今日の今日決定したので、告知が直前になりました事をお許しください。 Real&Trueのデイ・パーティーに招待されていたデイヴ・シンクレア氏が、パーティー参加をOKされ、ほんの3〜4曲ですが、グランド・ピアノの演奏を申し出られました。 先週末の滋賀県近江八幡市「酒遊館」でのピアノ演奏をお聞き逃がしの首都圏のファンの皆様、特にMoon Over Man リマスター盤を未購入の方々は、是非いらっしゃってくださいませ。良い事があるかもしれません…
Dave Sinclair's appearance at the Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Saturday
Dave Sinclair and I made a brief, four-song appearance as a duo at the afternoon
"party" session at the Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Dave played grand piano, and I
supported him on keyboard. Our mini-set consisted of instrumental versions of
the following:
1. Wanderlust
2. Here To Stay
3. Back For Tea
4. Always There
One or two of the stalwarts who also attended last week's Shuyukan gig opined
that Dave was on even better form at the Pit Inn. As for my own performance,
well, modesty forbids...
はじめまして。
今回の主催者の公演で写真撮影をすることが多いのですが、今回Daveのすばらしい演奏を聴いて、しばし手が止まってしまいました。それにしてもみなさんの情報の力はすごいですね。
会場の雰囲気を少しでもお伝えできたらと思い、スナップを数枚アップしてみます。
Chris Andyさん、本当にいろいろと御尽力いただき演奏が実現しましたこと感謝いたします。
今日、"Euro Rock Press"の11月号を入手しました。
デイヴ・シンクレアのロングインタビュー前編が掲載されています。
今まで表に出ていない、興味深いインサイド・ストーリー満載ですので、お見逃しなく。
同じ号に、"Moon Over Man 30 Anniversary Edition"の評も載っていますが、下記の一文で、関わった日本人エンジニアは、救われるはずです。
実は、ジャケットが印刷に入ってしまった後の最終リマスターが、日本で行われましたが、クレジットに間に合わず、関係者の名は記されることなく発売になったのです。
ノイズやクリックの除去、脱落音の補正など、気の遠くなるような作業を日本人得意の(UK組では不可能だった)細かい作業を重ねて、最終的にあの音が出来上がったわけです。
Cuneiform RUNE 240
Freshly remastered from the master tapes and issued on CD from the master tapes for the first time, this was the second solo album by Soft Machine bassist and composer Hugh Hopper. This was Hugh's second solo album and his first solo album after leaving Soft Machine. In my fan-boy opinion, it is one of the best records Hugh's ever made and is a fine and distinctively unusual progressive/fusion album that has all the compositional and performance twists and oddities that make it distinctly Hugh's. Originally released in 1977 on the Compendium label, it highlights Hugh's quirky compositional sense and trademarked fuzzbass/looping/lead bass stylings with stunningly great contributions from Richard Brunton-guitar, Elton Dean-alto sax and saxello, Mark Charig-cornet, Nigel Morris-drums, Frank Roberts-electric piano, Dave Stewart-organ, pianet, oscillators, Mike Travis-drums and Gary Windo-bass clarinet and saxes. There were no outtakes or additions to add to this reissue, but Hugh did contribute new notes that tell the story of the making of this album and he gave us reproductions of some of the musical scores for the booklet. An absolutely essential album that I've been pestering Hugh to allow us to release for well over a decade! This is a lost jazz/rock classic that demands to be rediscovered 30 years later! The original lp had a skip in the middle of one of Elton's wonderful solos and the only previous CD version was recorded off of a vinyl record and had the same skip! This is the first time this album has been released on CD with the care that it deserves. Don't miss it!
"An old Soft Machinist never lets you down. Somehow he's brought with him much of the flavour of his old band.... [Hopper Tunity Box] belongs up there with Third and Fourth...." - Melody Maker
Label Cuneiform
Mirage / Now You See It (Dutton Vocalion CDSML 8431)
King's Heads (George Khan)
Always Leaving (George Khan)
Time Less Words (Brian Godding)
Elephants' Tales (George Khan)
Ballade (George Khan)
Underneath the Arches and Beyond (Brian Godding)
George Khan (tenor/alto/soprano saxes/flute)
Brian Godding (acoustic/electric/tenor guitars)
Steve Cook (electric/string basses)
Dave Sheen (drums/percussion)
BONUS TRACKS
The King of Dingwalls (Khan; Godding; Cook; Sheen; Castle; Mitchell)*
Two Times Three (Khan; Godding; Cook; Sheen; Castle; Mitchell)*
Recorded live at Dingwalls, Camden, London, c 1975-6 (previously un-issued)
*add
Geoff Castle (keyboards)
John Mitchell (percussion)