Original Album Classics : Stanley Clarke＜限定盤＞

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Personnel: Stanley Clarke (vocals, guitar, sitar, cello, piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic bass, electric bass, bass guitar, percussion, bells, hand bells, gong); George Duke (vocals, piano, electric piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, ARP synthesizer, mini-Moog synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, bells); Icarus Johnson (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); John McLaughlin (guitar, acoustic guitar); Jeff Beck, Ray Gomez (guitar); Bill Connors (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); David Sancious (electric guitar, 12-string guitar, organ, keyboards, mini-Moog synthesizer); Paula Hochhalter, Assa Drori, John Wittenberg, David Campbell , Ken Yerke, Dorothy Wade, Lya Stern, Dennis Karmazyn, Barbara Thomason, Karen Jones , Thomas Buffum, Robert Dubow, Rollice Dale, Marcia Van Dyke, Art Royal, Fred Seykoura, Nils Oliver, Israel Baker, Marilyn Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Sheldon Sanov, Gordon Marron Strings, Endre Granat, Denyse Buffum (strings); David Earl Taylor (trombone, brass); Dalton Smith, Garnett Brown, Gary Grant, George Bohanon, Jack Nimitz, Robert Findley, William Peterson , Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff, Tom "Bones" Malone, James Buffington, Earl Chapin, Wilmer Wise, Lew McCreary, Buddy Childers (brass); Jan Hammer (piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Chick Corea (piano, keyboards); Billy Cobham (Moog synthesizer, drums); Steve Gadd (drums, percussion); Gerry Brown (drums, hand bells); Steve Wise, John "4 Daddman" Robinson, Lenny White, Tony Williams (drums); Milt Holland (congas, triangle, percussion); Airto Moreira (percussion). Recording information: A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA; Chateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA; Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY; Electric Ladyland Studios, New York, NY; Group IV Recorders, Hollywood, CA. Photographer: Norman Seeff. Arranger: Stanley Clarke . What this import collection does, quite simply, is package Stanley Clarke's arguably best-known and best-selling studio records for Epic/Columbia, beginning with his debut for the label in 1974. The other records here -- all of which have very solid tracks on them but also have some real filler -- are Journey to Love (1975), School Days (1976), Modern Man (1978) and the first Clarke/Duke Project album with George Duke (1981). The decision to leave off the live record, which was a best seller, or even the minor hit "I Wanna Play for You" from 1976, is a curious one, simply because the context remains more fusion than funk/disco. Given the mastering and pressings, these are solid sounding sets -- others in the series include offerings by Mahavishnu Orchestra and Duke Ellington, to name just two -- and the price tag is quite modest as well. Still, unless one is a real fan (who would presumably have these titles already anyway) it is curious as to who on these shores would even consider them. ~ Thom Jurek