn
The only reason I know that Casiopea even exists is because their former keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya has written a ton of little jingles that play in Japanese train stations when the train is about to take off. (Random Fact)
Same way I found out about them lmao
Wow, thanks. I couldn't tell that random fact was a random fact without the note.
Can you link to any of that? I'm super interested in hearing that.
@@stevenb130 th-cam.com/video/nSG5IkRA9BE/w-d-xo.html
Here's a video on it.
This explains why I always wanted to bust a move when those came on the station, but then you look around and realize the only place people are allowed to dance in Japan is in the smoky clubs that only get going pretty late, and even then it has to be the right place.
Dancing publicly was outlawed until like 2015 in Japan
this is like the deluxe version of wii music
Absolutely glorious pfp right there. French Tomahawk?
Agreed
Koji Kondo actually used this band for reference in some games lol
pokemon music supreme
Adkskskd true tho
外国人のコメントの多さに驚愕しました。
多くの作曲をしている野呂さんは、ジョーパスの影響を受けたと聞きます。
その影響を野呂さんの解釈により、違う形で表現したことを、世界の皆さんに称賛していただけたことに大変嬉しく思います😭
Discovering Japanese jazz fusion is like discovering an artifact, a talisman that holds the power to an undiscovered world full of hidden treasures.
The reason you didn't know Casiopea was probably because they were Japanese musicians and therefore not supplied to the global market. (Only this album was released in the UK by the UK branch of Japan's Alpha Records.)
However, many of their albums were never signed to sales contracts with major labels in the UK and US, and were never supplied to the global market.
So for a long time, the world could not hear about their 30 albums, and like other Japanese musicians and bands, they were buried only in the domestic Japanese market, unable to be sold in the global market.
Until the birth of the Internet, which broke down the border barriers of labels and allowed them to distribute worldwide.
A guy in the supermarket checkout line told me this album was the high point of human creative endeavor.
lmao cheers to that guy, have a nice day.
@@solsosoup900 You too!
he was not mistaken
he was right
lmaoooo he was right
Back in the day when I was a college student in Tokyo, I had several days to work as a roadie for their concert stage set up. The band members were quite nice and humble people, greeted and appreciated us working hard around the stage. The stage setup crews were skillful pros, and the stage 'kit' - frames / panels - was very organized and seemed fairly easy to set up / break down for efficient touring around the county. The big thing on the staging then was the Vali-Lite system. They were one of the first bands to use them in Japan and they were proud of it, saying so during the show.
Also I was fortunate to take second and fun part of my job, as a security person in the venue during the concert, and saw their playing these tunes in this album. In each show, they almost played exactly the same as in the album, very highly skilled musicianship. Oh, now I remember this album is actually LIVE recording album as I hear audience's happy cheer during drum solo in "Domino Line" and during the last tune "Swear" (that's why they named the album title, to be fresh as mint jam, I believe). I think they played the songs as in the order of the album, too. They are true perfectionist in the beautiful way. Mr. Minoru Mukaiya / keyboards did all MCs, and he was so polite to the fans and sharing funny stories about their daily lives, everyone loved him.
Good memories! Thank you so much for sharing the album on TH-cam.
What an incredible story! Thank you for sharing, it truly was a pleasure to read.
You are lucky, minouru seems like such a cool guy
such a nice memory!! Thank you so much for sharing.
What a fantastic behind the scenes story...
This is one of the nicest things I’ve ever read, thank you sincerely for sharing.
you know the easiest way to tell a good recording? when you can hear every ghost note the drummer plays, and it still sounds like a ghost note, much quieter than the strokes on 2 and 4, but still audible and clear. this is pristine. like a steely dan record.
Not just a good recording, but a damn good sound technician
it reminded me immediately of steely dan, too!
This isn’t just a good recording, it’s phenomenal. Apparently this is a live recording.
Instant Steely vibes
Yes!! Exactly!!
