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2006/03/16

Roger Bunn/「Piece Of Mind」

カテゴリ：アルバム紹介

結論から言えば、「素晴らしい！」「待ってました！」のＣＤ化です。

サイケポップという人もいるでしょうし、アシッド系のＳＳＷという人もいるでしょう。僕はＳＳＷ好きだし、ＳＳＷの佇まいも感じられるので、僕的には後者かなあ。まあどっちでもいいのですが、サイケポップというにはドロドロサイケ感やストレンジな感触が強いような気がするし、まあ簡単に言えば、アングラ臭がプンプンするような音ですよ(笑)。‘ストレンジ系アングラＳＳＷ’が一番いいかな。まあ、音はジャケの'まんま'という説明が一番いいかもしれません(笑)。

確かにあっちの世界にいっちゃってるような感じなんですが、アシッドと言っても、Ｓフィンのような‘怨念系(笑)’ではなく、もっとドリーミーでもあり、もっとトローンとした感じでもあり、まさにトリップできるような感じです。不思議な快感が味わえ、サイケ、ラーガ、エキゾチック、ジャジー、いろんなキーワードが頭に浮かんできます。

管やブラス、ストリングスも入っているし、演奏も楽曲もそれなりにPOPなんですが、‘一筋縄ではいかない’という表現がピッタリなんですよね。まさにストレンジな怪作＆快作。このストレンジで､ドリーミーな感触がたまらないですね、こういう系が好きな人間には。

昨年発売されたＣＤには、分厚いブックレットが付いていて、本人協力の下に作られたようで、膨大なボートラが収録されています。ＣＤの収録時間は７６分強。オリジナルは、Major Minorレーベルからの発売で、製作されたのはオランダ。多分、1969年に製作され、発表が1971年だと思われます。

ロビン･スコット同様、いやそれ以上に素晴らしいアルバムに出会えました。これも必聴でしょう。

ネット上から拝借した↓を読むと、詳しいことが書いてあります。

A great 'lost' album from the 1960s - we've heard that claim before - but this time it really was an essential and groundbreaking album that got 'lost'. Through replacing the Beatles at the Star Club, Hamburg and after a request to Paul McCartney, Roger Bunn recorded some demos at the Beatles office in London in 1968 and somehow the tapes were sent to Philips Records in Amsterdam. Dutch producer Frans Peters teamed Roger up with arranger Ruud Bos and some fine classical and jazz musicians to record in Holland. All the album songs - including music and lyrics by Roger and John Mackie - were very original and far ahead of anything that was happening in the UK and USA at the time. Remember that in those prehistoric pre-Euromusic days there was little co-operation between countries for projects of this sort. This LP was one of a kind and that's probably the reason the album got lost. Deals were struck for it to be released in Germany and the UK - but both were on labels that gave Piece of Mind minimal or no promotion. We have added seven demos and studio recordings to the set, among them Roger's predictive vision of "In The Future" and the cynical "You and I" which tell of a world of never ending wars and home computers. And "Life Is A Circus", a classic song of its time - recorded - but never released - by David Bowie. Roger tells his own story in the 36-page booklet which includes tales of the musicians he worked with and for in his struggles against the machinations of the powerful big labels and reward organisations of the record industry - both then and now. Piece of Mind is a difficult album to put in a musical bag, with its fusions of jazz, blues and rock - and it is easily seen why Roger's music influences others rather than allows itself to be influenced by anyone. But if you liked the 'Top Gear' sounds of the late 60s and had thoughts of travelling East to Afghanistan along with Roger on the Hippy Trail, you'll like it. And as you take the Coltrane/McCoy Tyneresque "Road To The Sun" you'll wonder why this album never got to be one of John Peel's fave raves.... TRACK LISTING: Road To The Sun; Jac Mool; Fantasy In Fiction; Jac Mool (slight return); Crystal Tunnel, Three White Horses; Catatonia; Suffering Wheel; Guido The Magician; Powis Square Child; Old Maid Prudence; Humble Chortle; Jason's Ennui; 110º East + 107º North; Previously unreleased: A Weekend In Mandraxia; Life is a Circus; Falling Ships; In the Future; Lin-da’s Jukebox; You and I; In love with you babe; Up for Grabs........................................................ A couple of days after approving the final cut of his album and editing the note above, Roger Bunn died, on 28th July 2005......................................................... "Life Is A Circus..... When you're not there..... At the fair...."

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