Personnel are;
Bass – Gibson John
Drums – Irwin Sylvester
Electric Piano – Jez Woodruff
Guitar – John Januszewski
Photography By – Sanders
Photography By [Group] – Keith Williams
Producer – Ken Gold
Recorded By – Ashley Howe, David Baker, Phil Harding
Sleeve [Concept], Design – Paul Welch
Personnel are;
2nd Tenor – Earl Davenport
Baritone – Herman Hammonds
Bass – Thomas Timmons
Lead singer, Tenor, Choreographer – Cliff Parkins
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Paul Humphrey
Guitar – Hugh McCracken, Tony Davilio
Percussion – Bobbye Hall
Piano – Joe Sample
Producer – Paul Kyser, Stan Vincent
Quantic & Nickodemus Featuring Tempo & Candela The Allstars - Mi Swing Es Tropical 2005 Candela
A-1. Mi Swing Es Tropical
A-2. Swing Beats
B-1. Puerto Rico Pa'Gozar
B-2. Puerto Rico Beats
Betty Carter – S.T. 1976 Bet-Car
A-1. You're A Sweetheart
A-2. I Can't Help It
A-3. What Is It?
A-4. On Our Way Up (Sister Candy)
A-5. We Tried
B-1. Happy
B-2. Sunday, Monday, Or Always
B-3. Tight ※ライブ音源です
B-4. Children Learn What They Live
B-5. Sounds
Personnel are;
Arranged By, Producer, Vocals – Betty Carter
Bass – Buster Williams
Drums – Chip Lyles (A2, B3 to B5), Louis Hayes
Piano – Daniel A. Mixon, Onaje Allan Gumbs (A1, A3, B2)
Personnel are;
Artwork By [Art Direction] – Phil Carroll
Artwork By [Design] – Lance Anderson
Bass – Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez
Drums – Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette
Engineer [Assistant] – Steve Williams
Engineer [Recording], Mixed By – Jim Stern
Mastered By – David Turner
Photography – Phil Bray
Piano – McCoy Tyner
Producer, Other [Liner Notes] – Orrin Keepnews
ACE WAX COLLECTORS でございます。本日の一枚は79~83年にかけて活躍
した、コニー率いるオールディーズ・カヴァーPOPSバンド、ザ・ヴィーナスが82年に
リリースした通算5枚目のアルバム「ジャスト・ポップ・サイズ」でございます。
ジャケットが実にA4サイズの見開き、レコードは10インチの変形仕様でございます。
その内容でございますがA-1はGeorge Davis, John Taylor作、The Ad Libs
のデビュー曲でありビルボードで最高8位のヒットを記録した「The Boy from New
York City」をカヴァー。と言っても、コニーちゃんは歌声を披露しておらず、イントロ
的アレンジでございます。A-2はジャクソン・シスターズのヴァージョンでもお馴染み
Morris Levy, Frankie Lymon作、こちらもビルボード最高6位をマークしたヒット
ナンバー、Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers「恋は曲者」をカヴァー。
この曲でコニーちゃんがはじめて歌いだしますが、歌詞は忠実に訳されたものでは
なく、彼女が曲のイメージ(ちゃんとした訳をわかってと思いますが)に自分が考えた
詞をのせて歌っております。要は雰囲気重視なのかと存じます(笑) A-3, A-5は
Shun Jitsukawa, Lucky Jets, B-2はTony Bender, Noaco Matsushima,
Mutsuji Tsuji, B-4はLucky Jets, Noaco Matsushimaのライティングによる
彼女たちのオリジナル・ナンバー。A-4はアイズレー・ブラザーズのデビュー曲でご
ざいます「Shout (死にたい気持ち)」をカヴァー。B-1はミコさん(弘田三枝子)もカ
ヴァーしてございますSusan Singer「悲しきハート」で、こちらはミコさんバージョン
に忠実な歌唱でございます。B-3はBoyd Bennett, John F. Young, Jr., Chu
ck Gorman作のBoyd Bennett and His Rockets「Seventeen」をカヴァー。
ラストが本作の目玉商品、Ray Charles「Hit The Road Jack」の激熱日本語バ
ージョンでございまして、総体的な感想と致しましてはオリジナル曲然り、古き良き
オールディーズの雰囲気を堪能できる一枚と存じます。
The Venus - Just Pop Size 1982 Tokuma Musical Indutries
A-1. Venus From New York City (A Boy From New York City)
A-2. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
A-3. Peppermint Love
A-4. Shout
A-5. Namida No Diamond Ring
B-1. Lock Your Heart Away
B-2. Step By Step
B-3. Seventeen
B-4. Spirit
B-5. Hit The Road Jack
Personnel are;
All Arranged By – Yakimaru Iga, Masahisa "PAPA" Takeichi
Art Direction – Hisao "77" Sugiura
Director – Diamond "Rock-A-Billy" Heads
Drums – George Nagai
Electric Bass, Vocal – Johnny Reed
Electric Guitar, Vocal – Jimmy Brown
Vocal – Conny Lane
Personnel are;
Arranged By, Conductor – Eumir Deodato
Bass – Ron Carter
Cello – Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro, Seymour Barab
Congas – Ray Barretto
Design [Album] – Bob Ciano
Drums – Billy Cobham
Electric Bass – Ron Carter (B1), Stanley Clarke
Electric Guitar – John Tropea
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Flute, Flute [Alto], Flute [Bass] – George Marge, Hubert Laws,
Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque
French Horn – Jim Buffington, Peter Gordon
Guitar – Jay Berliner
Percussion – Airto
Photography By [Cover] – Pete Turner
Photography By [Liner] – Duane Michals
Piano, Electric Piano – Eumir Deodato
Producer – Creed Taylor
Trombone – Bill Watrous, Garnett Brown, George Strakey,
Paul Faulise, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Joe Shepley, John Frosk, Marky Markowitz,
Marvin Stamm
Viola – Al Brown, Emanuel Vardi
Violin – David Nadien, Elliot Rosoff, Emanuel Green, Gene Orloff,
Harry Lookofsky, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman
Personnel are;
Arranged By [Strings] – William Allen
Backing Vocals – Chris Calloway, Cyndy Prioeau
Bass – Peter Brown
Clavinet – Roy Ayers
Drums – Bernard Pretty Prudy, Omar Hakim, Quinten Dennard
Electric Piano – Roy Ayers
Engineer, Engineer [Remix Engineer] – Carla Bandini, Dave Whitman
Handclaps – Roy Ayers
Guitar – Chuck Anthony
Lead Vocals – Chano O'Ferral, Dyan Venter, Roy Ayers,
Sylvia Striplin, Wes Ramseur
Liner Notes – Judith Dee Weinstein
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Producer – Roy Ayers
Synthesizer [Quadra, Oberheim] – Roy Ayers