SAMURAI-TETU YAMAUCHI(FACES-FREE)GOOD MORNING STARSHINE

£ 37

$ 49

£ 37 Sold For

Feb 13, 2011 Sold Date

Feb 6, 2011 Start Date

£ 10 Start price

4 Number Of Bids

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SAMURAI

GOOD MORNING STARSHINE

B/W

TEMPLE OF GOLD

UNITED ARTISTS

UP2242

CBS

NOT MANY OF THESE FIND THERE WAY TO EBAY ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION

VINYL IS SUPERB - FACTORY FRESH LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PRESSED YESTERDAY

-STORED FROM NEW 1968

MINOR SCUFF / PAPER CUTS ONLY (IF ANY)

A SIDE PAPER LABEL PRESSED SLIGHTLY OFF CENTRE THIS OFF COURSE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH PLAY

YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED

TATTY FACTORY SLEEVE

Tetsu Yamauchi started his musical career in Japan, and became internationally recognized when he replaced Andy Fraser in Free. He recorded the solid Kossoff / Kirke / Tetsu / Rabbit side-project before doing Free's final album, the aptly-named Heartbreaker.

When Ronnie Lane left the Faces in 1973, Free had just split for the last time. The first person considered as a replacement for Lane was Andy Fraser. When the boys approached Simon Kirke, Free's drummer, about contacting Fraser with the offer, Simon recommended Tetsu, instead.

After the Faces ground to a halt, Yamauchi returned to Japan. He is, to this day, a fixture in the Japanese music scene, actively touring and recording.

Tetsu was born October 21, 1946, in Fukuoka, Japan. By the mid Sixties, Tetsu was in the Japanese folk-rock band, the Mikes. In late 1967 or early 1968, he joined a band that was touring Europe called Samurai. They moved to London for a time, recording the single "Good Morning Starshine" b/w "Temple of Gold" (UA UP2342), and a single released in Italy, "Shu Shu" b/w "Fresh Hot Breeze of Summer". They released an album on the German label, Metronome, and possibly an album in 1969 (Phillips FX-8511). They also recorded the following album:

GREEN TEA (Phillips FX-8517) 1970

MIKI CURTIS vocals, flute
JOE DUNNET guitar
HIRO IZUMI guitar, koto
JOHN REDFERN organ
TETSU YAMAUCHI bass
MIKE WALKER vcls, piano
GRAHAM SMITH harmonica
YUJI HARADA drums

As an aside, it appears as though it's the same Graham Smith that has worked with Teresa Brewer, Cat Stevens, Al Stewart, Magna Carta, and Alan Price, among others.

By 1970, Samarai returned to Japan. The band was led by it's vocalist, Miki Curtis. Tetsu also got a lot of session work through Miki, who was a successful producer. This included work with jazz vocalist Helen Merrill's son, Alan.

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