Release : Samurai - Samurai (1972)
Artist : Samurai
Album : Samurai (1972)
Genre : Progressive Rock
Source : CDDA
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Date : 00-00-2008
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 201kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 7
Time : 36:28 min
Size : 52.68 MB
1 Saving It Up For So Long 3:45
2 More Rain 4:27
3 Maudie James 4:55
4 Holy Padlock 4:44
5 Give A Little Love 3:40
6 Face In The Mirror 6:44
7 As I Dried The Tears Away 8:13
24 Bit remastered
"Samurai" is truly a lost classic of the Progressive era. Released on the short
lived Greenwich Gramophone label in 1972, the album was influenced by the
experiments of groups such as King Crimson, Gentle Giant et al, but was more
than a mere clone of these bands.
Evolving from the equally excellent band Web (whose album "I Spider" is a
classic of the genre), the musicianship on the album was excellent and Keyboard
player Dave Lawson's compositions were groundbreaking and memorable. Sadly the
group disbanded shortly after the release of the record resulting in limited
sales. However, the influence of the album was not lost as both Dave Lawson and
Tony Reeves soon joined Dave Greenslade to form the group Greenslade,
effectively taking up the musical mantle laid down by Samurai. This Esoteric
reissue features a booklet with previously unseen photographs and an interview
with Dave Lawson.