Dave's True Story / Sex Without Bodies

ボーカルのKelly FlintとギターのDavid Cantorの二人が中心のDave's True Storyは、1994年1月に自主制作でアルバムDave's True Storyを発表。10,000枚作ってすぐに売り切れてしまったようである。そして、97年10月に本作を録音。2007年には活動を停止してしまい、彼等の情報は極めて少ない。そんな中で本作のレビューを見つけた。

Singer Kelly Flint uses her smoky, sultry vocal to explore a world of love, lust and venetian blinds. Composer/guitarist David Cantor writes his songs with the heart of a continental rogue' combining wit, insight and late-night cool.(歌手のフリントは、彼女のスモーキーで官能的な歌声で、愛や欲望、そして光と影の世界を探し求める。作曲家でギタリストのカンターは、ウィット、洞察力、深夜の雰囲気を持ったならず者の心を描いた曲を書いている)。他のレビューをAmazonで調べようとしたら、何と!本作はアダルト商品に組み込まれていた。

1. Spasm
2. Baby Talk
3. Sex Without Bodies
4. I'll Never Read Trollope Again
5. Once Had A Woman
6. I'm So Repentant
7. Rue De Lappe
8. Nirvana
9. Ned's Big Dutch Wife
10. Crazy
11. Daddy-O
12. Walk On The Wild Side
13. Stormy

Kelly Flint - vocals
David Cantor - guitar, vocals
Richard Crooks - drums
Darren Solomon - upright bass
Emedin Rivera - percussion
Jeff Berman - vibraphone
Chris Botti - trumpet
Charlie Giordano - musette
Guyora Kats - wurlitzer electric piano
Jack Bashkow - baritone saxophone (track 11)
Crispin Cioe - baritone saxophone (track 9)
Rick DiPofi - tenor saxophone (track 13)
Aaron Heick - tenor saxophone (track 11)
Kevin Hupp - drums (track 3)
Richard Julian - guitar (track 3)
Ben Monder - guitar (tracks 1,4,5,12)

Recorded on October 20 - 23, 1997 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Chelsea, NYC.

Carole King / Tapestry

このアルバムの録音は、もう50年近く前。久し振りに聴いた。決して色褪せてはいないことを確認。キャロル・キングは78歳を過ぎているが、彼女のサイトを見る限りでは、自分らしいスタイルでの現役シンガーのようだ。

1. I Feel The Earth Move
2. So Far Away
3. It's Too Late
4. Home Again
5. Beautiful
6. Way Over Yonder
7. You've Got A Friend
8. Where You Lead
9. Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
10. Smackwater Jack
11. Tapestry
12. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
13. Out In The Cold
14. Smackwater Jack [Live]

Carole King - piano, keyboards, vocals, background vocals
Curtis Amy - flute, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, string quartet
Steve Barzyk - drums
David Campbell - cello, viola
Merry Clayton - background vocals
Terry King - cello, tenor saxophone, string quartet
Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - acoustic guitar, conga, electric guitar, vocals
Russ Kunkel - drums
Charles "Charlie" Larkey - electric bass, string bass, string quartet
Joni Mitchell - background vocals
Joel O'Brien - drums
Michael Pultand, Ralph Schuckett - electric piano
Barry Socher - violin, tenor saxophone, viola, string quartet
Perry Steinberg - bass, violin, tenor saxophone, string bass
"The Mitchell / Taylor Boy and Girl Choir" (Joni Mitchell and James Taylor) - background vocals
James Taylor - acoustic guitar, granfalloon
Julia Tillman - background vocals

Recorded in January 1971 at A&M Recording Studios.