The band

• 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...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  
• 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....
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Jun Kozuki – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitar
• Joji "George" Wada – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  

Technical staff

• Ikuzo Orita – producer
  Record producer
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• Norio Yoshizawa – mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• 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:...
  
   - arranger
  Arrangement
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Recorded Covers

Vancouver based progressive art/noise band Superconductor covered "Satori Pt. 1" on their 1994 EP Heavy with Puppy.

Japanese progressive thrash metal band Gargoyle recorded a cover of "Satori Pt. 1" for the 2000 compilation album Japanese Heavy Metal Tribute Tamashii.

Portland based instrumental post-rock band Grails

Grails (band)

Grails is an American instrumental rock band from Portland, Oregon.-Biography:Initially going by the name "Laurel Canyon", guitarist Alex Hall, drummer Emil Amos and second guitarist Paul Spitz garnered positive reactions following their first show, played on a whim...

did a rendition of "Satori, Pt. 3" on their 2005 EP entitled Interpretations of Three Psychedelic Rock Songs from Around the World.

Texas based hardcore/metal band Iron Age recorded a cover of "Satori Pt. 1" on their 2008 7" entitled "The Way is Narrow".