Creation

During the late 1960s, Japanese band Blues Creation was formed from the ashes of an earlier group, the Bickles. Beginning as a covers act and then switching to original material, they had several line-up changes before calling it quits, only to be born again as Creation in 1973, touring the US with heavyweights Mountain.

The self-titled Creation LP from 1975 saw guitarist Kazuo Takeda and drummer Masayuki Higuchi intact from the former incarnation. It captures this version of the band at their freshest with Takeda’s excellent guitar work firmly in the lead and often with heavy doses of fuzz – the best Creation album by a longshot.

PERSONNEL:

• Kazuo Takeda - (lead guitar, lead vocal, keyboards)
• Yoshiaki Iijima - (guitars)
• Shigeru Matsumoto - (bass, vocals)
• Masayuki Higuchi - (percussion)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. You Better Find Out
• A2. A Magic Lady
• A3. Lonely Night
• A4. Tobacco Road
• A5. Fairy Tale

• SIDE B
• B1. Pretty Sue
• B2. Got To Get Together
• B3. Watch 'N' Chain
• B4. Feelin' Blue
• B5. Blues From The Yellow