Unknown artist - Untitled

Released on, Mountain Fuji Record and recorded at Oto No Meruhenya in shibuya city (Which has sadly bin closed now)

There really isn’t much information about this record at all other than the label and the recording studio. We don't know the artist, we don't know the track titles. But we can speculate. 

The album is speculated to be released between 1972 & 1975 when Mountain Fuji Record was active.

The album seems to be a collection of demos. recorded by who? You may ask, well no one knows.

His voice reminds me of another Japanese folk artist though he’s much more popular. He goes by the name of Morio Agata. I think this one track from his album Chikuon Ban really shows this the most. Obviously I don’t think they're the same person who made this record. I just think they have a very similar voice.  I think the unknown artist's vocal register is a bit higher

if it was somehow a Morio Agata demo acetate that would unironically be a historical discovery for folk because of how influential Morio is for the folk scene. But no i don’t think there is the same person there just isn’t enough evidence other than there similar vocals. Not only that I don't speak japanese so i would be the last person to figure that out.

This record is a must have if you want to get into Japanese private folk. It's warm but also cold with emotional raw vocals. The low quality demo feel that the record has makes it so much more personal almost like you are right in front of him while he sings his heart out. There are moments in the album where he has to cough to clear his throat which always made me feel cold while listening to it. My favourite thing about this record is how much I just don’t understand. The lyrics seem so personal yet I can't understand a single word. I tried to get people to help me understand the lyrics but it was no use. Maybe it was for the better though because my imagination goes wild whenever I listen to this record. All the songs in Japanese, except for B1 which is a cover of "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)" (Robles/Simon).  A song about valuing movement. Not being stuck. Not wanting to be tied to one place and to not have the freedom to move around and make changes. I wonder if the other tracks in the album have meanings like that.

I would really like to thank the person who archived this record “ banana ”  (banana420) . He has a youtube video with the  full album  and not only that, an almost uncompressed  download  to the full album in Flac. Which is absolutely amazing. I'm so glad there are people who are willing to go all out spending money on rare records and not only do that but make it public is just beautiful!