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01. MIKI CURTIS - Duel Under the Setting Sun
02. MIKI CURTIS - The Sun Goes Down Again
03. MIKI CURTIS - The Love of Duke R's Wife
04. MIKI CURTIS - Ruined Kingdom
05. MIKI CURTIS - World of Mojo
06. MIKI CURTIS - Golgita the Pirate
07. MIKI CURTIS - Children On a Hilltop
08. MIKI CURTIS - The Wounded Swan
09. MIKI CURTIS - This Measure of Happiness
10. MIKI CURTIS - Forty Days on a Stoned-Out Camel
ARTIST
TITLE
The First Ear
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BAM 7008CD BAM 7008CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/6/2013

Originally released on Vertigo in April 1972, this is the first album by Miki Curtis (Samurai front man) following the break-up of the band. It's a fantastically otherworldly psychedelic release and a totally different sound than Samurai. The First Ear finds Eastern-tinged psych of the highest echelon. Strange harmony vocals, a spacey guitar solo, queerly sawing synths, everything's efficient and even compelling. "Forty days on a stoned-out camel," moans Miki (yes, he knows some English, too) and that is just how this sounds. The track ends with half a minute of noisy slurping on what we presume to be a waterpipe. Mind-blowing. Digitally remastered. Comes with an English translation of the original Japanese LP insert.