KIRIKYOGEN – Japan Heavy Psych Original – Flower Travellin’ Band – MINT RARE

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KIRIKYOGEN: “Kuni Kawauchi To Kare No Tomodachi”

LABEL: LONDON Records

Label Number: SKS(L)-1016

Japan original press 2nd issue out of 1978 in TOP condition. Immacutale & Impossible to upgrade

GRADING:

LP Record: Near Mint – comes pressed on THICK vinyl.

Jacket: Mint

Some words on this issue: KIRIKYOGEN: “Kuni Kawauchi To Kare No Tomodachi” (London/King Records - SKS(L)-1016) TOP COPY!! Incredible bloody rare 1978 original issue. Mint all the way. Kirikyogen was one of those one-time-off Japanese super groups erected by mastermind and Happenings Four leader Kawauchi Kuni who assembled around himself some key players out of the Flower Travellin’ Band such as vocalist Joe Yamanaka and guitar gunslinger Ishima Hideki. Kirikyôgen was a short-lived session quartet, composed out of the Happenings Four members Kuni Kawauchi and Chito Kawauchi and two Flower Traveling Band participants, Joe Yamanaka and Ishima Hideki. Their sole recorded output “Kuni Kawauchi To Kare No Tomodachi” consisted out of several compositions, written by all the four members and completed with Kuni Kawauchi’s lyrics. Music and text-wise the album bears some structural resemblance to the Happenings Four album “The Long Trip” (1971), although that Kirikyôgen’s effort appeared one year earlier than the former and one month after the release of the Flower Traveling Band’s debut “Anywhere”. It is said that Ishima Hideki wasn’t at all satisfied with “Anywhere” since his individuality as a guitarist was restricted to merely copying foreign songs, how well executed they may be. With the Kirikyôgen project he could surmount these formal restrictions and concentrate more on his own individual playing, an element that afterwards would fully translate itself with the Flower Traveling Band’s second release “Satori”, which possessed a more adulterated and original sound as compared to “Anywhere”. So seen against that background it is certain that Kirikyôgen influenced and left its imprint upon the Flower Traveling Band, although that Kirikyôgen failed to attain the big public success of its affiliated brotherly outfit. TOP virginal copy

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Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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This LP Box ships at the weight of 3 LPs!!!!

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= Registered Airmail to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $23 for 1 LP, $27 for 2 LP's, and $32 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to UK/Europe/Russia = $25 for 1 LP, $28 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.

= Registered Airmail to South America = $30 for 1 LP, $33 for 2 LP's, and $39 for 3 LP's.

= For Asian countries = Because the charge of the Registered Airmail is the same as EMS, we automatically send out your package by EMS. See the EMS rate below. 

In case of purchase more than $200, item(s) must be shipped by EMS (Express Mail with internet tracking, and the insurance).

= EMS Shipping to USA/Canada/Mexico/Oceania = $25 for 1 LP, $29 for 2 LP's, and $33 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to UK/Europe/Russia = $28 for 1 LP, $32 for 2 LP's, and $36 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to South America = $37 for 1 LP, $42 for 2 LP's, and $48 for 3 LP's.

= EMS Shipping to Asian countries = $20 for 1 LP, $23 for 2 LP's, and $26 for 3 LP's.

Registered Airmail Shipping rates for EP’s: USA & EUROPE & AUSTRALIA: $13 for one EP; 15 for 2 EP’s and 18$ for 3 EP’s

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