FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND Satori LP GRT Of CANADA 1971 CAN orig+foc 9230-1005 RARE
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FLOWER TRAVELLING BAND
Originally envisioned as a female-fronted Japanese heavy rock cover act called the Flowers by entertainer and "entrepreneur" Yuya Uchida, the Flower Travellin' Band would eventually chart their own course, becoming an underground influence on later metal acts, and counting one Julian Cope as a disciple. As the Flowers, (original) vocalist Remi Aso, guitarist Hideki Ishima, bassist Jun Kowzuki, and drummer Joji Wada released their debut, Challenge, in 1969. Consisting entirely of cover versions of Western pop/rock songs, the album got attention not necessarily from the music, but from the fact that the entire band was photographed in the nude on the cover.
Uchida and Aso left after the first album, leaving the band to reorganize with new vocalist Joe Yamanaka, and allowing it to explore more original and experimental avenues. Their first album as the Flower Travellin' Band, Anywhere, was released in 1970. The album featured five covers, including Muddy Waters' "Louisiana Blues" and Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath." Their first wholly "original"-based full-length, Satori, was released in 1971."SATORI"
1971 LP GRT of CANADA LTD. RECORDS STEREO/9230-1005
MADE IN CANADA ORIGINAL PRESSING
[The Canadian version of "Satori" contained only "Satori Pt. 1", "Satori Pt. 2" and Satori Pt. 5" (retitled here as "Satori Part III") from the original Japanese LP and were remixed to considerably reduce the howl of both guitars and vocals. It's rounded out with 4 tracks from "Made In Japan": "Kamikaze," Hiroshima," "Unaware," "Gimme Air" as well as the sitar-laden "Lullaby," which appeared only here and as a Canadian 45 B-side to "Satori Part 1.]
GATEFOLD COVER
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (American Style)
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LABEL: GRT - RED/WHITELABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) 9230-1005
Catalog on labels: 9230-1005
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 9230-1005-A-2 TG
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 9230-1005-B-2 TG
On labels: rim text reads "GRT OF CANADA LTD"
MAPL (circled)
All selections Pub. by Walden Music Inc. (ASCAP)
Prod. by Paul Hoffert & Yuya Uchida
On inside panels: Lyrics & Credits
On back cover: 'How warm and welcome the Flower Travelling band like the rising sun' Larry Green CHUM-FM GRT of Canada Ltd......Ontario
tracklisting
Side A: SATORI PART I - KAMIKAZE - SATORI PART II - HIROSHIMA
Side B: UNAWARE - GIMME AIR - SATORI PART III - LULLABY
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RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Flower Travelling 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. 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...(AllMusic)
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