The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier＜限定盤＞

ジャンルを超えたギタリスト、シンガーソングライター、テリー・キャリアーの崇高なデビュー作が、再びヴァイナル盤で蘇る。

1964年にプレステッジ・レコードのために録音された本作には、「コットン・アイド・ジョー」や「900マイル」といったスタンダード曲のキャリアー版が収録されており、キャリアーの「最も時代を超越し、人を惹きつける」作品と評価されている1枚。
QRPにて180g重量盤でプレスされ、オリジナルテープから新たにAAAリマスターを施した本作は、レプリカ・ティップオン・ジャケットでパッケージを完成させている。

The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier was not released until 1968, about three years after the project was originally completed; while the long delay almost certainly crippled the momentum of Callier's fledgling career, the impact on the music itself was at most minimal -- while not the singer's best album, it's his most timeless and inviting, adhering closely to the folk stylings addressed by the title while largely ignoring the mystical jazz dimensions which texture his later material. Surprisingly, none of the album's eight songs are originals, relying instead on traditional tunes like "900 Miles" and "Cotton Eyed Joe"; while Callier's spiralling acoustic guitar lines and the use of two bassists (Terbour Attenborough and John Tweedle) reflect his admiration of John Coltrane, New Folk Sound is for the most part stark and simple, possessed of a subtle grace which spotlights his remarkably moving vocals to excellent effect -- it's a debut which holds all the promise fulfilled by his classic recordings for Cadet. ~ Jason Ankeny