I'm 61 and this afternoon I've been listening for the first time. So cool.... ❤
Unbelievable fact
→ This is “live” album
this is studio album
Now that you say that i can hear the people screaming and cheering
Wow
true
@@artserg965 believe it or not it is a live album lol
This sounds exactly like the album cover
Best comment
true
Fresh & Sweet
You might have the song muted then
yeah
No matter what crisis I’m going through, Mint Jams reminds me that tough times don’t last but tough people do, and that everything is going to be okay!
Amen2That
this is beautiful, thanks for sharing!
He’s not lying.
暑い夏 30年以上前の山手線でCDからダビングしたカッセトテープで虚に外の景色を眺めながら聞いてたのを昨日のように思い出します
思い出補正はともかく 今聴いても魂が震えます
M-minoru
I-issei
N-noro
T-tetsuo
J-jimbo
A-akira
M-mukaiya
S-sakurai
Issei Noro - Guitar
Tetsuo Sakurai - Bass
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards
Akira Jimbo - Drums
Hello Mr. Jimbo
I never could have imagined that!! THANKS!!
now that's epic
high iq
かれは むりすぎた。
"Doomer to Bloomer just like that" -Anon.
Random Random you’re here from him too?
Me too
@@ok._.jayden Yeah that 4chan post is so intense. I mean his happiness is now spread all around the world. Because of Coronavirus i can't go outside but when i do i listen this and the world become more peaceful.
Fingerbib represent
kek, what is the id of the post?
30年程前、小学生の頃、エレクトーンを習っていてカシオペアさんの曲をいろいろ練習して弾いていました。とても素敵な曲ばかりで、演奏していて楽しかったです。
そして現在、世界中で聴かれるようになって嬉しいです！
"Mint Jams" is my high school youth itself, an important album.
It is a masterpiece that will remain in history, combining the power of a wonderful live performance at the Chuo Kaikan in Tsukiji, Tokyo, and the meticulous sound creation of studio recordings.
At that time, Yamaha GS-1 and Moog synthesizer were my dream machines.
I am proud that there are still many CASIOPEA fans around the world.
tfw you find out that the music you listened to growing up playing video games which permanently shaped your musical preferences was actually almost entirely based on a genre of music you've never heard of but feel like you've known all your life
the real vaporwave
Bro, no truer words have ever been said lmao. That 80s Mario inspiration video or whatever has opened up a whole new world.
@@ngqp these are the bands that vaporwave artists usually sample yes.
Well, yes. Music influences other music. It's everywhere.
Possibly the most personally relatable comment I've read.
Wouldn't mind listening to this on vinyl with some tea and a paper crane.
Don't know what "paper crane" is but I'm feeling you right now.
@@sam.k2501 search it up lol
@@Yoiyoshi23 No you'll do it for me right now.
@@sam.k2501 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orizuru here's a link for your lazy ass
@@Yoiyoshi23 Hey man I never asked for a definition.
アルバムタイトルは、ミント・コンディション (新品同様、極上のコンディションの意) のミントとジャム・セッションのジャムを合わせた造語「最高の演奏」 (当時は自重してミントの意味を“爽快な”として説明していた) であり、メンバーのイニシャルのアナグラムでもある。アルバムジャケット[2]にはタイトルの直訳である“ハッカのジャム”の瓶が描かれている。
These channels that share music like this. This is why the internet is great. This type of stuff brings people together to enjoy something. Instead of trying to further divide us. The power of music may save us all one day.
其れならば将来はTOKYO MX東京メトロポリタンテレビジョン様などが心向き合うミュージックルームを流してくれますので忘れません。
My parents used to put on a jazz fusion cassette mix for me to sleep when I was little. Couldn't sleep without it. Best parenting decision ever.
fucking based, dude
@Ernest Khalimov there was two cassettes. The first one I listened to so much the tape broke (and I cried hard because it was my favourite). The second one might of had a similar fate but I can't remember). This was all when I was a still in my young single digits, so both are long gone now unfortunately.
