Toshi Ichiyanagi
I was lucky to find a not expensive copy of this concept that was called an opera because there was no better term to describe its idea,...
Kuni Kawachi & Friends
It is a bit unclear if this album can be regarded as a Flower Travelling Band’s release or not. 3 of the 5 members of this band...
Happy End
Happy End’s debut on URC (1969) was an outstanding soft-rock album which didn’t stay unnoticed in Japan. Not only was it the first album...
Yonin Bayashi
First having existed as San-Nin (=trio group) since 1970 with an extra member and keyboard player they became Yonin-Bayashi (=quartet...
Powerhouse
Powerhouse surely has their powerful name that rings easily in your mind, a first reason to remember them easily. Secondly, they were an...
Gedo
Compared to most Japanese items from this period, this live recordings starts much more raw, hard, and punkish than almost anything I...
Speed Glue & Shinki
When Shinki Chen was reissued a few years back (first not officially) I remember it was appreciated very much by heavy rock/psych...
Jacks
The Jacks first album is a very special and original one. The band was part of the underground scene and had a more radical sound...
LSD March
LSD March is named after one of the most stoned, overloaded and distorted tracks krautrock improvisers (or perhaps any 70s German group)...
Seven that Spells (feat. Makoto Kawabata)
This Croatian powerrock group got assistance from Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple,…). The now very much psychedelic music sounds...