Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday with Far East Goes Western by Tak Shindo, released on Mercury in 1962.

Ambient Exotica wrote:

"J. J. Lilley's and Frank Loesser's Jingle, Jangle, Jingle marks the beginning of Tak Shindo's Far Eastern treatment, and its point of departure will move many Exotica fans: clanging wood sticks, cascading harps and dark Asian temple gongs with a very long rumbling sustain depict a Japanese landscape that boosts the yearning of the audience. An additional shamisen is prominently interwoven…"

http://www.ambientexotica.com/exorev105_takshindo_fegw/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9XK4zMG27I&list=OLAK5uy_nYUgsFutxcr2jtCX1rIDgN1ucEstwART8&index=13

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