Based Parents
what where the tapes called? do you remember?
I will 100% do this for my kids
We're hitting levels of comfy that shouldn't even be possible
Daniel Fuller there is no better description. Both upbeat and relaxing.
Might be comfy if you're not the one having to know how to play at this level. Otherwise, sure, why not?
Dangerously Chill 😎
Cheech and Chong statement
One of the funniest youtube comments ever. Thank you.
i just kinda put this on in the background and forgot about it, just passively listening. after several minutes i reliazed my mood was lifted and didn't even notice it at first. this is like magic
Living on South Africa we got this album (vinyl) but this was only for the exteme jazz fusion collectors. Until today this album is still our favorite. We now have videos of them. Absolutely in love 😍 with their music.
I didn't find or search for this album. This album found me.
Same. I was casually listening to Le Castlevania and this showed up in autoplay.
I can relate, just listening to Gran Turismo 4 had summoned this and I’m glad it did. Opened my eyes to Casiopea and T-Square.
I was listening to King Crimson (Frame by frame) and I got recommended this. Didn't disappoint.
I was listening to "Sounds Of The Supermarket: 1975," and this was suggested to me.
I came across 2 people with the same soen profile picture today what the fuck
the fact that this is live blows my mind
Sgt. Pepper yeah that drummer is what they set metronomes to
Are you serious?!
@@RimshotsandNamaste He's not kidding. They're just good, no tricks, just funk. You can find videos of them live if you look around.
No F-ing way this live! #shook
Wait what? How do they do that filtery sound on the drums around 17:10 in a live performance?
こういう雰囲気の曲、まだ生まれてなかったのにすーごく懐かしくて胸が締め付けられるようなノスタルジックさを感じて大好き！！
Ah the best kind of weather channel music
I saw a greentext about this and came here to see if it was as good as OP claimed to be.
I was not disappointed, this is beautiful
Saw it on twitter as well. This changes everything.
same
same
damn. now I want some tea
me too, just want some of that tea and the origami figures
One really positive experience went viral and now thousands are experiencing the after-effects of that positive experience. Weird times we live in.
Yeah its really cool to see, being someone who listened to casiopea before the greentext, was so happy to see so many new people enjoying casiopea (although they were pretty popular in the fusion world anyway.)
@@solsosoup900 What was the greentext? I found this by TH-cam recommendation
@@alexosow Me too.
@@alexosow Here it is: www.reddit.com/r/greentext/comments/clz9vh/anon_has_a_relaxing_night/
solso soup can someone tell me about that? I’ve never heard about a greentext lol, just found casiopea accidentally on TH-cam in 2016
Sooooo many iconic live albums get blown clear out of the water by this one. Recording quality is second to none and that performance! You'd think it was done in a studio and then there's people in the background
この手の音楽ジャンルは好きでは無いのですが、演奏レベルが高すぎて聴き入ってしまいました。演奏は非常にタイトで切れがあるのに、リスナーはリラックスして聴いていられるという・・・凄すぎ！！
I just got laid off from a terrible job. I walked out of the building with a huge smile and I still can't turn it off hours later. Blasting this album in my headphones currently and it feels great. I'm free.
Hope you’re still riding this high brother. It gets better for all of us and I hope you’ll find the right calling for you 💪💪
@@daedalus7286 I definitely am, friend. I already got a few things lined up. I started work today! Haha, life is good.
I know that feel man, being free from an awful job is the best feeling
@@KGDRAWROF You don't see many Ws these days, glad to stumble upon one as big as this. Hope things are still good :)
Perfect music to listen to then
I came here from that one greentext of the guy who bought this as a vinyl on ebay
Same, we suck
Would you like some tea
@@thomasmorris9283 I'd love some tea bro, you want an origami crane?
