(UK / A&M / AMA 5104 / 1985 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX-)

KURT WEILLトリビュート！VAN DYKE PARKS、JOHN ZORN、LOU REED、TODD RUNDGREN、TOM WAITS、DAGMAR KRAUSEら錚々たる音楽家による素晴らしい内容！
近代歌劇『三文オペラ』や『七つの大罪』でも知られるドイツの偉大なるコンポーザーKURT WEILLに捧げられた、HAL WILLNER指揮のトリビュート企画盤。個性溢れる参加ミュージシャンの並びだけで錚々たるものですが、ノスタルジックでキラキラとした白昼夢感漂うVAN DYKE PARKS「JOHNNY JOHNSON MEDLEY」、日本語が飛び交うアヴァン・ポップでエクスペリメンタルな前衛コラージュJOHN ZORN「DER KLEINE LEUTNANT DES LIEBEN GOTTES (THE LITTLE LIEUTENANT OF THE LOVING GOD)」、完全に”ルー・リード節”として鮮やかに産まれ変わったLOU REED「SEPTEMBER SONG」、ART OF NOISEのような実験的打ち込みで作り込まれたTODD RUNDGREN「CALL FROM THE GRAVE / BALLAD IN WHICH MACHEATH BEGS ALL MEN FOR FORGIVENESS」、STING AND DOMINIC MULDOWNEY「THE BALLAD OF MAC THE KNIFE」など、物凄い内容。インナースリーヴも付き/UK ORIGINAL盤！
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TRACKLIST
A1 STEVE WEISBERG– INTRO FROM MAHAGONNY SONGSPIEL
A2 STING AND DOMINIC MULDOWNEY– THE BALLAD OF MAC THE KNIFE
A3 THE FOWLER BROTHERS WITH STANARD RIDGWAY– THE CANNON SONG
A4 MARIANNE FAITHFULL AND CHRIS SPEDDING– BALLAD OF THE SOLDIER’S WIFE
A5 VAN DYKE PARKS JOHNNY JOHNSON MEDLEY
A5A – OVERTURE
A5B – JOHNNY’S MELODY
A5C – AGGIE’S SEWING MACHINE
A6 RALPH SCHUCKETT WITH RICHARD BUTLER ALSO BOB DOROUGH, ELLEN SHIPLEY AND JOHN PETERSEN– ALABAMA SONG
A7 THE ARMADILLO STRING QUARTET*– YOUKALI TANGO
A8 JOHN ZORN– DER KLEINE LEUTNANT DES LIEBEN GOTTES (THE LITTLE LIEUTENANT OF THE LOVING GOD)
B1 LOU REED– SEPTEMBER SONG
B2 CARLA BLEY WITH PHIL WOODS– LOST IN THE STARS
B3 TOM WAITS– WHAT KEEPS MANKIND ALIVE?
B4 DAGMAR KRAUSE– SURABAYA JOHNNY
B5 MARK BINGHAM WITH JOHNNY ADAMS AND AARON NEVILLE– OH HEAVENLY SALVATION
B6 TODD RUNDGREN– CALL FROM THE GRAVE / BALLAD IN WHICH MACHEATH BEGS ALL MEN FOR FORGIVENESS
B7 CHARLIE HADEN AND SHARON FREEMAN– SPEAK LOW
B8 VAN DYKE PARKS– IN NO MAN’S LAND