Carmen Maki & Oz-Tozasareta Machi joplin like

Carmen Maki & Oz-Tozasareta Machi (JAPANESE KITTY) 1976
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You have to love progressive rock a formal chouïa and heavy acid guitars to fully enjoy this
second collaboration between Oz and the burning Carmen Maki, a kind of Janis Joplin of the rising sun. If Kitty Records is not the most prolific of the Japanese labels, it is clear that this record is a semi-success that manages to highlight the charm of the pure rock ‘n roll voice of the singer (despite mannerisms a little annoying) without sacrificing instrumentations that give well fishing. We are far from the masterpiece; after all, many prefer the album recorded with Blues Creation five years earlier, but I don’t see much to complain about the music itself, whose bluesy or even garage rock spirit does not prevent it from timidly evoking King Crimson – especially in the use of percussion keyboards from the intro. The ballads are of course about love, but the heavy and crazy riffs like that of “Closed City” really add a lot of punch to the whole.
rack listing
A1
Introduction2:02
A2
崩壊の前日 (Hōkai no Zenjitsu)4:36
A3
振り子のない時計 (Furiko no Nai Tokei)6:30
A4
火の鳥 (Hi no Tori)7:08
B1
Lost Love9:31
B2
閉ざされた町 (Tozasareta Machi)10:11
B3
Epilogue1:31
Total length: 41:29