Anywhere is a 1970 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:...

. It was their first release under the Flower Travellin' Band name and the first to feature the classic line-up of 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...

, Hideki Ishima

Hideki Ishima

Hideki Ishima is a Japanese guitarist, known primarily for his work with Flower Travellin' Band. He also plays an instrument he invented, the sitarla, which is a combination of a sitar and an electric guitar....

, Jun Kozuki and Joji Wada. It was made to emulate the band's previous release, Challenge!

Challenge (album)

Challenge is a 1969 album by Flower Travellin' Band . It featured mainly cover songs, and was a means for producer Yuya Uchida to explore the emerging psychedelic rock movement outside his own career, and to introduce the work of upcoming bands such as Cream to a Japanese audience.This album also...

, by mainly consisting of cover songs and nude cover art, before releasing their first original album shortly after.

Track listing

1. "Anywhere" (0:52)
2. "Louisiana Blues" (15:49) (Muddy Waters
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   )
3. "Black Sabbath
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   " (8:53) (Black Sabbath
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   )
4. "House of the Rising Sun" (7:41)
5. "21st Century Schizoid Man
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   " (13:25) (King Crimson
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   )
6. "Anywhere" (0:57)

Credits

• Vocals, Harmonica - Joe Yamanaka
• Guitar - Hideki Ishima
• Bass - Jun Kozuki
• Drums - Joji Wada
• Producer - Tadataka Watanabe , Yuya Uchida
• Engineer - Norio Yoshizawa , Tatsuo Umetsu
• Artwork By - Masaichiro Fukami
• Photography - Kishin Shinoyama, Makoto Saito