2016年10月1日土曜日

音楽 : Nektar / A Tab in the Ocean


Nektar / A Tab in the Ocean

LP : UK 1972 / UA / UAG 29499

[A]
1. A Tab in the Ocean 16:43
[B]
2. Desolation Valley 5:42
3. Waves 2:30
4. Crying in the Dark 6:28
5. King of Twilight 4:16

Roye Albrighton guitars, vocals
Mick Brockett liquid lights
Allan Freeman keyboards, backing vocals, Mellotron
Ron Howden drums, percussion, backing vocals
Derek Mo Moore bass, vocals

Produced By Peter Hauke
Engineered By Dieter Dierks

音楽 : Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Bizarre Original)


Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa) / Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Bizarre Original)

USA 1970 / Bizarre Records / MS 2028

フランク・ザッパ/マザーズ・オブ・インヴェンションの「いたち野郎」。
オリジナル・マザーズの最終作で、なかなか前衛的でびびらせる音を響かせつつも、しっかりとエンターテインメントになっている傑作です。
ロウエル・ジョージがマザーズ出身ということは知っていてもいったいどこにいるの?という疑問を持っている方がいらっしゃると思いますが、このアルバムでも冒頭でギターとヴォーカル(ってほどのもんじゃないけど)で参加しています。ロイ・エストラダもベースで参加。
いかしたジャケットイラストは、のちにリトル・フィートの諸作を手掛けることになるNeon Park。(引用)

[A]
1. "Didja Get Any Onya?" March 2, 1969, Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia 3:42
2. "Directly From My Heart To You" (Richard Wayne Penniman) July 1969, TTG Recording Studios, Hollywood 5:16
3. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London 3:47
4. "Toads of the Short Forest" August 1969, Whitney Studios, Glendale and February 7?8, 1969, Thee Image, Miami 4:47
5. "Get a Little" February 13, 1969, The Factory, New York 2:31
[B]
6. "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" June 1969, A&R Studios, New York 6:52
7. "Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula" December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York 2:12
8. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" February 1969, Criteria Studios, Miami and August?September 1969, T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood 3:32
9. "Oh No" December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York 1:45
10. "The Orange County Lumber Truck" October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London 3:21
11. "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" May 30, 1969, Town Hall, Birmingham 2:08

Frank Zappa lead guitar, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Ray Collins vocals
Roy Estrada bass, vocals
Bunk Gardner tenor saxophone
Lowell George rhythm guitar, vocals
Don "Sugarcane" Harris vocals, electric violin
Don Preston organ, electronic effects
Buzz Gardner trumpet and flugel horn
Motorhead Sherwood baritone saxophone, snorks
Art Tripp drums
Ian Underwood alto saxophone

Producer: Frank Zappa
Art Direction: John Williams
Photography: John Williams
Cover art: Neon Park