KIM JUNG MI - NOW (180G LP)

Kim Jung Mi Now on 180g LP

At the dawn of the 1970’s, South Korea’s rock music scene was at its zenith. Much of the reason for this was the god-like musical touch of guitar wizard, songwriter, producer, and arranger Shin Joong Hyun. For this album, he took a young girl named Kim Jung Mi, and transformed her from a wallflower student into a folk-psych chanteuse in record time.

The 10-songs on Now were written and recorded during 1973 with a firm mandate to create a truly psychedelic sound experience. On each number, Shin Joong Hyun and his backing group laid down pure emotion on tape. Mr. Shin’s fuzz guitar weaves in and out of the tracks, interlaced with his own poetic musings on nature. This, combined with Kim Jung Mi’s seductive, expressive vocals and empathetic string orchestration, resulted in an album that is nothing short of awe-inspiring. Mr. Shin’s ethereal cover photo, the blue graininess of the sky dripping into fading clouds, with Kim Jung Mi surrounded on her sky-high isolated mountaintop by flowers, is the perfect image to represent what is, without a doubt, one of the best psychedelic albums ever created.

Lion Productions' version of this quintessence of psychedelia features Korean/English lyric translations, re-mastered audio, and comprehensive liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes and Shin Joong Hyun expert Jae-Myeong Ro. The 180 gram vinyl version of Now comes in a deluxe old-style jacket and has a full color insert with liner notes and rare photos.

Kim Jung Mi Now Track Listing:

1.  Haenim
2.  Wind
3.  Spring
4.  Unknowingly
5.  Blow Spring Breeze
6.  Your Dream
7.  Beautiful Rivers
8.  Lonely Heart (kjm)
9.  It's Raining
10. Ganadaramabasa