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Artist:	JUNG MI, KIM
Title:	Now
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8484

"Legendary femme acid folk masterpiece available again, now in a jewel box edition; this is an elusive album, difficult to explain, an album that seems to require a couple of listens before its excellence can be fully appreciated; Korean fuzz guitar master Shin Jung Hyun and his band The Men are the backing band, with their solid presence (and Shin Jung Hyuns guitar) evident throughout, sustaining a spacey West coast psychedelia vibe; every song has a similar tone, yet I would never accuse the music of being too much the same -- a neat trick; if Francoise Hardy is the Marianne Faithful of France, then Kim Jung Mi is, I suppose, the Francoise Hardy of Korea -- moody, melancholic, and sexy at the same time. A random note: one song from this album is featured on the Peace, Love and Dreams series -- maybe you've heard it, and wondered where to find the album."

Artist:	JUNG MI, KIM
Title:	Kim Jung Mi
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8499

Third reissue on this label of groovy Korean psychedelic pop with slight English folk flavors from Kim Jung Mi -- known throughout as the the "Francois Hardy of Korean pop." "This 1974 album shows a different side of the delectable Korean singer's personality, as she is called upon to front slinky mid-tempo rockers instead of the folk-inflected tracks of both the Nowand Wind records; this makes for some interesting music, including a cover version of Janis Joplin's 'Move Over'; the tracks all sound more than a year removed from Now and Wind, in part because of drastically better production values (this album was made for Jigu, unlike Kim Jung Mi's other releases), plus the addition of horns, organ, and even a string section; Shin Jung Hyun is still backing his protégé with characteristic guitar lines, so no loss of musical quality is evident."

Artist:	JUNG MI, KIM
Title:	Wind
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8500

"Album released the same year (1973) as the Now LP already issued by World Psychedelia; after one listen to it, it's difficult not be permanently hooked; the same basic formula is in place as on Now: cool but impassioned vocals from Kim Jung Mi, tasty call-and-response guitar licks from Shin Jung Hyun, and a steady pounding pulse from the rest of the band -- the only change here is that there's little evidence of acoustic guitars; it's the slower tracks, with their faintly Korean folk flavor (like tracks two and three, for example), that steal the show; a worthy successor to Now."

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