Flied Egg - Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine (1972)

First album recorded as Flied Egg called "Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine" is surely the best record Shigeru Narumo & his friends ever done. Improvement over "When The Raven Has Come To The Earth"(recorded as Strawberry Path) is really huge. The most important is that band's leader

extended his keyboard instruments equipment by adding to his traditional Hammond organ and piano such classic prog keys as Moog synthesizer, celeste, harpsichord and even...toy instruments (?!). Compared to previous album he also uses them much more often here and very often places his guitar sounds behind the wall of multi-layers analog keyboards. Another change was occurred in band's line-up. Additional musician - bassist Masayoshi Takanaka - much improved rhythm section and gave more freedom to Narumo which was previously responsible for bass duties (using bass pedal). However the biggest change was in overall music which became much more interesting and prog-oriented compared to blues-rock/early psych oriented previous effort (which was already very good record anyway). Jimi Hendrix influences were mostly replaced by Uriah Heep/Deep Purple/Birth Control ones. Especially Uriah Heep seems to be the biggest source of inspiration this time. It's especially evident in fantastic harmony vocals & Hensley- like organ playing. To be more interesting Narumo probably was also under Emerson impression and it can be heard in instrumental "Oke-Kas" composition. In general music seems to be much more "focused" and songs are really well-written here. (from progarchives.com)

Tracks:
1. Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine
2. Rolling Down The Broadway
3. I Love You
4. Burning Fever
5. Plastic Fantasy
6. 15 Seconds Of Schizophrenic Sabbath
7. I'm Gonna See My Babby Tonight
8. Oke-Kas
9. Someday
10. Guide Me To The Quietness
 
Members:
Shigeru Narumo - guitar, acoustic guitar, hammond organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, harpsicord, distorted organ, chelesta, vocal, equalized vocal, harmony, toy instruments, sound effects
Hiro Tsunoda - drums, percussion, lead vocal, high boosted vocal, harmony, toy instruments, jokes, noise
Masayoshi Takanaka - bass, bowing guitar, acoustic guitar, vocal, harmony, toy instruments

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