@@thomasmorris9283 Well we still came to some good music, so it doesn't really matter how we got here
@@brandonr4965 hell yeah
found this because a guy who bought a vinyl from a Japanese dude was exposed to extreme kindness
It only was twice this popped in my recommended, and on that second time, I clicked on it, and God, I wish I clicked on it when I first saw it. It's truly amazing.
Mint Jams
“Never ending musical flavor!”
Expiration Date: Never
How appropiate
The universe would have to go through heat death before this jam expires
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS ALBUM IS A *LIVE* RECORDING AT CHUO KAIKAN HALL, TOKYO, FEB 1982 - 40 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH AND STILL SOUNDS CONTEMPORARY 🔥🔥🔥 [14 FEB 2022]
@@aSpaghettiMan I AGREE! 💥💥💥[25 JUL 2022]
LIVE??? THAT'S INCREDIBLE! ⚠⚠⚠ [21 AUG 2022]
I NEVER KNEW THAT!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯[1 SEP 2022]
I BELIEVE IT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT!! 💧💧💧[8 OCT 2022]
WELL AT LEAST IT WASN'T WRITTEN WITH EVERY FIRST WORD OF THE SENTENCE CAPITALIZED 👌👌👌 [10/28/2022]
Mint Jams (1982) CASIOPEA
Released in Japan on May 21, 1982. Label: Alpha Records Japan.
(Seventh album. Second live album)
(Released in the U.K., the Netherlands, and Sweden in 1982)
Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
All music composed and arranged by Issei Noro.
Live recording February 23-February 24, 1982 "Chuo Kaikan" Tsukiji, Tokyo.
00:00 | Take Me
04:49 | Asayake
09:47 | Midnight Rendezvous
14:43 | Time Limit
17:20 | Domino Line
24:41 | Tears Of The Star
29:09 | Swear
CASIOPEA (Members of the first period)
Issei Noro - Electric Guitar (YAMAHA SG-2000),
Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (YAMAHA GS-1, CS-70M, CP-35,.
Moog Source, ROLAND Vocoder Plus)
Tetsuo Sakurai‐ Bass Guitar (YAMAHA BB-2000)
Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000R), percussion
Formed in 1977. First album released on May 25, 1979. Major debut in Japan.
Since then, they have continued to produce albums and other works and play live shows almost unceasingly every year,
and in 2006, CASIOPEA's activities were temporarily suspended.
Mintjams was planned to produce an album for the European market of Cassiopeia, a company belonging to Alpha Records,
in conjunction with the company's expansion into Europe.
Initially, the album was planned to be the best selection from existing past albums, but at the request of Peter Robinson,
the CBS-UK rep, the European release version was to be the best live album, re-recorded live and recorded in the hall.
(February 23-February 24, 1982, ”Chuo Kaikan” Tsukiji, Tokyo.)
Therefore, the sound source of this album sounds like a studio recording, but it is a one-shot live recording.
