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Artist:	FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND
Title:	Satori
Label:	PHOENIX RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	ASH 3002CD

Repressed, non-numbered edition. The Flower Travellin' Band's first musical outing, Challenge, was released in 1970 and was essentially a series of covers of Cream, Hendrix, Big Brother and Jefferson Airplane material. However, Satori appeared a year later and forever changed the way the group would be perceived, both in Japan and in the musical world at large. Possessing the vision to select Akira "Joe" Yamanaka as their vocalist, the Flower Travellin' boys elevated themselves above other Japanese bands of the time, whose efforts were largely confined to imitating British and American bands of the era. Satori, which was released in 1971, is a conceptual hard rock/psych album driven by Hideki Ishima's furious guitar licks which erupt and explode over the harmonic heart beat of the drums and bass and Yamanaka's banshee-like vocal style which was turning him into an occidental Iggy Pop or Robert Plant while the band itself was rapidly becoming Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin. Satori is a huge album in every way. From power chords to Eastern-tinged North African six-string freak-outs and crashing tom-toms, the band flexes its collective muscle from start to finish. In short, this is a real rock classic of the type they simply don't make any more. Housed in a limited-edition card wallet.

Artist:	FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND
Title:	Satori
Label:	PHOENIX RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	ASH 3002LP

Previously issued on CD by Phoenix Records (and o/p already), now issued on deluxe LP format as well; 180 gram pressing. Reissue of the second Flower Travellin' Band album, originally issued by Atlantic Records in Japan in 1971. Satori is a conceptual hard rock/psych album driven by Hideki Ishima's furious guitar licks which erupt and explode over the harmonic heart beat of the drums and bass. Yamanaka's banshee-like vocal style turned him into an occidental Iggy Pop or Robert Plant while the band itself was rapidly becoming Japan's answer to Led Zeppelin. Satori is a huge album in every way. From power chords to Eastern-tinged North African six-string freak-outs and crashing tom-toms, the band flexes its collective muscle from start to finish. In short, this is a real rock classic of the type they simply don't make any more.

Artist:	FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND
Title:	Anywhere
Label:	UNIVERSAL (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	UPCY 6343CD

Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. Second CD reissue of the debut Flower Travellin' Band album (previously issued by Hagakure), originally issued in 1970 by Warner Bros. Japan (predating their defintive opus, Satori). Includes' loosely formed "covers" of "Black Sabbath", "House of the Rising Sun" & "Twenty-First Century Schizoid-Man". Famous naked biker cover tops off the ridiculousness factor by a very long & wide yard.

Artist:	FLOWER TRAVELLIN' BAND
Title:	Satori
Label:	WARNER BROS (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8425

Restock of this 1998 remastered version of the 2nd album by this early 70s Japanese underground rock legend. Flower Travellin' Band were a Japanese psych/hard rock quartet from the 70s. Their pants flared most excellently, vocalist "Joe" had a shreik to match his Atlantic label counterpart across the ocean, and there was a certain Zep-edge to their sound that nobody wants to admit to today. Satori was their 2nd album from 1971, a heavy-rock concept album in the grand tradition, and is generally acknowledged as their masterpiece. This version features somewhat more extensive graphic detail, with a fold out booklet. [for a very inspiring overview of the FTB discography, read Julian Cope's reviews at: http://www.headheritage.co.uk]

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