ペッカー PECKER / ペッカー・パワー PECKER POWER / LP /

(JPN / BETTER DAYS / YX-7267-ND / 1980 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG+ 経年シミ)

ジャマイカ録音のジャパニーズ・ダブ/レフトフィールド・サウンド金字塔！SLY & ROBBIE、吉田美奈子、松岡直也、大村憲治参加！
後にオルケスタ・デル・ソルを結成する、日本屈指のパーカッション奏者PECKERこと橋田正人によるソロ名義ファースト・アルバム。ジャマイカのスタジオ(CHANNEL ONEとTUFF GONG！)にて録音〜東京コロンビア・スタジオでオーバー・ダブが施された和製ダブ/レフトフィールド・サウンドの金字塔。冒頭を飾るコズミック・ダブ「MYSTICAL COSMIC VIBRATION」に、FRANCOIS K.もフェイヴァリットに挙げる「PECKER POWER (PART ONE)」、トライバル・チューン「DR DR HUMANITY」、「CONCRETE JUNGLE」(最高！)と「JAMMING」といった渾身のBOB MARLEYカヴァー、「MILITANT SNIFF」に「MYSTICAL ELECTRO HARIKIRI」と、通して隙ナシ！素晴らしい内容です！BARRETT BROTHERS、SLY & ROBBIE、AUGUSTUS PABLO、RICO RODRIGUEZ、JUDY MOWATT、MARCIA GRIFFITHSらジャマイカの黄金面子らに加えて、吉田美奈子、松岡直也、大村憲治らも参加。

TRACKLIST
A1 MYSTICAL COSMIC VIBRATION

A2 DR. DR. HUMANITY

A3 INTERNATIONAL ORCHITIS

A4 PECKER POWER (PART TWO)

A5 PECKER POWER (PART ONE)

B1 CONCRETE JUNGLE

B2 MILITANT SNIFF

B3 JAMMING

B4 MYSTICAL ELECTRO HARIKIRI

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MADE BY – NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., LTD.

RECORDED AT – CHANNEL ONE RECORDING STUDIO

RECORDED AT – TUFF GONG RECORDING STUDIO

RECORDED AT – NIPPON COLUMBIA STUDIO

OVERDUBBED AT – NIPPON COLUMBIA STUDIO

MIXED AT – NIPPON COLUMBIA STUDIO

MIXED AT – CHANNEL ONE RECORDING STUDIO

A&R – TOMOHIRO SAITO, TSUTOMU UENO

ARRANGED BY [RHYTHM ARRANGEMENT] – FAMILYMAN* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4), MAO*, SLY & ROBBIE (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

ARRANGED BY [VOICE] – JUDY*, MARCIA*, MINAKO*

ART DIRECTION – KENJI SUGIYAMA

ARTWORK [FRONT COVER CRAFT WORK] – SHINICHI KITAMURA

BASS GUITAR – ASTON “FAMILYMAN” BARRETT* (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3), ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

CLAVINET – NAOJA “THE EMPEROR” MATSUOKA* (TRACKS: A5)

CO-PRODUCER – AKI (AKA V.D.T.T.)* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2, B4)

CONGAS – PECKER (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

CONGAS, SOUNDS [TOYS], ELECTRONIC DRUMS [SYN DRUMS] – PECKER

COORDINATOR – LISTER HEWAN-LOWE

DESIGN CONCEPT [COVER] – PECKER

DRUMS – CARLTON BARRETT (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3)

DRUMS, ELECTRONIC DRUMS [SYN DRUMS] – SLY DUNBAR (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

ELECTRIC PIANO [FENDER RHODES], VOCALS – TYRONE DOWNIE (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3)

GUITAR – AL ANDERSON (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3), KENJI OHMURA* (TRACKS: B1)

GUITAR, GUITAR SYNTHESIZER – MIKEY “MAO” CHUNG* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

ILLUSTRATION [BACK COVER] – KATSUSHI SEI

INSTRUMENTS – PECKER (TRACKS: A2, A4)

MIXED BY – CRUCIAL BUNNY (TRACKS: A3, B2), PECKER (TRACKS: A1, A5, B1, B3, B4), ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE (TRACKS: A3, B2), SUPERMAN GOTO (TRACKS: A1, A2, A4 TO B1, B3, B4), VITAMIN DREAD TZUN TZUN* (TRACKS: A1, A5, B1, B3, B4)

OVERDUBBED BY – PECKER (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3), SUPERMAN GOTO (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3)

OVERDUBBED BY, MIXED BY – MINAKO* (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3)

PERCUSSION – SCULLY* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4), STICKY* (TRACKS: A1, B4)

PIANO – AUGUSTUS PABLO (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4), WIRE LINDO* (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3)

PRODUCER – PECKER

RECORDED BY – CHIAO NG (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3), CRUCIAL BUNNY TOM TOM* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2, B4), ERROL BROWN (2) (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3), SOLGIE* (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2, B4), SUPERMAN GOTO (TRACKS: A2, A4)

SURDO – PECKER (TRACKS: A1, A3, B2 & B4)

TROMBONE – RICO RODRIGUEZ (TRACKS: A1, B2, B4)

VOCALS – BEN PAYTON (TRACKS: A5), JUDY MOWATT (TRACKS: B1 & B3), MARCIA GRIFFITHS (TRACKS: B1 & B3), MINAKO YOSHIDA (TRACKS: A5, B1 & B3), VITAMIN DREAD (TRACKS: A5)

VOICE ACTOR [BIRDS], LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS – PECKER (TRACKS: A5, B1, B3)