(Discography) CASIOPEA(1979-2000)
_Alpha Records_ (1979-1987)
1st CASIOPEA released on May 25, 1979 by Alpha Records
2nd SUPER FLIGHT released on November 25, 1979 (Alpha Records)
LIVE THUNDER LIVE released on April 21, 1980 by Alpha Records
3rd MAKE UP CITY released November 21, 1980
4th EYES OF THE MIND released on April 21, 1981 by Alpha Records
5th Cross Point released on October 21, 1981 by Alpha Records
LIVE Mint Jams released on May 21, 1982 by Alpha Records ☆
6th 4×4 FOUR BY FOUR released on December 16, 1982 by Alpha Records
7th Photographs Released on April 23, 1983 by Alpha Records
8th Jive Jive released November 30, 1983 by Alpha Records
9th Down Upbeat Released on October 25, 1984 by Alpha Records
10th HALLE Released on September 10, 1985 by Alfa Records
LIVE CASIOPEA LIVE Released on December 21, 1985 Alfa Records
11th SUN SUN Released on September 10, 1986 Alfa Records
LIVE CASIOPEA PERFECT LIVE -LIVEII- Released on July 10, 1987 by Alfa Records
_ POLYDOR / AURA_(1987-1989)
12th PLATINUM Released on September 1, 1987 POLYDOR / AURA
13th EUPHONY Released on April 25, 1988 POLYDOR / AURA
LIVE WORLD LIVE '88 released on November 25, 1988 POLYDOR / AURA
_PIONEER LDC_(1990-1992)
14th The Party AUDIO STACK June 25, 1990 PIONEER LDC
15th FULL COLORS May 25, 1991 PIONEER LDC
16th Active May 25, 1992 PIONEER LDC
LIVE WE WANT MORE August 25, 1992 PIONEER LDC
LIVE MADE IN MELBOURNE March 23, 1994 PIONEER LDC
LIVE FINE LIVE ANTHOLOGY December 21, 1994 PIONEER LDC
LIVE FINE2 LIVE ANTHOLOGY October 25, 1995 PIONEER LDC
Alpha Music_(1993-1994)
17th DRAMATIC May 21, 1993 Alpha Records
18th ANSWERS May 25, 1994 Alpha Music
Pony Canyon_(1995-1999)
19th Freshness May 19, 1995 Pony Canyon
20th Flowers September 20, 1996 Pony Canyon
21st Light and Shadows September 3, 1997 Pony Canyon
22nd Be September 18, 1998 Pony Canyon
23rd MATERIAL May 19, 1999 Pony Canyon
th-cam.com/video/V_apfN3MrHc/w-d-xo.html
CASIOPEA shines the most [CASIOPEA] in Alfa Records era album nonstop FULL! 1st-15th
Holy cow, its awesome coming back to an album after years and seeing it finally get the recognition it deserves. I remember finding this 6 years ago when it only had 120k views and thinking what the hell, who tf isnt clicking on this.
Thank the gods people finally did.
This aged terrifically.
wym?
@@attherasco probably he means terrifically good, y'know, in english people use adverbs with a negative meaning accompained with an adjective, giving it a superlative meaning, sometimes the adjective is implied, like in this case
@@progisloveprogislife4501 terrific isn't a negative word though
@@TheBlueGoldenHawk doesn’t it mean scary? It’s like they’re saying “it’s terrific how good this aged” am I right?
@@progisloveprogislife4501 no, it can mean many things, but it's certainly positive most of the time. It can mean wonderful, marvelous, excellent, etc. It can also mean, something like huge or considerable (a terrific bang), but that's less common
almost died in a car accident whilst listening to this, wouldn't ask for any other band...
as aptly put it by someone in the comment section: "It's really difficult to think about death while listening to this album" lmao
@@anotherguy3554 someone be spitting facts tho
I know you're probably not with us anymore, considering your dangerous lifestyle working as a stunt person in Hollywood, but I'm glad you got to listen to this album before kicking the bucket.
I randomly got this recommended to me on TH-cam a few years ago and since then I've been a huge fan of fusion jazz, this album single handedly introduced me to a whole new genre of music.
素晴らしいめぐり逢いですね!!!
This album turns 40 today! Happy birthday!!!
其れならば将来はTOKYO MX東京メトロポリタンテレビジョン様などが心向き合うミュージックルームを流してくれますので忘れません。
That cover promised mint jams, and it delivered.
かなり誇らしいですよ。其れならば将来はTOKYO MX東京メトロポリタンテレビジョン様などが心向き合うミュージックルームを流してくれますので忘れません。
Jams in mint condition
I was a teenager when i first listened to Casiopea. Now 30 years later my 19 yo son plays Mario Kart with the same delightful groove. Im super thankful my son loves fusion jazz thanks to Mario Kart. It has come a full circle! Love from Malaysia ❤️
Hell yeah. I'm 20
Good mix. Mario Kart + Casiopea
W dad
Casiopea lover here from Indonesia
Thanks to King of Fighters I Discover a new oustanding fusion jazz
God I love stumbling upon these albums, they always inspire me to make a new piece
I'm now officially a fan. Wow this is some good music. Thank you 90's video game soundtracks for introducing this kind of music into my life.
