Samurai was an English symphonic/jazz-rock band that released a self-titled album on the Greenwich Gramophone Company label in 1971. They first appeared as Deram recording artists The Web and made the 1970 Polydor album I Spider as Web. Singer, composer, and keyboardist Dave Lawson subsequently co-founded Greenslade with members of Colosseum and Fields. (For the […]
Web was an English jazz-rock/psych band that released the 1968/69 albums Fully Interlocking and Theraphosa Blondi (as The Web) on Deram, followed by the 1970 release I Spider (without the definite article) on Polydor. They morphed into Samurai for a 1971 self-titled album on Greenwich Gramophone. Members: John L. Watson (vocals, 1967-70), Lennie Wright (drums, […]
Samurai was a Japanese psych-rock band from Tokyo that released a clutch of 1968ā70 singles on Nippon, London, and Philips as Miki Curtis & The Samurais. Under the mononymous nameplate, the band released two albums on Philips in 1970/71. Bassist Tetsu Yamauchi subsequently played with Free and the Faces. Members: Miki Curtis (vocals, flute), Joe […]
I Spider is the third album by English jazz-rock band Web, released in 1970 on Polydor. The band would subsequently morph into Samurai for a similarly styled 1971 album. Tracklist: A1. “Concerto for Bedsprings” (10:10) ā a. I Can’t Sleep ā b. Sack Song ā c. Peaceful Sleep ā d. You Can Keep the Good […]
Samurai is an album by the namesake English symphonic/jazz-rock band, released in 1971 on Greenwich. The release marked the third name change in four albums for the band, which first recorded two albums as The Web and a third, I Spider, as simply Web. Tracklist: A1. “Saving It Up For So Long” (3:45) A2. “More […]
