{"title":"Artist: Shin Joong Hyun","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"beautiful-rivers-and-mountains-the-psychedelic-rock-sound-of-south-koreas-shin-joong-hyun-1958-74-shin-joong-hyun-2lp","title":"Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-74","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst anthology of Shin Joong Hyun’s music outside of Korea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComprehensive liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes with an in-depth interview and track-by-track notes by Mr. Shin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2xLP housed in a deluxe jacket with liner notes and rare photos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinyl lacquers cut by John Golden at Golden Mastering and pressed at world-renowned RTI!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA musical trip existing somewhere between Motown, Hendrix, and the Velvet Underground\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Vinyl - 2011 Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Black Splatter - 2024 Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShin Joong Hyun’s tale is personal, spiritual, and deep, not only reflecting the full spectrum of human emotions but one that produces reverberating echoes of sound, some beautiful and life-giving, others restless and ungovernable. For the first time outside of Korea, Shin’s music will be readily available to music lovers the world over. Light In The Attic is thrilled to release Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea’s Shin Joong Hyun, a career spanning CD, 2xLP, and Digital Download compilation of the diminutive guitarist, songwriter, producer, arranger, and talent developer.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInspired by jazz, soul, and traditional Korean music, Shin started his career in the mid-1950s, performing for US troops stationed locally after the Korean War armistice of 1953. While his English language skills were limited, the young player had no trouble communicating through his trusty electric guitar, but Shin was no mere 6-string slinger for hire, he was able to communicate something far beyond your average professional musician. Production work and extensive songwriting followed, not to mention a steady stream of electrifying performances. Gaining momentum by the moment, Shin developed popular success across South Korea molding protégés like singing duo the Pearl Sisters and folk-psych songbird Kim Jung Mi into top pop stars. From there it was hit after hit. The late 1960s rock explosion and an influx of imported music from The Beatles, Jimmy Smith, and The Jefferson Airplane all informed and inspired Mr. Shin to elevate his own craft. Even experimental trips via a crew of local hippies also took the music man to new heights despite Korean law forbidding such rebellion. Drug use was illegal and punishable as a serious offense. Park Chung-hee, then President of South Korea began to closely monitor Shin’s “subversive” activities. After refusing to write a song in praise of the political leader, the musician was labeled unpatriotic and his career was instantly snuffed-out through a series of surveillance, torture, and institutional confinement.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile this was not the end of Shin’s musical story, for an all-too-brief moment in Korean cultural history, Shin Joong Hyun and his talented accomplices laid down a trove of recordings that have slowly reverberated far from their native land. Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea’s Shin Joong Hyun features Korean\/English lyric translations, unseen pictures, beautiful graphic design from Strath Shepard (Pacific Standard), fully restored and re-mastered audio by Timothy Stollenwerk (Stereophonic) extensive liner notes by Kevin “Sipreano” Howes (Jamaica-Toronto series, Rodriguez, Monks, Mowest comp) and Shin Joong Hyun himself. With loving attention to detail and Shin’s full blessing, we trust you’ll find this album as addictive as a bottle of your favorite Korean soju. So let’s raise a toast to Shin and his musical life! As they say in Seoul, “Gun Bae!!!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoon Watching - Shin Joong Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Don't Bother Me Anymore - Golden Grapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Man Who Must Leave - Kim Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Sun - Kim Jung Mi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don't Like - Lee Jung Hwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Wait - Jang Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpring Rain - Park In Soo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTomorrow - Lee Joong Hwa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ' Blues 72 - Shin Joong Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePushing Through the Fog - Jang Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI've Got Nothing To Say - Shin Joong Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy That Person? - Bunny Girls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunset - Jang Hyun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautiful River and Mountains - Shin Joong Hyun \u0026amp; The Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shin Joong Hyun","offers":[{"title":"2LP \/ Black","offer_id":42654686838975,"sku":"LITA065-BK","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"2LP \/ Blue Black Splatter","offer_id":43973225480383,"sku":"LITA065-BLBK-SPR","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/ShinJoongHyun_325_974x_56349ed8-a6df-4e36-8fb5-92b3563112e5.jpg?v=1701593018"},{"product_id":"from-where-to-where-1970-79-shin-joong-hyun-lp","title":"From Where To Where: 1970-79","description":"\u003ch3\u003e** This is a BACKORDER. 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Ship Date.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 essential classics from Shin Joong Hyun, the godfather of Korean rock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e1xLP pressed on \"Yellow Jacket\" Yellow with Black Smoke Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes track-by-track notes from Mr. Shin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“...as important to Korean rock in 1970-75 as Phil Spector had been to America's pop scene a decade earlier, and every bit as busy.” - MOJO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShin Joong Hyun’s tale is personal, spiritual, and deep, not only reflecting the full spectrum of human emotions but also reverberating with echoes of sound, some beautiful and life-giving, others restless and ungovernable. These career-spanning anthologies gather Shin’s work as a guitarist, songwriter, producer, and arranger of mind-altering experimental pop, acid-folk, and extended psych-funk jams. A musical trip existing somewhere between Motown, Hendrix, and the Velvet Underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKim Chu Ja - What Am I Going To Do\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePark Kwang Soo - Grass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKim Jung Mi - From Where to Where\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Rivers and Mountains\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShin Joong Hyun and Questions - Funky Broadway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShin Joong Hyun and Yupjuns - Expectation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"352\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3XosmocBgGkZL6srNmHpUC?utm_source=generator\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shin Joong Hyun","offers":[{"title":"LP \/ Yellow Black Smoke","offer_id":43279698919615,"sku":"LITA069-YL","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/LITA069-ShinJoongHyun-FromWhereToWhere1970-79.jpg?v=1715120611"}],"url":"https:\/\/helixsounds.com\/collections\/artist-shin-joong-hyun.oembed","provider":"Helix Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}