Flower Travellin' Band Satori Japanese Import LP (White Vinyl)

Released in 1971, this is the first album produced by a Japanese artist with the overseas market in mind. It was released simultaneously in the United States, Canada, and Japan, and in particular, the single "Satori Part 2" reached No. 8 in Canada. There was also an oriental trend in Europe and the United States, and the work is characterized by incorporating more oriental and Japanese sounds.

Japan at this time was also witnessing a turning point from GS to folk, and there were still few people who accepted rock. Of course, the album is very popular overseas and its name recognition is still undiminished.

From power chords to Eastern-tinged, North African, six-string freakouts, to crashing tom toms, to basses blasting into the red zone, Satori is a journey to the center of someplace that seems familiar but has never before been visited. It is a new sonic universe constructed from cast-off elements of the popular culture of the LSD generation. Forget everything you know about hard rock from the 1970s until you've put this one through your headphones. It's monolithic, expansive, flipped to wig city, and full of a beach blanket bong-out muscularity. In other words, this is a 'real' classic and worth any price you happen to pay for it.