(US / REPRISE / MS 2062 / 1972 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:EX)
バックはもちろんTHE METERS!メロウでスウィートなファンクネスが詰まった、男泣きニューオーリンズ・ソウル名作!
ニューオーリンズ・サウンドの最重要人物ALLEN TOUSSAINTのソロ名義1972年作。THE METERSを中心とした鉄壁の演奏はもちろん、彼の歌心が堪能できる一枚であり、スウィートな温もりと凛としたクールネスが同居する、メロウで慈愛に満ちた心地よさに包まれた「SOUL SISTER」はHEPTONESにロックステディ・カヴァーされたり、FREE SOULとしても評価され、「GONE TOO FAR」はFATBOY SLIM「SLASH DOT DASH」ネタになり、POINTER SISTERSやFRED LESLIE’S MISSING LINK FEAT. THE SWEET DIVINESにもカヴァーされ、TYPE 4「DIRTNECK (COVER OF “JUNGLE BROTHER” BY JUNGLE BROTHERS)」でもサンプリングされました。D-TRACK AND NICHOLAS CRAVEN FEAT. AKHENATON「SOROCHE」で使われたドラマティックな「FINGERS AND TOES」にも痺れます!US ORIGINAL盤!
TRACKLIST
A1 VICTIMS OF THE DARKNESS 3:30
A1 VICTIMS OF THE DARKNESS 3:30
A2 AM I EXPECTING TOO MUCH 2:47
A3 MY BABY IS THE REAL THING 3:03
A4 GOIN’ DOWN 2:56
A5 SHE ONCE BELONGED TO ME 2:49
A6 OUT OF THE CITY (INTO COUNTRY LIFE) 3:34
B1 SOUL SISTER 2:47
B2 FINGERS AND TOES 4:05
B3 I’VE GOT TO CONVINCE MYSELF 2:40
B4 ON YOUR WAY DOWN 3:58
B5 GONE TOO FAR 3:26
B6 ELECTRICITY 2:29
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PRODUCED FOR – SANSU ENTERPRISES INC.
PUBLISHED BY – MARSAINT MUSIC, INC.
PHONOGRAPHIC COPYRIGHT ℗ – WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.
LICENSED TO – WARNER BROS. INC.
RECORDED AT – JAZZ CITY STUDIOS
MIXED AT – AMIGO STUDIOS
REMIXED AT – RECORD PLANT, LOS ANGELES
PRESSED BY – COLUMBIA RECORDS PRESSING PLANT, TERRE HAUTE
ACOUSTIC BASS, ELECTRIC BASS – WALTER PAYTON
ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ARRANGED BY, DIRECTED BY, HARMONICA, PIANO, PRODUCER, WRITTEN-BY – ALLEN TOUSSAINT
BACKING BAND – THE METERS
BARITONE SAXOPHONE – RED TYLER
CONGAS – ALFRED ROBERTS, SQUIRREL
DRUMS – JOE LAMBERT, JOSEPH MODELISTE
ELECTRIC BASS – GEORGE PORTER
ENGINEER – COSIMO MATASSA, SKIP GODWIN
GUITAR – GEORGE PLUMMER, LEO NOCENTELLI, VINCENT TOUSSAINT
MIXED BY [REMIX] – JOHN STRONACH
SLEEVE NOTES – LEE HILDEBRAND
TENOR SAXOPHONE – ALVIN THOMAS
TENOR SAXOPHONE, SAXOPHONE [ELECTRIC] – GARY BROWN
TRUMPET – FRANCIS ROUSSELLE
TRUMPET, FRENCH HORN – CLYDE KERR


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