MAGICAL POWER MAKO Super Record LP/1975 Japan/Folk/Psychedelic

$ 31

$ 31 Sold For

Apr 3, 2015 Sold Date

Oct 3, 2012 Start Date

1 Number Of Bids

USA Country Of Seller

eBay Sold at

save auction

Description

MAGICAL POWER MAKO 'Super Record' LP (UK, Phoenix Records, Catalogue #ASHLP3039) Brand new/unplayed copy of Phoenix Records label 180 gram pressing LP edition of most highly-lauded second album, originally released in 1975, by legendary Japanese musician Magical Power Mako.

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

'Super Record, the second of Magical Power Mako's 20-plus recordings, originally released in 1975, is considered by those that know to be his finest, combining as it does strong elements of Japanese folk music alongside innovative psychedelic sounds and broad musical vistas of extraordinary imagination. Mako was born in Shuzeni Izu in Japan in 1956, and he began his musical education at a young age, making his first public performance in 1973 at the age of 16 with his band Genge in the famous Shibuya Club. Based on these impressive public performances, the precocious Mako was invited to play with one of Japan's foremost contemporary composers, Toru Takemitsu, playing alongside the composer on three film scores, Inheritance For The Future, Petrified Forest and Himiko. The response to his performances was overwhelmingly enthusiastic, elevating Mako to almost god-like status in his native country. Mako's music has often baffled pundits keen to place him in a particular musical slot. As one perplexed scribe opined "Mako's music possesses a certain strange kind of texture. It is certainly what they call rock, but contains elements we can't describe so succinctly. It clearly goes beyond the various genres of music and while full of them all, it sends forth a fierce glow." Another critic wrote: "Adding to the variety of folk music from India, Turkey and Russia, his mandolin or Taisho koto, and especially his marvellously-performed guitar, expresses fully the odor of the soil and mankind's universality.".'

'"The sound starts from from a template of basic Japanese folk, and then proceeds to wildly pilfer from every Asian influence one can imagine -- there are Indian sitars, Turkish mandolins, and a distinctly Silk Road-ish sound (showcased most prominently on the song 'Silk Road'). Add danceable rock rhythms, layer on a heavy dose of swirling psychedelic effects, and Super Record produces a lush, dense, relentlessly creative sound."' - Pop Matters

High-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

Andromeda

Tundra

Silk Road

Woman In South Island

Pink Butch

Rock Baby In Meadow

Majorica Resistance Song

Cosmos Sunglasses

Sound, Mother Earth

Shipping in US is $4.00./CANADA AIRMAIL is $14.00./MEXICO AIRMAIL is $18.50./OVERSEAS AIRMAIL is $21.00. (Shipping totals will be consolidated for multiple winning bids.)