Flowing Love Band – ファースト & ラスト (First & Last) (full album, private press)

genre: lo-fi contemporary folk, folk rock, psychedelic folk
year: 1974
label: AMS (AMS-5040)

happy Valentine's day!

a constant flow of short, naive, sentimental lo-fi folk tunes with acoustic or electric guitar, harmonica, bass and minimal percussion, as well as the occasional chatter between the members and their friends. the album was limited to 100 copies, most copies being personally dedicated to someone. it also comes with a lyric insert and newspaper insert that contains info from the high school the band went to as well as the recording process. it seems like the choice to make lo-fi basement folk was deliberate, according to the recording engineer on the insert. there's a lot of bittersweetness in the content of the entire album that leaves you with a warmth inside your heart that doesn't wear off. this is, as of writing, my favorite record i've ever discovered in the process of looking for and collecting Japanese private press folk. i hope that your love flows forever.

this is where i'd tell you to support the artists but you literally can't. just enjoy the music, that's as much as we can do :')

1. あっかんべのにゃんこ 00:00
2. にらめっこ 00:27
3. 散 歩 03:10
4. あしたこそは 05:59
5. 数学のうた 08:39
6. 早起き 09:40
7. 弁当のうた 12:21
8. ひなたぼっこ 13:21
9. しんみり したいな 14:41
10. 生物の うた 15:32
11. のだの うた 17:18
12. はるかぜのなか 18:22
13. 5月の歌 20:08
14. あいつ 20:40
15. 春の風には 22:22
16. 金太郎の唄 25:06
17. うちのにわ 29:55
18. パーティーには あの娘をよにんだ 33:01
19. きいてくれて どうもありがとう 36:22

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