Had a couple bass lessons with Sakurai sensei at bass camp in Germany, and let me tell you one thing : he's the only man who can wear leather pants properly...
He's soft spoken but let's his bass do the talking
@@ZombryaTheDark this sounds like a Stringray, what do you think?
@@lqr824 It's a Yamaha for sure. Yamaha bridge pickups sounds a lot like Stingrays
Tetsuo has appeared in TV commercials for his handsomeness.
@@lqr824 yamaha bb-2000
this album is going to be 40 years old in may of 2022, and it still sounds so goddamn modern. this album has aged wonderfully.
edit: probably should have phrased this in a better way, it’s definitely a product of its time, but it’s aged extremely well
I was thinking the exact thing. I can't believe the year this released. It sounds so clean.
@@hanktank45 Just means people aren't coming up with anything new
I dont think it being modern is the case. Rather, our current music has looped back around to emulating the era this music is from.
Man, I clicked the play buttom and I was. Wow i thot it was old music, and it actaly was
@@hanktank45 It sounds like a market game's OST (In the good way)
Masterpiece. In a parallel universe Michel Petrucciani met them. It's a pleasure to hear some of this fantastic music by the grace of YT. These guys were really really good. Thumbs up from France.
若かりし青春の思い出が鮮やかによみがえる。東京での大学生活が懐かしい！
I’m glad that guy enjoyed his tea and had a lovely afternoon.
おはようございます。秋が深まってきますよね。いつも音楽を楽しんでいますので夢中ですので忘れません。
@@user-dx7we2xd3u I don't know what you're saying, but whatever it is.. I like it :D
Holy crap youtube recommendations finally giving me something good
my thoughts exactly when I clicked
yeah, not a huge fan of jazz myself but goddamn if the stuff youtube is bringing up isn't tempting me to be one. these guys are great
Finally? It's been the best way to find new and interesting music for years.
Matheus leão this happen after the often Taylor Swift's MV..
Matheus Mind peeping our recent lofi rhymes ;)
To the guy who made that greentext, thank you for bringing me here. It's also pleasant to vibe with the mint tea too
I hope every single person in this world have a pportunity to listen CASIOPEA>
Thank you, the Japanese man who sold the record and put so much time and heart into making sure OP had a good buyer's experience, and to OP for seeing light in his life and at the same time introducing me to this amazing music.
May he be forever commemorated for being a chad
How do you know that a Japanese man sold the him this record? How do you know he put so much time and heart into making sure he had a good buyer's experience? How do you even know this channel was the one who ripped it?
@@BibleStorm it was probably shipped directly from Japan. Foreign vinyls are pretty hard to find if not directly from their source
are you talking about a reddit post?
@@LKonstantina915 A greentext
Song 1: Press Start
Song 2: Main Menu Screen
Song 3: Choose Your Car
Song 4: Time Trial
Song 5: You Won!
Song 6: Game Over!
Song 7: Credits
😂😂 yeah
literally outrun franchise’s soundtrack
Bruh this is sending me, too accurate
Accuracy 100 percent
RIDGE RACERRRRRR
What a great album. I think it is perfect. Every song, every melody.
I saw a guy on 4chan about ordering this album and having a great day, now Im also having a nice day!
Same. Also saw one that a dude changes from a doomer to a bloomer because of it.
God bless the anon who wrote the greentext that brought me here, this album is awesome
welcome to jazz fusion it only gets better and better my friend
Anon saves the day
Please send link
This is why nobody reveals the sauce, they are treated as some bot or a random instead of the sauce boss they are. Good on you M Douglas you guy you.
