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Samurai - Saving it up for so
long, taken off their rare
self-titled debut, and only,
album, released in 1971. Samurai,
not to be confused with the early
seventies Japanese
psych/progressive act of the same
name, were an English outfit who
were formed when late
sixties/early seventies outfit
"The Web" folded in 1970. The
Web's first two albums were fairly
lightweight, but their final
album, "I Spider", was a
masterpiece. All the tracks were
written by keyboard player Dave
Lawson, and he moved on to Samurai
the following year, together with
drummer Kenny Beveridge, bassist
John Eaton and guitarist Tony
Edwards. Sax players Don Fay and
Tony Roberts gave Samurai their
fantastic jazzy sound. Their
album, largely unknown and
ignored, was an excellent example
of British jazz/rock, sort of King
Crimson meets Blodwyn Pig, and is
highly recommended. Dave Lawson
went on to become a founder member
of Greenslade with Colosseum's
Dave Greenslade in 1973.
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