Tomoaki Kamijo "Tomo" 1973 Second Extremly rare Album No Label Japan Private Phych Folk.
The second release of Tomoaki Kamijou appeared two years after their debut, and Martha, by contrast, has not won re-release. Although he, too bad. On the whole style has changed little: it's still a psych with acoustic guitars, but the mood of this album is somewhat different. It is more melancholic, more full of sadness and loneliness, and even the relatively dynamic untitled track, sung in Japanese, also gives the impression of a sweet sorrow. The group has changed - perhaps it also affected the sound, for example, there is clearly jazz tone in light placers piano chords, meets electro, and sometimes plays guitar in an unusual manner, the former disc. In place of the captivating multi-voiced come discreet single vocal. Minus this album alone, but rather significant: the problems with the new material. Here, first, remakes of two songs from their debut album (Home and Set Me Free, and the second - even in two versions) - albeit in the other treatments, and secondly, a great song Look Up The Sky, too, for some reason, written twice - 7 minute (it exceptionally good) and 3-minute embodiments. But in spite of this, I would not avoid the album......
Kamijo Tomoaki put out his first album, ‘Martha’ [private pressing, 1971], as by just Kamijo. This has been described by Shadoks as “an underground-rock album with folky elements and a west coast touch”. I found it to largely consist of lame Bob Dylan wannabe stuff, with only a couple of tracks resembling the Shadoks description, and even then they weren’t that great. It has been reissued on LP [Shadoks, 2005]. ‘Tomo Second Album’ [AMS, 1973] and ‘Dear My Friend’ [Corporation, 1975] (as Tomoaki Kamijo KK Band) followed; I don’t know what the music is like on these two records.
