Child Of Our Times

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:53:19
Compilation producers: Cary E. Mansfield, Andrew Sandoval, Bill Inglot. Engineers include: Chuck Britz, Bones Howe, John Geurtrillo. Includes liner notes by Andrew Sandoval. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot (Digiprep, Hollywood, California). Liner Note Author: Andrew Sandoval. P.F. Sloan was jaw-droppingly prolific in the years 1965 to 1967, not only writing, producing, and playing on numerous fine hit and non-hit pop and folk-rock records by other artists, but making two good solo albums. It didn't stop there: he also recorded quite a few unreleased demos, 20 of which make their first appearance on this compilation. Most of these were recorded and released by someone or other, and in one case ("Miss Charlotte") redone by Sloan himself later in the 1960s. No one sings Sloan like Sloan, though, and it's quite a treat to hear him as the performer on these largely outstanding, rousingly melodic pop-rockers. Some are well known ("You Baby" and "Can I Get to Know You Better" were hits for the Turtles, "Another Day, Another Heartache" did okay for the Fifth Dimension, and, of course, "Secret Agent Man" was big for Johnny Rivers), and others not so well known, but in the same class ("Child of Our Times," the Beatlesque "You're a Lonely Girl," "I've Got No More to Say"). Although these were demos, the production is sometimes as state-of-the-art as anything in L.A. in the mid-'60s, and the fidelity, performance, and arrangements are up to release quality on almost everything. The only reason this rates just a little below his first two solo albums is that it's lighter on the personal folk-rock and social consciousness statements ("Child of Our Times" being an exception); much of this is like a link between L.A. folk-rock and L.A. sunshine pop. It's very good, though, and enthusiastically recommended to anyone who enjoys the albums that Sloan did release in the mid-'60s. ~ Richie Unterberger
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)