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Artist:	SAN UL LIM
Title:	San Ul Lim
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8482

"San Ul Lim (translated as 'That Mountain Echo', alternate spellings include 'Sanulim', 'Sanullim' and 'San Ul Rim') was formed by three brothers born of privilege in Seoul, South Korea. With confidence gained from endless practicing and competing in a university student song contest, they approached record label SRB (because it was near their house!) and recorded their first album in just one day. Upon its release in 1977, the LP sold over a half-million copies and paved the way for many further volumes. The songs are full of fuzz guitar, tinny keyboards and simple production, reminding one of the American garage and pop-psychedelic groups from the sixties, but with an Asian flavor. For this new reissue World Psychedelia have included two pages of English liner notes, explaining the significance of the final track, a cover of the traditional Korean folk song 'Arirang'."

Artist:	SAN UL LIM
Title:	2
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8488

"Sizzling second album, which according to the liner notes, was released just five months after the band's first album; despite the fact that these early San Ul Lim records were made as late as 1977, they sound as if they could have been cut in the late '60s. San Ul Lim were ostensibly a trio-with the eldest brother on guitar, the youngest on drums and the middle playing bass; they also have their sister Kim Nan Suk playing keyboards -- a small oversight maybe for her never to get any credit on the records , as she has as big a role as her eldest brother when it comes to carrying the solos for the group, using a broad array of synths (a harpsichord Farfisa patch being popular) and electric pianos. The bass playing of the middle brother is also spirited. Not content to merely playing his role in the rhythm section and keeping harmony going, he has a tendency to keep busy with fast-moving scale fragments and melodies. A tougher sounding album than their rightly-lauded debut, the music became more psychedelic and impromptu; and as the notes tell us, 'Definitely the second album made them rock stars in Korea.' Korean rock specialists called the first three San Ul Lim albums 'the demo tape triple collection.' These are regarded as the band's best recordings 'because they made most songs on these albums between 1971 and 1975 (before their debut). Therefore the songs had their early originality and creativity.'"

Artist:	SAN UL LIM
Title:	3
Label:	WORLD PSYCHEDELIA (WORLD'S LEADING TERRORIST STATE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	WPC6 8498

Korean psych originally released on SRB in 1979. "Third album from inimitable Korean trio of brothers; they wanted to make this album 'as Western top class Hard-Rock music,' so they used only guitars, drums and bass and emerged as a power rock trio; the end result, of course, is not a 'Hard Rock' record at all. True, the record starts out with throat-shredding vocals and a guitar sound that is fuzzed-out and ominous sounding; but by track two, there are dreamy melodies; all's well that end's well, thanks to the 19-minute track that took up side two of the original LP -- droning fuzz guitar psychedelia at it's maniacal best. Korean rock specialists called the first three San Ul Lim albums 'the demo tape triple collection'. These are regarded as the band's best recordings 'because they made most songs on these albums between 1971 and 1975 (before their debut). Therefore the songs had their early originality and creativity.'"

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