![]() The European version of Mint Jams was released in the same year as the Japanese release. This synthesizer was subsequently used in many of their live-performances. Mint Jams was also Casiopea's first album to mainly feature the Yamaha GS-1 FM synthesizer, operated by Minoru Mukaiya. ![]() ![]() 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 originally planned to be a compilation album with 'best-of' Casiopea songs The word 'jams' describe their live performance of which the source material was taken from. 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'.īesides 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 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'. 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.
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