Satori (Canadian album)
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Satori was the title of an LP released by Flower Travellin' Band
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 in Canada. It featured tracks from the original Japanese release of Satori, Made In Japan
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, and an additional track only available on the Canadian single release of Satori. The songs featured from Satori were remixed and edited considerably.. The album was produced by Paul Hoffert
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 of Lighthouse
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The album details are as follows:

Side One

  1. Satori Part I (Hideki Ishima) 3:38
  2. Kamikaze (Hideki Ishima, Yoko Nomura) 4:20
  3. Satori Part II (Hideki Ishima) 3:37
  4. Hiroshima (Hideki Ishima, Yoko Nomura) 5:15

Side Two

  1. Unaware (Hideki Ishima, Yoko Nomura) 5:55
  2. Gimme Air (Hideki Ishima, Brenda Hoffert, Yoko Nomura) 3:15
  3. Satori Part III (actually Satori Part 5) (Hideki Ishima) 4:00
  4. Lullaby (Larry Green, Brenda Hoffert, Yoko Nomura) 2:35

Credits

  • Produced by Paul Hoffert and Yuya Uchida
  • Photographs by Michaela Puthon
  • Album design by Paul Weldon
  • All selections published by Walden Music Inc, ASCAP
  • Hideki Ishima - Guitar
  • Shigeyuki Kobayashi - Bass
  • Masami Wada - Drums
  • Akira Yamanaka - Vocals

Lullaby track

The track Lullaby was also recorded at this time, and was released on the Canadian version of the Satori album, as well as the b-side for the Canadian 45 rpm single for "Satori Part 2." (labelled Satori (Enlightenment), and running 3:32). It it a traditional Japanese sounding song, with sitar. The writing credits on the 45 are (L. Green, Y. Nomura, B. Hoffert), and the song's length is 2:44. The song is arranged by H. Ishima and produced by P. Hoffert.
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