THE GROOVIN’ STRINGS AND THINGS / THE GROOVIN’ STRINGS AND THINGS / LP /

(US / CUB / CUS 80,000 / 1968 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG+ 上辺割れ スレ パンチホール)

サイケデリック・ジャズ・ファンク！ERIC GALE、DAVID SPINOZA、JEROME RICHARDSONら参加！
ソウル仕事を多くこなす黒人ピアニスト/コンポーザーのHORACE OTTがアレンジするサイケデリック・ジャズ・ファンク1968年作。ERIC GALE、DAVID SPINOZA、JEROME RICHARDSONら腕利きミュージシャンが参加しており、アレンジ、演奏、鳴り、どれもが秀逸。中でも「CAN’T FIND THE TIME」(ORPHEUS)、ドラマティックな「EXPLOSION IN MY SOUL」(SOUL SURVIVORS)、サックスがブリブリ唸るガレージ・サイケ・ストンパーに仕上がった「YOU」のカヴァーが絶品です。他にも「SHE’S A RAINBOW」(THE ROLLING STONES)や「SOUNDS OF SILENCE」(SIMON & GARFUNKEL)、「WALK AWAY RENEE」(LEFT BANKE)など、ソフトロックやモッド・マナーな60’S人気曲のセレクトも見事。深溝/US ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 WALK AWAY RENEE 2:38
A2 SHE’S A RAINBOW 2:44
A3 YOU 2:23
A4 THEME FOR THE YOUNG’UNS 2:45
A5 SOUNDS OF SILENCE 3:11
B1 THE FOOL ON THE HILL 2:40
B2 DOCK OF THE BAY 2:50
B3 EXPLOSION IN MY SOUL 2:31
B4 CAN’T FIND THE TIME 2:40
B5 TARA’S THEME 2:51

CREDITS
ART DIRECTION – DICK SMITH
BARITONE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE – BABE CLARK
BASS – EDWARD GREGORY
CELLO – KERMIT MOORE, MAURICE BROW, SID EDWARD
DRUMS – EARL WILLIAMS, JIMMY JOHNSON
ENGINEER [DIRECTOR] – VAL VALENTIN
ENGINEER [RECORDING] – BILL MCMEEKAN, PETER WEISS
ENGINEER [REMIXING] – SANDY LEHMANN-HAUPT, TONY MAY
FLUTE, ENGLISH HORN, RECORDER – GEORGE MORGE
FRENCH HORN – BOB NORTHERN
GUITAR – DAVID SPINOZA, ERIC GALE, RALPH CASALE
ORGAN – ERNIE HAYES
PERCUSSION – FRED KING, GORDON “SPECS” POWELL
PHOTOGRAPHY BY – JOEL BRODSKY
PIANO, HARPSICHORD, ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR – HORACE OTT
PRODUCER – “BEAU” RAY FLEMING, LOCKIE EDWARDS, JR.
SUPERVISED BY [PRODUCTION] – IRV STIMLER
TENOR SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE – JEROME RICHARDSON
TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN – EUGENE “SNOOKY” YOUNG, HAROLD “MONEY” JOHNSON
VIOLA – AL BROWN, MURRAY SANDRY, DICK DICKLER, SELWART CLARKE
VIOLIN – GENE ORLOFF, JESSE TRYON*, LOU STONE, NOEL DACOSTA, PETER DIMITRIADES, RICHARD ELIOS, WINSTON COLLYMORE