川島弘之 (Hiroyuki Kawashima) - 僕自身 (Boku Jishin) (full album, private press)

genre: singer-songwriter, folk pop/rock, psych folk, soft rock
year: 1976
label: Studio-3(?) (HKF-5111)
this record is featured in the Wonder Ground Record Book by Branco Label.
in the Wonder Ground book, the entry for this record seems to clock Hiroyuki Kawashima as a Beatles fan. i'm not sure how much i'm inclined to agree with this, but i highly agree with the remark said thereafter that he expertly crafted this record with only what was necessary for the sound, where there is typically more amateur overdubbing and other problems in homemade music of this time. Kawashima may have been a genius. by handcrafting this record over the course of several months, with how impressively sharp his lyricism and songwriting is, it feels like something that was made with as much thought put into it as possible. this record doesn't feel amateur; it's a pop folk masterpiece by a guy who most definitely should've been signed to a label at some point in his life. the lyrics to most songs are pretty personal and speak of loneliness, winter, and longing for love among other things, usually in deeply poetic and abstract terms. Kawashima's skill is impossible to doubt, and Boku Jishin is one of the best LPs from Japan ever... in my opinion!
this is where i'd tell you to support the artists but you literally can't. just enjoy the music, that's as much as we can do :')
1. 僕自身 (初めのテーマ) 00:00
2. だけどもこんな時 01:22
3. ふるさと 04:24
4. 冬の夜 07:25
5. 冷たい風 12:09
6. とまどい感じながら 16:36
7. 俺のベイビー 20:11
8. 涙色の思い出 25:03
9. 僕等の力 29:10
10. 自分のままで 32:57
11. まわりを見渡したら 36:58
12. 君に告げよう (終わりのテーマ) 40:25
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that was beautiful

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Comfortable

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This cannot sound more like the Beatles.