Album Club - Week 130: 28/01/2014: Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971)

[John]

For me some of the receptive side is connected to more traditional Japanese music at times I can really hear those eastern influences along with the Sabbath influences

[Audioman]

If they shot the vocalist this would be better. Some nice guitar work and I enjoyed the lighter sections. The heavy stuff was a second rate Sabbath impression. The Japs were rather better at copying cars and hi-fi plus turning out a more reliable product than doing western rock. Still enough good stuff to give it a 5/10.

[mr sneff]

Ah OK, sorry I misunderstood slightly - it was your mention of Make Up and Hiroshima that made me think you'd heard this album and others.
I always think that when we hear something retrospectively, it's easy to forget the context of when it was released. The Beatles seem unremarkable to many kids of today because of all of the stuff that came afterwards that was strongly influenced by it. Most of what was shocking about punk to so many people at the time seems tame and poppy today.
Put yourself in the shoes of someone hearing this in 1971 - it will have seemed quite unique and as I said in the OP, if you listen into this recording there is more there than at first it may seem.

No, I just meant that , compared to the rest of the album those tracks sounded like a different band. I don't think that I'd have been over impressed even if I'd heard the album in 1971, there was much more innovative music around at the time. I take your point about context, but there are plenty of albums that I listened to back then that I still enjoy, good music is still good music 40 years on. You wouldn't say of Beethoven, "well, it was good for the time, but Wagner (say) makes him sound second rate."

[high.spirits]

Sorry Chris not my taste in music.
I can hear thew influences of eastern music mixed with rock, but it was hard going listening to the whole album - too repetitive for my liking. 3/10.

[loo]

having now received my vinyl copy I want to revise my score
this deserves a 9
awesome

[The Grand Wazoo]

Good stuff Paul, I'm glad you're enjoying it.

[loo]

Lovin it
these guys are to Sabbath
as the 5678's are to the spice girls
woo hoo

[RichB]

Sorry, I couldn't get through the whole album for the reasons the others have given, those vocals, the repetitive guitar, the iffy sounding production. Yes I could hear the east-west influence but it left me cold and I quit half way though... As I wimped out I didn't vote.

[loo]

I love his voice listening to shadows of lost days now on the make up album
wonderful

[The Grand Wazoo]

Did you buy 'Anywhere' and 'Made in Japan' as well Paul?