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Darondo
Darondo 「Listen To My Song : The Music City Sessions」 CD
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| 発売日：2011年08月31日 / ジャンル：SOUL/CLUB/RAP / フォーマット：CD / 構成数：1 / 製造国：輸入 / レーベル：BGP / SKU：029667523325 / 規格品番：CDBGPD233 |
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| Enigmatic Bay Area soul singer Darondo recorded just three rare singles, only one of which (1973's "Didn't I"/"Listen to My Song") appears on this 16-track compilation. Otherwise it's all previously unreleased, recorded for the Music City label (on which the 45 appeared) in two separate sessions in 1973 and 1974. So it can be fairly described as his lost album, though in spots it's pretty raw in performance and production. Even the liner notes admit that some of the cuts are "song sketches," adding to the air of hearing something that's more the basis for a possible album than a completed work. While that consigns this to the margins of early-'70s soul history, it's also part of what's attracting fans and collectors to discovering Darondo, since it has a more spontaneous and grittier feel than much soul-funk of the era. At times he's roughly comparable to a rawer Al Green, his vocals sliding from grainy lower registers to sensual falsetto with engaging passion, if not as much finesse as Green or other soul stars. Sometimes dabs of horns and strings put this close to the commercial mainstream of soul from the period, but at others, tough scrubbing funk guitar, organ, harmonica, and clattering drums can make it sound like garage soul. The songs are often more like stream-of-consciousness phrases than conventional lyrical statements -- another trait that might limit Darondo's appeal to typical soul listeners, but makes him stand out to fanatic specialists looking for something different. With thorough liner notes detailing the history of this hitherto mysterious figure, it's a significant find guaranteed to built Darondo's cult. It almost resembles a lost Hi Records demo of a promising if unrefined artist, though it was cut in Oakland rather than Memphis. ~ Richie Unterberger| |
| Rovi |
| 70年代オークランドのストリート・ヒップスター、ダロンドはファンキーなソングライターであり、同時に“ネクスト・アル・グリーン”とも騒がれたほど、その極甘ソウル路線も絶品！1973年のローカル・ヒットであり、フリー・ソウル界隈でも人気のある「Didin't I」を始め、コレクターにはお馴染みレーベルに残したナスティなベイエリア・ファンクと特異なスタイルのソウル・バラードの数々を集めた前代未聞のコレクションが本盤。1972～74年に録音された、ユニークかつ美メロなスウィート＋ピンプなファンク×16曲!! P-VINE |
| 発売・販売元 提供資料（2011/08/29） |
| He looked like a young, pimped-out Eddie Murphy and sang like a somewhat deranged disciple of Al Green, but that was just part of the reason a small but fervent cult of '70s soul aficionados considers Bay Area character Darondo one of the great lost artists of his generation. His story, which includes being a sharp (and young) real estate businessman, railroad electrician, well-known TV talk show host, world traveler, and even an experienced chess player, is rightly the stuff of legend. It's detailed by historian Alec Palao in the comprehensive book that accompanies this 16-track set of recently found songs from Darondo's short heyday. Only a few, including "Didn't I," a regional West Coast hit, have been previously released, the rest were thought lost to time due to the usual shady label shenanigans that are also explained in the notes. Even though these tunes are not totally finished, they are far from raw and some include backing vocals, harmonica, horns, flute, and strings to flesh out the basic rhythm tracks. The music, recorded in 1973-1974 and intended for the Music City imprint, is your basic Southern-tinged funk and soul, but it's Darondo's loose, often lascivious, and always committed vocals that push this from being pretty good to pretty great. He grunts like James Brown, shifts to falsetto when the energy calls for it (as on the tough "Gimme Some"), and generally leads the primarily unnamed batch of musicians through their paces with a sharp sense of dynamics. Some of Darondo's tunes have surprisingly turned up in the soundtracks to a handful of late-2000s television shows. He even performed at 2008's SXSW festival and 2012's Bonnaroo, further whetting soul fan's appetites for this collection and tentatively getting back to live shows. Based on his gutsy and sometimes slightly unhinged vocals on the stomping blues of "I'm Lonely," this is a treat for soul history fans and, if not quite essential listening, a key piece of R&B history that places Darondo as one of the many could-have-been greats of his generation. ~ Hal Horowitz |
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・構成数 | 11.CD
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