Brilliant cover art in both instances, I think we can agree.
Back to the Japanese rock/prog for the next three posts. This is a mine that never gets exhausted in its yield of pure gemology. Here's one I could have sworn I posted before but obviously didn't, similar to my old favorite School Band, with hard rock, ssw, and fusion elements mixed together in a pretty accessible form, or perhaps like Tranzam.
Information on the band here. Unfortunately, only 2 albums from the mid 1970s.
Track 4 from the first album gives you an idea of the delightful mix of sax plus rock this band is capable of:
Intro to the second album which appeared the next year, showcases the smooth sax sound again:
Later they get into the funky sounds, rock stuff, providing quite a lot of variety. I absolutely adore the track 3 song, with its warmth and drive:
Stay tuned to the wonderful bridge passage with harmonics and the full-on electric guitar riff, followed by dreamy synth strings.
Another wonderful 'lost' Japanese rock album... How many more are there still undiscovered?
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ReplyDeleteHi Julian, first of all, thanks as always for your work. I've been following you for many years (even on prognotfrog).
ReplyDeleteI'll try to make a request: there's an Italian album from 1971 that seems extremely hard to find (and perhaps not of the greatest sonic and artistic quality, but I'm just curious...)
The title is "Vapore d'Anima" (Soul vapor in English) and it's described as Acid Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock on Discogs. A clever seller posted some very short excerpts on YouTube (to sell the expensive LP), but I can't find a rip of this album anywhere.
Any chance from you? Or from "the man who had everything"? :) Thanks!
I hate to admit it, but those basic descriptive terms are enough to pique my interest as well.
DeleteSorry, another comment: the FLAC version is from another band, "Bible Black" from 2024 I think
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FLAC for the great 1976 work:
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/0e498a50-a909-4e2b-8a3f-19d2f4ba013b
note that in general, I can't repost the 'limited time only' FLACs due to their size and the fact the uploading service only keeps the files for 3 weeks at the most
thanks for the tip about the flac, I mixed up the links with the next post
ReplyDeleteI'll look out for that one (vapore d'anima) I don't have it myself