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*2025 stock. 180g HQ vinyl with Obi Strip* First time vinyl reissue. Remastered and cut from the 1st generation Nippon Columbia original mastertape.
Profeller, a label specializing in rock music under the umbrella of Nippon Columbia (the oldest record company in Japan), was founded in 1971 by Tadataka Watanabe, who is also the producer of Flower Travellin’ Band’s Anywhere, Strawberry Path’s When The Raven Has Come To The Earth. Closed in 1973 and only existing for less than three years, Propelle…
Waltz For Tiger Joe
*2025 stock. 180g heavy vinyl 2LP set with Obi Strip* First time vinyl reissue of the privately pressed Aussie Jazz Rock LP.
The genealogy of two musicians, keyboardist Oleg Ditrich and bassist Michael Vidale, started in 1973 with the band Aragorn and continued to Bedtime Story - Snakes Alive - Original Steps - Stepps- Stepps2, for about 5 years. In that short period of time, the group's name was changed six times, and musically it changed from progressive rock to jazz rock. Surprisingly, all of…