STOMU YAMASHTA'S EAST WIND "Freedom Is Frightening" LP UK, 1973, NM/NM PROG Rock
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AMG Review by Dave Thompson
For his 1973 debut album, the Far East's answer to Ginger Baker teamed with his violinist wife Hisako, ex-Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper, school friend keyboardist Brian Gasgoigne, and ex-Brian Auger Trinity's/contemporary Isotope guitarist Gary Boyle. Their debut album, Freedom Is Frightening is a panorama of extremes that gust across myriad genres. The title track is a master class in atmosphere and tension building, slowly expanding from the early long, sparse, foreboding electronica into progressive pyrotechnics. "Wind Words" is serenity itself, but both "Rolling Nuns" and "Pine on the Horizon" are free-form jazz fusions, rolling in and out of funk, with the latter featuring scorching, Stax-styled horns courtesy of Sammi Abu. The album's intricate arrangements, stellar musicianship (particularly Boyle's lightening guitar on "Nuns," Hisako's emotive violin on "Wind," her husband's fireworks on "Freedom," and Hopper and Gascoigne's contributions throughout), astounded progressive and fusion fans alike, and still sound sensational today.
Stomu Yamash'ta's East Wind ?– Freedom Is Frightening
Label: Island Records ?– ILPS 9242 Format: Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry: UK Released: 1973 Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock
Tracklist
A1 Freedom Is Frightening 8:48 A2 Rolling Nuns 7:06 B1 Pine On The Horizon 11:44 B2 Wind Words 6:43Credits
- Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Gary Boyle
- Bass Guitar – Hugh Hopper
- Design [Sleeve Design] – Saul Bass
- Drums [Kit], Percussion – Stomu Yamash'ta
- Engineer – Gary Martin (3)
- Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vibraphone – Brian Gascoigne
- Liner Notes – Mick Watts
- Management [Road] – Dick Horner
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Merlin Turville-Petre
- Violin – Hisako Yamash'ta*
- Written-By, Composed By, Arranged By – Stomu Yamash'ta
Notes
Recorded at Advision Studios, August, 1973.Printed inner sleeve includes photograph of band, liner notes, track listing, and credits.
Published by Island Music Ltd.
A L**ner Enterprises Production
?1973 Island Records Ltd.
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GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
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