Stardust : 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition (US)

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 01:29:59
Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Jody Payne (guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Bobbie Nelson (piano); Booker T. Jones (organ); Bee Spears, Chris Ethridge (bass); Paul English, Rex Ludwig (drums). Producer: Booker T. Jones. Reissue producer: Al Quaglieri. Includes liner notes by Mickey Raphael, Booker T. Jones and Willie Nelson. Digitally remastered by Chris Athens (Sterling Sound, New York, New York). This is part of Legacy's American Milestones series. Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Ray Charles (vocals); Freddy Powers (guitar, fiddle); Chips Moman, J.R. Cobb , Johnny Christopher (guitar, background vocals); Don Potter, Grady Martin, Jody Payne, Larry Byrom, Reggie Young , Steve Gibson (guitar); Don Porter (guitars); Sonny Garrish (steel guitar); Mickey Raphael (harmonica); Booker T. Jones (piano, organ); Bobbie Nelson, Bobby Ogdin (piano); Bobby Wood (keyboards, drums, background vocals); Mark Yeary, Don Hass, Bill Ginn, Bobby Emmons (keyboards); Chris Ethridge, Mike Leech, Bee Spears (bass guitar); Bob Scott (drums, percussion); Rex Ludwick, Rex Ludwig, Gene Chrisman, Ritchie Albright, Eddie Bayers, Biff Adam, Paul English (drums); Billy Gene English, Farrell Morris (percussion); D. Bergen White, Tony Wine, Lenaye Stanfield, Andy Black, Monique Moman, Sherrill Parks, Karen Taylor-Good, Rick Yancey, Toni Wine, Casey Moman (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (12/03/1977-12/12/1977). Photographers: Don Hunstein; Charlyn Zlotnik; Beverly Parker. 15 years before Tony Bennett made the Great American Songbook safe for the MTV generation, there was Willie Nelson's STARDUST, one of the greatest "crossover" albums in history. The concept was simple: Willie singing a select group of familiar standards by composers such as Carmichael, Berlin, Weill, Ellington, the Gershwins, all in his familiar and inimitable style. Yet the result is not a quite a country treatment of these tunes. For one thing, the great R&B organist Booker T. Jones produced the session in addition to performing with Nelson's superb band featuring the estimable Mickey Raphael on harmonica. One of the enduring pleasures of STARDUST is the interplay between hushed organ, keening harmonica and Nelson's own stately gut-string guitar as well as his beautifully measured, plaintive singing.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)

2枚目ディスクには、彼の長い軌跡＝アメリカを代表する素晴らしいソングブック集を収録。