Bleep

Available again at long last, Shogun Assassin sees a new colour vinyl reissue courtesy of cinewax / Light In The Attic. For those who don’t already know, Shogun Assassin is a 1980 jidaigeki directed by Robert Houston and Warhol-protege David Weisman. The OST was written by Mark Lindsay (former lead singer for Paul Revere and the Raiders) and producer W. Michael Lewis. It was produced on a modular synthesiser which contributed to the hyperreal and now legendary aesthetic of the motion picture. It was this soundtrack which then entered into Wu-Tang Clan lore forever when it was sampled extensively by the RZA on cousin the GZA's debut solo LP, Liquid Swords the stone cold classic from 1995. "That was the night everything changed..."