You need to hear "Sea is a Lady", but by now I suspect you already have:
th-cam.com/video/A59T-qgHqyc/w-d-xo.html
got this recommended while listening to ace attorney jazz ost and now i learned how to play the bass and im playing in a 70s instrumental band aint that wild
heck yeah!
hell yeah slap that shit
the success story everyone really wanted
damn, that's a pretty big step from learning how to play the bass to playing jazz fusion
What sort of songs are these that you play?
The mix is incredible for a live performance the sound tech was channeling god
Casiopea. Good times, good times. I first heard them on FM radio when stations weren't so corporate and played actual music by acutal musicians. It might be late 70s, but I was a baby in the 80s when I started hearing Japanese techno funk and electronic sounds in music. Punk was phasing out to New Wave and more sophisticated sounds. There were actual radio stations that played this "genre" of music. It wasn't unusual to hear a Casiopea tune followed by Earl Klugh followed by Spyro Gyra and Michael Franks.
Today. Mostly cloudy with a high near 76. Winds south-southwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. And, tomorrow. Partly sunny with a high near 77. Winds south at 5 to 10 miles per hour...... The week ahead.
What's with this weather report?
@@mounsterchef It sounds like news broadcast music
Yeah it does sound like weather channel music. Is there even a weather channel that plays this type of music anymore? I don't watch tv nowadays.
nah all it is a reference to one of casiopeas other albums
@@mounsterchef it kinda sounds like Weather report to be honest
My buddy in high school told me about this album because I was really into future funk. It’s been five or six years since then… thanks dude.
What a great story
@James It seems Japanese city pop and fusion rock are what most future funk listeners eventually shift to tho
A E S T H E T I C
just think, it's been 6 or 7 years now
I started with Future Funk, then went to City Pop, and wound up in Japanese Fusion Jazz. God damn these genres never disappoint!
In my 37 years on this ridiculous planet, this may very well be the greatest album I have ever heard in my life. I can't explain it the satisfaction this brings me.
happy mint jams day
It's really difficult to think about death while listening to this album
Imagine my first breakthrough on DMT with my favorite track off this album, ‘Asayake’ just starting to play. It was terrifying, due to Casiopea’s insane talent to transcribe emotion via sound. It’s a must listen album whenever you’re on psychedelics
until tear of the star start played
Not really. Ever since my dad died, I’ve been thinking about death constantly.
@@georgemorley1029 sorry to hear about your dad.
maybe.
Just managed to buy this at my local record shop for 5€, what a day.
Ja Nee a steal!
Got mine for 980 yen in a tiny record shop in japan
Lucky boy
I'll give you 100
Congrats dude, you turned 5 euro into gold
Every once in a while this pops up on my frontpage and i click it instantly, its great
On est en 2023, cet album me fait revivre, et cela fait énormément de bien.
Que la création reviennent, avec des vrais instruments. 🙏
Nothing beats listening to a fantastic album for the first time
Oh, it gets better every time!
so true! check out Take 6's Doo-be-doo-wop-bop album!
Currently me ;)
That is me right now. 20:13 Irish Summer Time 12 August 2019.
It's happening to me right now and I completely agree hahaha
31:26
Even in Japan during the early 1980s, jazz musicians knew about the lick
well spotted!
@@thedano-spaniard2204 Thank you! I'm hesitant to even point it out, for fear of suggesting the idea that the music of Casiopea is somehow derivative or unoriginal - this album in particular is one of the finest pieces of fusion I've ever heard - but seeing as no one else had mentioned the notorious stock phrase before, I felt obligated to leave a timestamp
@@morgansinclair4843 Well, the lick was found played by bebop musicians in the 40s and 50s. Pretty sure it was an inside jazz joke long before it acquired it's internet meme status
damn now have to rewatch all lick related memes again since you mentioned
高校3年の夏休みにはじめて聞いたカシオペアサウンド。朝まで勉強した朝焼けを見ながら聴いていたことを思い出します。
I’m about graduate high school and this is my first time listening to this and it’s giving me positive hopes for this summer! 😊
Saw this via a greentext, i love it
Me too
Ditto
Doomer -> Bloomer
its rare that anything good comes from reading those but this sure was an exception
man, i want a wholesome lil letter and great tea too:
I will never be the same after listening to 20:00 and onward, the bass and drum solos are the sickest thing I’ve ever heard in my life and in closing this is an amazing album
The bass solo was fucking amazing as hell. Sick indeed.
