MASON WILLIAMS / THE MASON WILLIAMS PHONOGRAPH RECORD / LP /

(US / WARNER BROS. / SEVEN ARTS / WS 1729 / MEDIA:EX- / JACKET:VG 背抜け 縁ひび割れ スレ) ギター・インストゥルメンタル＋オーケストラ・ラウンジの金字塔！「BAROQUE-A-NOVA」はJ DILLA「DEWITT TO DO IT」ネタ！ ギタリストとしてだけでなく、コメディアン、詩人、TV番組作家としても活躍するメイソン・ウィリアムスが、1968年に放った大傑作。「CLASSICAL GAS」は中毒性の高いフレーズとダイナミックなアレンジが絡み合う魔法のような一曲で、数えきれないほどのカヴァーを産むモンスター・チューン。1969年にはベスト・インストゥルメンタル・コンポジション、ベスト・コンテンポラリー・ポップ・パフォーマンス、ベスト・インストゥルメンタル・アレンジメントの3つのグラミー賞を受賞。TRAE「THE RAIN」や BUELENT「TO ME」でもサンプリングされました。バーバンク・ソフトロックとしてもスルーできない夢幻パパパ・コーラスが舞い踊る「BAROQUE-A-NOVA」はJ DILLA「DEWITT TO DO IT」ネタ。「ALL THE TIME」にはドラム・ブレイクあり。バックの演奏はレッキング・クルーの面々ら、鉄壁の布陣が固めています。Wロゴありパームツリー・ラベルの1975年プレス。 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/B1-CLASSICAL-GAS.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/B3-BAROQUE-A-NOVA.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A5-SHES-GONE-AWAY.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A4-WANDERLOVE.mp3 https://viewrecordshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/A2-ALL-THE-TIME.mp3 TRACKLIST A1 OVERTURE 1:48 A2 ALL THE TIME 2:40 A3 DYLAN THOMAS 0:30 A4 WANDERLOVE 3:34 A5 SHE’S GONE AWAY 2:18 A6 HERE AM I 4:06 B1 CLASSICAL GAS 3:00 B2 LONG TIME BLUES 3:36 B3 BAROQUE-A-NOVA 2:25 B4 THE PRINCE’S PANTIES 1:35 B5 LIFE SONG 0:27 B6 SUNFLOWER 3:41 _ RECORD COMPANY – WARNER BROS. – SEVEN ARTS RECORDS, INC. CORPORATE OWNER – WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS, INC. PLATED AT – CUSTOMATRIX PRESSED BY – COLUMBIA RECORDS PRESSING PLANT, PITMAN ARRANGED BY – AL CAPPS (TRACKS: A2, A4 TO A6, B2 TO B4, B6), MASON WILLIAMS (TRACKS: A3, B5), MIKE POST (TRACKS: A1, B1) ART DIRECTION – ED THRASHER EFFECTS [SOUND EFFECTS] – PHIL KAYE ENGINEER – MICHAEL LIETZ GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, BANJO – MASON WILLIAMS MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], ACCORDION – CARL FORTINA MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], CELLO [CELLI] – ARMAND KAPROFF, JEROME KESSLER, JESSE EHRLICH, JOE DITULLIO* MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], DOUBLE BASS [UPRIGHT BASS] – LYLE RITZ MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], DRUMS – JAMES BECK GORDON MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], ELECTRIC BASS [BASS (ELEC.)] – BOB WEST, LAWRENCE KNECHTEL, LYLE RITZ MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], FRENCH HORN, TUBA [TUBEN] – DAVID DUKE, WILLIAM HINSHAW MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], GUITAR – ALVIN CASEY, DAVID COHEN, JAMES BURTON, MICHAEL DEASY MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], HARP – GAIL LEVANT MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], PERCUSSION – GARY L. COLEMAN, GENE ESTES MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], PIANO – LAWRENCE KNECHTEL, MICHAEL MELVOIN* MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], TROMBONE – RICHARD J. HYDE, HOYT BOHANNON, LEW MCCREARY, RICHARD LEITH MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], VIOLIN – DAVID BURK, EMANUEL MOSS, GEORGE KAST, HARRY BLUESTONE, ISRAEL BAKER, JACK GOOTKIN, JIMMY GETZOFF, JERRY REISLER, JOHN VIDOR*, RALPH SCHAEFFER, ROBERT KORDA, ROBERT SUSHEL, SIDNEY SHARP, STAN PLUMMER, TIBOR ZELIG, WILLIAM KURASCH MUSICIAN [THE MUSICIANS], WOODWIND – JIM HORN, TOMMY SCOTT PHOTOGRAPHY BY [COVER PHOTO] – JERRY WHITE PRODUCER [PRODUCED BY] – MIKE POST SLEEVE NOTES – STAN CORNYN WRITTEN-BY – BLYE* (TRACKS: B3), MASON WILLIAMS (TRACKS: A2 TO B2, B4 TO B6), WILLIAMS* (TRACKS: B3), MIKE POST (TRACKS: A1)