Anywhere (Flower Travellin' Band album)
Introduction '''''Anywhere''''' is a 1970 album by Japanese rock band Flower Travellin' Band. It was their first release under the Flower Travellin' Band name and the first to feature the classic line-up of Joe Yamanaka, Hideki Ishima, Jun Kozuki and Joji Wada. AllMusic rated the album 3 out of 5 stars, describing the music as a "unique mixture of progressive daring, psychedelic eccentricity, and muscular, heavy rock austerity".
Overview Following the release of ''Challenge! '', Yuya Uchida dropped all the members of Yuya Uchida & The Flowers, except drummer Joji Wada, recruited guitarist Hideki Ishima, vocalist Joe Yamanaka and bassist Jun Kozuki, and formed the Flower Travellin' Band as a band that would appeal to international audiences. ''Anywhere'' was made to emulate the band's previous release ''Challenge!'' by mainly consisting of cover songs and nude cover art, before releasing their first original album, ''Satori'', shortly after. The cover was taken early in the morning at a former garbage dump in the seaside area that would later become Odaiba. It was used as the cover for Julian Cope's 2007 book ''Japrocksampler''.
Track listing
Credits * Joe Yamanaka – vocals, harmonica* Hideki Ishima – guitar* Jun Kozuki – bass* Joji Wada – drums* Tadataka Watanabe - producer* Yuya Uchida - producer* Norio Yoshizawa - engineer* Tatsuo Umetsu - engineer* Masaichiro Fukami - artwork* Kishin Shinoyama - photography* Makoto Saito - photography
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