Box Set

Disponibile in 5/7 gg * Haunting japanese progressive jazzrock with world music tinges and soul pop elements * Fans of Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield and Jade Warrior will go crazy * 5 legendary crown jewels from 70s Japanese progressive rock * Excellent sound and performance by high class professional musicians * taken from the ORIGINAL MASTERS, provided by Mr. Kitajima himself * 5LP Boxset, 180g audiophile black vinyls in heavy covers, housed in a superheavy, coated and hotfoil embossed box with magnetic lock, containing all inserts of the original LPs * 5CD Boxset, containing highest quality digipak CD editions in a coated, and hotfoil embossed box with magnetic lock * Ultimate collectors item for fans of 70s ethno progressive rock In summer 2019 Everland Music will release a mindblowing boxset with Osamu Kitajima's first 5 highly acclaimed and superrare albums All 5 albums are taken from the ORIGINAL MASTERS, provided by Mr. Kitajima himself. Osamu Kitajima was born in Chigasaki, Japan on February 3rd 1949 and studied classical guitar and piano already in his childhood days. Later on in the 1960s, when Beat and Rock music became the hot stuff in the popular music circuit, he joined his cousin’s band “The Launchers” with his brother, before graduating from university. Osamu’s cousin, Yūzō Kayama, is a famous Japanese film actor and musician. In 1971, when Osamu was already a successful composer of TV advertising jingles, he moved to England for a year and developed an obsession for British Rock music, especially in the Psychedelic field. The Beatles, The Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple and The Zombies became his major influences and inspired him to start a solo career under the name „Justin Heathcliff“, which he adopted for it’s typical English sound. His 1971 eponymous album was a typical Pop Psyche effort for it’s time, but not long after he returned home to Japan, Osamu abandoned the English sounding name and further on merged Western Progressive and Electronic music with Japanese Folk sounds. Shinchugoku (1972) This is a beautiful early 1970s Psychedelic Folk Rock effort, on which Osamu Kitajima cooperated with Fumio Miyashita (aka FAR OUT) and members oft he very popular FAR EAST FAMILY BAND, to create a bunch of mind altering colorful tunes with a mellow, yet intense approach. Benzaiten (1976) This album is called his masterpiece by many aficionadoes of 1970s Progressive Rock, with it’s mixture of haunting Japanese Folk elements and skillfully played spacey Rock music that takes you on a spiritual journey to the center of your mind. Osamu (1977) His third album marks another change in direction. Still Japanese elements and some haunting melodic Space Rock elements flow gently into another, but by incorporating Jazz, Funk and even Reggae, Osamu broadens the whole musical colour palette by far. Masterless Samurai (1980) Osamu completely abandons the Space Rock aspects here and takes a turn into Jazzrock with a Progressive edge, that he still combines with these totally exotical sounding Japanese Folk elements. Dragon King (1981) The step from Masterless Samurai to Dragon King has not been such a big one as it has been with the albums before. We experience a softer version of Osamus Jazzrock / Japanese Folk Fusion, that often even shows Soul Pop aspects, typical for it’s time. SONGS: 1 Hyakusho Wa Tanoshi 2 Paimonyu 3 Takai Takai Koanryo 4 Ketsumazuitemo 5 Monchauni 6 Inchunfa 7 Kenchokunchantan 8 Ronshuiko 9 Tohoko 10 Benzaiten - God of Music and Water 11 Taiyo - The Sun 12 Tengu - A Long-Nosed Goblin 13 Benzaiten - Reprise 14 Whoma - Immortality 15 Sui-In 16 Frost Flowers 17 Hear The Rain, See It Falls 18 Endless Steps 19 Yesterday And Karma 20 Purple Hills And Crystal Streams 21 Elemental Spirits 22 Fur Fin And Feather 23 Sui-Yo 24 Golden Mean 25 Wild Monk 26 Sei... Essence 27 Hitsuku... Where Is The Real Japan? 28 Masterless Samurai 29 Breath Of Night 30 Edo Townsfolk 31 Floating Garden 32 Koshaku... To The Point 33 Whoga... Grace 34 Hot Strings Invasion 35 Lake Spirit 36 Say You Will 37 Share My Love 38 Dragon King 39 Willow Pattern 40 Yamame