FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND "SATORI"

$ 51

$ 51 Sold For

Jan 28, 2013 Sold Date

Jan 23, 2013 Start Date

$ 15 Start price

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Description

DESCRIPTION:

This is an original Canada's released album, vinyl Lp of "SATORI" by The Travellin' Band. On the back covers shows the all titles with note: "How warm and welcome the Flower Travelling Band like the rising sun" - Larry Green CHUM-FM (a Montreal,Canada, Rock Radio Station).

LABEL: GRT CANADA Ltd., Willowdale, Ontario. Stereo 9230-1005

Flower Travellin' Band was Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin meeting Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath at the Ash Ra Temple. Simply put, they played grand, spacey, tripped-out hard rock with a riffy base that was only two steps removed from the blues, but their manner of interpreting those steps came from an acid trip. Flower Travelling Band was an entity unto itself. There are five tracks on this set, originally released in 1971 as the band's second album proper. It has been reissued on CD by WEA International in Japan, with the cover depicting a silhouette drawing of the Buddha in meditative equipoise filled in with sketches of an inner universe mandala of the sacred Mount Meru, stupas, and the hash smoking caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, Japanese sci-fi robot cartoons, and more. And the music is reflected in this inner universal realm on five different sections of Satori. From power chords to Eastern-tinged, North African, six-string freakouts, to crashing tom toms, to basses blasting into the red zone, Satori is a journey to the center of someplace that seems familiar but has never before been visited. It is a new sonic universe constructed from cast-off elements of the popular culture of the LSD generation. Forget everything you know about hard rock from the 1970s until you've put this one through your headphones. It's monolithic, expansive, flipped to wig city, and full of a beach blanket bong-out muscularity. In other words, this is a "real" classic and worth any price you happen to pay for it. (From Allmusic.com)

CONDITION:

Hard to grade, depending on the turntable I used, overall I would say mostly strong VG+ or better (except for the side B 1st track that is Good because of crackling at beginning and some audible scratch).

The Gatefold cover is in VG+ condition with split at bottom and top and ringwear.

NM (Near Mint) is the highest grade I used for opened records. For other grades (VG++, VG+, and VG) I will also describe what disqualifies the record from being NM)

Will Ship up to 4 LP's in the US for $4.00. International Postage is $10.00 Dollars for the First LP and $3 dollars for each additional LP.

Payment Due within 3 days of auction end.

Will gladly combine shipping on multiple purchases.

All Records we shipped Securely Vinyl and inner sleeve are removed from the Cover.

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