Hideki Ishima 石間秀樹 Guest Appearances

Ishima did some outside work during the time he was in Flower Travellin’ Band.

In the summer of 1970 (July 25 to August 31), Flower Travellin’ Band and Tenjo Saiji collaborated for the rock musical ブラブラ男爵 “BuraBura Danshaku” and performed “Peace”, which Ishima wrote the music for. The song became the opening track for the soundtrack of “Sho wo Suteyo, Machi e Deyou”, which was released in June 1971. The music for Track 5, “Oyaji Nanka Dai Kirai Da No Rock”, was also written by Ishima and I assume comes from the same earlier musical. It’s often hinted that Ishima himself played guitar on the soundtrack but the liner notes say that it was 左右栄一 Eiichi Sayuu (often romanized Sayu) of Far Out and previously of Zuno Keisatsu. The soundtrack is available over at Japanese Old Prog/Psych Rock, if you’re so inclined. Here’s a clip of “Peace” from the movie.

Speaking of Zunou Keisatsu, Ishima played on “Zunou Keisatsu 3″, released in October, 1972. Personally, I’m not a big fan of the vocals but I like tracks 1 and 2. Samples are available at Itunes Japan. (Link lauches Itunes, if you have it installed.)

Ishima also played on Hiroshi Segawa’s “Pierrot” album, which was also released in October, 1972. It’s fairly well regarded in Japan but I found it a bit bland. Track 4 is the only one where Ishima cranks it out. Samples are available at HMV Japan. It’s also available over at Japanese Old Prog/Psych Rock.

Sources

• Liner notes to Sho wo Suteyo, Machi e Deyou
• 和モノ事典1970′s 人名編