There's a version with the actual live video as well, they look so casual about it and it's pissing me off lol th-cam.com/video/zIK1Vn6Va3w/w-d-xo.html
I internally and spiritually feel this comment
Primus ain't got nothing on that.
here from tumblr o7- just found a new favorite album
Thank you for this. I have gone through both anxiety and depression and this helps calm me down and get me asleep during hard nights. Thank you for your hard work!
懐かしい。
生まれて初めて買ったＬＰ。
カセットテープにダビングして、通学時、ウォークマンで毎日聞いていた。
青春が蘇る。
A 4chan recommendation that's actually solid as hell?
Well how 'bout that.
4Chan recommendations tend to be pretty good in my experience.
yeah those ygyl threads are usually nice
get off of 4chan before your brain rots you idiot
@@chuchu9649 stop watching anime
@@chuchu9649 go back to watching vaush lmao
I remember blasting this album back when I was a senior at my trade school. Honest to god, was probably one of the best years of my life, and I think even back then, I knew it was. It just made it all the better, but at the same time, makes me miss it all that much more. Hard to believe its been so long.
これがライブ収録ってかっこいい
Im somewhere 2000kms from home stuck in airport because of pandemic and couldnt think of better music to get my mind back in mood.
Good evening from Tokyo. I hope you will safely fly back to your homeland soon. Or are you in quarantine?
@@kemekoist Hello and greetings from Lithuania! Yes! Managed to get one of the last flights to get home. Now the Mint Jam Jazz will always remind me of these times:))
@@xvainiux Glad to know now you are at home. Wishing you a peaceful social distancing and praying your family and you will stay healthy till this epidemic ends.
@Based Log username certainly checks out
Hope you got home dude.
This jam is already passed the expiration date but It still makes me feel best taste ever.
I didn't expect to find you here, love your work in SoundCloud!
@@condenihilit1572 Oh Thank you very much!
Thankfully music has no expiration date.
It ages like fine wine :-)
@@raiffesilva4908 It's like a twinkie, it does have an expiration date but once it passes it just turns to liquor
リアルタイムでこのLP を聴いてました。
それから40年以上経過しましたが、未だに私の中でフュージョンと言えば、カシオペアと言えばこのアルバム。「Take Me 」のスネアの一発目で持っていかれます。
傑作中の傑作です。(^-^)
Yeah, this old LP found me. 😂🙏🏼✝️ To God be the Glory!!!
The vibes continue to be unmatched, that bass solo at 20:00 literally cured me of all that ailed me, the cure for cancer will be found in this album I can guarantee it, the grooviest homework session I've ever experienced
Best part of the album for me!
There is a recorded version of this song with an extended bass solo! They just cut it down for the album itself, not sure why... th-cam.com/video/zIK1Vn6Va3w/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=jazzytaka
best part forreal
I remember the summer of 2019, having a shitty fever and being stuck at Kyoto train station for 6 hours, just listening to this and hoping I won't die. Good times.
I'm glad you recovered!
It's possible the train jingles you would have heard were by Minoru Mukaiya, too!
How was your trip to Wuhan after?
I got an empire of emotion
SAME HERE! in Kyoto too, when was the World Parkinson Congress 2019. It was my first time wearing a face mask in public. What a horrible fever
This album…..holy cow, this is the pinnacle of music, literally one of the best albums ever.
This album left by breath feeling great for the entire week, an absolute classic.