Electric Glide

ブリティッシュ･ジャズロック･グループ アイソトープの中心人物で、ツトム・ヤマシタのイースト･ウィンドでもプレイしたギタリストのゲイリー･ボイルが78年に発表したセカンド･ソロ･アルバム『Electric Glide』のリマスター盤。ゲイリー･ムーアをはじめ、元ハミングバードのロバート･アーワイやサイモン･フィリップス、ジョン･ギブリン、ケニー・ショウ、ピート･ヤコブセン、フィル・チェン、リチャード・ベイリーといった豪華ゲストを迎える。オリジナルを復刻したアートワークや新規エッセイを掲載したブックレット付。

Fans of mid-'70s King Crimson or early-'70s John McLaughlin could do a lot worse than land Gary Boyle's second solo album in their CD player or on their turntable. The ex-Isotope guitarist shows a thorough familiarity with the scales, and he (and the rest of the instrumentalists here) show a great affinity for 16th and 32nd notes, but the playing is always interesting enough and the shifting textures sufficiently diverse to hold one's interest across just over a half-hour -- the presence of guitarist Gary Moore, among others, doesn't hurt in that regard either. Electric Glide is very much of its era, steeped in mid-'70s jazz-rock, and there are a few moments that come perilously close to recalling the Mahavishnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire album -- luckily, he surrounds those intensely challenging moments with some more gently lyrical material, most notably the title track, which might have had a shot at some radio success, had it been a single. ~ Bruce Eder|