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Artist:	CURTIS & SAMURAI, MIKI
Title:	Kappa
Label:	UNIVERSAL (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	UPCY 6345CD

Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. Reissues of the 2 albums by Miki Curtis and Samurai. They were an early 70s underground blues-derived psychedelic rock band led by Miki Curtis (vocals and flute), with Joe Dunnel (guitar) and Tetsu Yamauchi (bass; he later played with Shoji Hano in the Poly Breath Percussion Band, with Brötzmann on Dare Devil, and Werner Lüdi; we won't mention the fact that inbetween he had joined bands like Free or the Faces!). Kappa was recorded in Tokyo and released by Philips Japan in 1971. It is the heavier of the 2 albums, featuring 4 long tracks, lyrics sung in English, including the side-two long "King Riff And Snow Flakes" (which has a free-form breakdown and drum solo even!).

Artist:	CURTIS & SAMURAI, MIKI
Title:	Samurai
Label:	UNIVERSAL (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	UPCY 6346CD

Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. Reissue of the 2nd and final Mickey Curtis album, also released by Philips Japan in 1971. This was recorded in the UK upon the band's move to Europe and again features songs written/sung in English, this time with 7 shorter tracks. "The band played a varied kind of psychedelic progressive rock, occasionally a bit hard-rocking, with jazzy and exotic Asian touches. They've been compared by Vernon Joynson to Andwella's Dream and early Traffic." -- Chris
McLean.

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