Road Games

Short but sweet: this 24-plus-minute re-release of an '80s-era solo effort originally appeared as a vinyl EP, and has never before been issued on CD. It is a unique mix of great vocals with a more rocking, bluesy, and jazzy quasi-mainstream song-themed balladic thrust. This release showcases Allan Holdsworth playing less "out there." Don't misunderstand -- the guitar is amazing: multi-voiced, fusion-fired, ethereally chorded, delightfully crystalline clear, note-flourished, and swooningly embellished. Add in the vocals of Jack Bruce for that Cream flashback or the I.O.U. band feel of Paul Williams' crooning, back to back with killer bass by Jeff Berlin and tastefully poised drums by Chad Wackerman, and you have fusion-rock bliss.Holdsworth addicts have waited a very long time for this to appear in the CD format. So go for it. It sounds great all over again. The original album cover graphics and notes are included. ~ John W. Patterson

いわゆるミュージシャンズ・ミュージシャンとしてカリスマ的人気を誇る孤高のギタリスト、アラン・ホールズワース。彼が84年に12インチ・シングルとして発表した名作がついに初CD化!　チャド・ワッカーマン、ジェフ・バーリンという最高の技巧派リズム・セクションを相手に繰り広げられるギター・プレイは、17年を経たいまなお興奮必至。名曲“Road Games”“Tokyo Dream”が21世紀のいま甦る!!
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