Made In Japan is a 1972 album by Flower Travellin' Band

Flower Travellin' Band

is a Japanese heavy psych outfit that was first active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They reunited in 2007. Vocalist Joe Yamanaka died on August 7, 2011 after a battle with lung cancer.-History:...

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Background

After meeting Paul Hoffert

Paul Hoffert

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 of Lighthouse

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 at the Expo 70 festival in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Flower Travellin' Band were invited by Hoffert to come visit Canada to record an album.

Due to Wada becoming ill, drummer Paul Devon plays on some tracks on this album. The lyrics are all written by Yoko Nomura, the wife of the band's manager.

Track listing

1. "Introduction" (0:27)
2. "Unaware" (5:51)
3. "Aw Give Me Air" (3:20)
4. "Kamikaze" (4:16)
5. "Hiroshima" (5:13)
6. "Spasms" (5:23)
7. "Heaven and Hell" (3:50)
8. "That's All" (6:39)

Credits

• Vocals - Joe Yamanaka
  Joe Yamanaka
  , better known as Joe Yamanaka, was a half Japanese and half African American singer, known for both his work with Flower Travellin' Band and as a solo musician. He was also an actor and appeared in many movies, such as Takashi Miike's Deadly Outlaw: Rekka and the 1989 version of Zatoichi...
  
  
• Guitar, Sitar - Hideki Ishima
  Hideki Ishima
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• Bass - Jun Kozuki
• Drums - George Wada* , Paul Delon
• Lyrics By - Yoko Nomura
• Music By - Hideki Ishima
• Arranged By - Flower Travellin' Band
• Producer - Ikuzo Orita , Paul Hoffert , Yuya Uchida
• Mixed By - Gilbert Kong
• Artwork By - Kiyoshi Sunamori, Yoshio Niwano
• Photography - David Ohashi
• Other [Liner Notes] - Toyo Nakamura
• Other [Supervised By] - John & Yoko Nomura