Flower Travellin’ Band, Made in Japan, Atlantic Records, vinyl P-8187A (1972) Pedantic TSP readers may say the album should really
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One Day: an ordinary mellow soft rock album like any other, by an otherwise classy psych-rock guitarist
Hideki Ishima, One Day, Propeller, vinyl JDX-7010 (1973) Best known as lead guitarist (and later sitarist) for the cult Japanese
Continue readingDark Side of the Moon: a gentle if dark and depressive UK ’70s psych folk rock album
Medicine Head, Dark Side of the Moon, United Kingdom, Dandelion Records, LP 2310 166 (1972) British 1970s blues folk band
Continue readingZwai: an obscure fusion of 18th-century Baroque classical music and progressive rock – and no electric guitars allowed!
Häx Cel, Zwai, Germany, Garden of Delights, CD 056 (reissued 2001) For those keen on old 1970s progressive rock but
Continue readingMotiffe (self-titled): virtuoso if self-indulgent guitar work on a moody prog jazz rock album
Motiffe, self-titled, Germany, Shadoks, vinyl LP SHADOKS 087 (2006, originally recorded 1971) Recorded live and released by Deroy record label
Continue readingAnywhere: legendary ronin samurai rockers starting down the highway with four cover songs
The Flower Travellin’ Band, Anywhere, The Netherlands, Philips, LP FX-8507 (1970) While these guys’ first original album “Satori” is the
Continue readingChariot Rising: an ordinary psychedelic pop album with a few gems
Dantalian’s Chariot, Chariot Rising, United Kingdom, Wooden Hill, WHCD005 (1996, originally recorded 1967) Surprisingly the only album by this short-lived
Continue readingKirikyogen: early doom metal collaboration with a surprising amount of variety and flexibility
Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin’ Band, Kirikyogen, United Kingdom, London Records, vinyl LP SKK(L) 3003 (1970) For a band that
Continue readingParachute: disillusionment results from city flight to the country
The Pretty Things, Parachute, United Kingdom, Harvest, vinyl LP SHVL 774 (1970) After the commercial failure of “S.F. Sorrow”
Continue readingIijanaika: a patchy effort from a pioneer Japanese ’60s psychedelic rock band
The Mops, Iijanaika, Toshiba Liberty, vinyl LP LTP-9025 (1970) Founded in 1966 by high-school students, Japan’s The Mops originally were
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