Samurai - Green Tea 1970 ~ software for linux

Mickey CURTIS was born of English parents in Tokyo, Japan in 1938. After the end of The World War II he lived by singing in the Occupation Forces or Camps, and as a result he was approved as a rockabilly singer. Although he had been an active pop singer and a frontman of two chorus-pop outfits named 'City Crows' and 'Vanguards' in mid 60s, he was awakened to rock suddenly and finally formed SAMURAI (The SAMURAIS in their early days) in 1967. They went to Europe in late 1967, picking up some European members and thus becoming half-Japanese. During the first two years SAMURAI made a lot of gigs. In London they recorded a single and their debut album, the double-LP ‘Samurai’ a.k.a. ‘Miki Curtis & Samurai’ [German Metronome, 1970], as well as a single only released in Italy. They should not be confused with the UK group of the same name, who released a self-titled LP on Greenwich in 1971.Their second album, ‘Green Tea’ [Philips, 1970], is simply a single-LP repackaging of the debut only released in Japan, to where the band had returned. In early 1969 their soundscape was completely shifted to progressive rock, and we can easily realize the fact especially in their eponymous album. Soon after that they came back to Japan and released "Kappa" (1971), which has been appreciated as a masterpiece of Heavy Progressive Rock in Japan.

Line-up / Musicians

Mickey Curtis/voices,flute
Mike Walker/voices,percussion
Joe Dunnet/guitars
Hiro Izumi/guitars,koto
John Redfern/keyboards
Tetsuo Yamauchi/bass
Yujin Harada/drums
Graham Smith/harmonica

Discography(Album)

Green Tea 1970