(April 2023) Episode 486 is FLOWER TRAVELLIN’ BAND, an excellent Japanese psychedelic group from the late 60s/early 70s. They started out as a female-fronted band doing covers of UK and US rock songs (something my parents told me they heard a lot of when they visited Tokyo in the 60s) including, ambitiously, 21st Century Schizoid Man, but were mostly notable for two album covers in which all band members were naked. They followed with three great psychedelic albums with tinges of prog and proto-metal. It’s like a mix of Cream, King Crimson, Iron Butterfly and Rush’s first album, but FTB owned their own sound, which influenced others.
Favorite album: Satori
Favorite song: Satori II
Compared to expectations: ↑
Recommendation: highly recommend Satori, Made in Japan, and Make Up
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