*英国トラッドの女王、スティーライ・スパンの７８年、解散コンサートの模様を収録したライブ盤です。またまた手前味噌になってしまい恐縮なんすが、いやーパクったパクった。自分のバンドが生楽器主体の音楽になって渋谷のフォーク・ハウスに出演しようって時、きっかけはフェアグランド・アトラクションを聴いたからなんですけどいざ音を作ってみたらこのバンドの、しかもこのアルバムから色んな要素がどんどん出て来ちゃって。三つ子の魂百まで。はまりにはまって体に染み付いちゃったもんはもうどうしょうも無いです。初めて聴いたのは発表当時、７８年の時。トラッドのトの字もまだわからず。何で買ったかなあ。安かったか。そんなこたあ無いな。英盤だったもん。どっかでレビュー見て強烈に興味惹かれたらしく。で、入手して聴けば、最初の印象は、わロンパールームだ(^0^)。最初のインストがそっくりなのです。そしてまあ何てキチンとしたバンドだって。音量は言ってみれば７．耳をつんざくなんてとんでもなし。うむしてみればこれはロックじゃ無い。かと言ってフォークでも無い。そうかこれがトラッドかー。ってようやく実感するつう。そのロンパールームでうつみみどりとおやつの牛乳を思い出しながら、しかしあの牛乳だけはうまそうに見えたな飲みたくなかったですか？とやたらと郷愁めいたものを感じ。最初はさらっと聴き通してそうかこんな感じなのかと思っただけだったかもしれませぬ。しかしまあ高かったので元を取る為に繰り返し聴いて行く内に。来ました。どんどん。ずっぽり。鈍いのか俺は。ちょっと地味だとわかるまでに時間がかかる。端正な演奏これぞ英国！って感じながら時間の経過と共にぐんぐん熱くなってブギブギブギーとほぼ同じノリに。ボーカル陣はリード、コーラスともほけほけしてます。独特の発声。これもどんどん好きになって圧巻はＢ面に移ってからの大作モントローズ。こりゃプログレだと驚嘆する。変拍子をサラっといとも無くこなしてメインテーマのメロディと錯綜して行く様の何とスリリングなこと。何だこのサスペンスはと調べてみりゃあ曲は全編英国古謡をアレンジしたものと判明。すると歌の内容はマザーグースの世界。いやもっと赤裸々に残酷事件を世に広めてく内容ってんで大納得。抑えた演奏がかえって青白く迫力をもたらして背筋がぞくぞくっとします。会場が妙に静かなのも何やら恐ろしく。世はパンクの時代ですから自分の興味の中心はそこに行っちゃってるにも関わらずグサっと音楽心に突き刺さってしまい後年ここから始まってスティーライのアルバムをどんどん聴くことに。それでもこの盤の空気はその中でも独特のものだと感じます。何だろうそれは。いまだ具体的にわからず。まあわからんでいいか。音楽だから。一つだけ確実に申せるのは２７年経って今聴いても全く変わらぬ新鮮さと衝撃。もうこれは付け焼刃で無いヘソ下三寸にパワーみなぎった大名盤かと。誰に言われるで無くこれだけ聴いちゃうんだから。今思うと初期の厳格且つストイック極めたものはちょっと入りにくいことは入りにくいかも。キャリアの途中で徐々に変身して「オール・アラウンド・マイ・ハット」でチャートヒットを放った後、また根っこに立ち返った、ええ按配で親しみやすさとのバランス最高なこの盤はすっと入って行くには最適のアルバムかもしれません。違う盤から聴き出したらもっと他のは理屈っぽく聴いてしまったかもしれないな。それはかなりやばい。
(山)2005.6.10
http://rocks.studio-web.net/trad/span/live.html
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/B0000011P3&link_code=as2&camp=247&tag=rockalbumsgre-22&creative=1211
by Yama
BY AUTO TRANSLATION
SORRY,Mistranslation multi.
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