滚石音乐(Rolling Stone Magazine )史上最佳Top 500 Albums之003#

滚石音乐(Rolling Stone Magazine )史上最佳Top 500 Albums之010#

二十世纪最伟大的乐队，二十七首冠军细碟，一次过收录在一张镭射唱片里面！由六三年推出《Please Please Me》到最后一张专辑《Let It Be》，The Beatles只得七年寿命，但却生产了二十七首冠军歌，绝对是前无古人、后无来者。
当然，如果你已经拥有了《1962-1966》和《1967-1970》两套精选唱片，这张《1》对你的吸引力未必很大，作为一个普通乐迷，已经差不多拥有了最流行的The Beatles作品，不过如果你是忠实的「披头迷」，这张唱片的价钱还是省不了的，因为唱片的小册子印满了每一张细碟的原装封套，无论是英国版、美国版、法国版或日本版均一并印载，仿如一本迷你的The Beatles细碟全书。
况且《1962-1966》和《1967-1970》都是双唱片集，而各自收录的歌曲亦只是廿多首，相比之下，《1》就更物超所值了。
Mariah Carey在98年也曾推出过一张叫《#1's》的冠军细碟精选唱片，但就只收录16首歌，还要强硬将翻唱Brenda K.Starr的《I Still Believe》（林忆莲比她更早翻唱！）和几首未能夺魁的单曲加诸其中，比起廿七首冠军歌，也实在相差太远了！
在怀缅昔日的光辉之际，我们也应该期望着下个巨人的出现，只是，巨人得来不易，还是继续播放《Yesterday》吧……

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.

《平克弗洛伊德：愿你在此》是纪念离团主唱Syd Barret荡气回肠之作，《月影》、《迷墙》2张经典作品之间承前启后之史诗巨著，沃特斯的曲风再现，1975年首次发行即为英美排行第一。



平克·弗洛伊德（Pink Floyd）是一支英国摇滚乐队，成立于1965年。风格偏电子和迷幻摇滚，他们不断的演化成一支先锋摇滚乐队。他们哲学化的歌词、声音实验、不断创新的CD封面艺术和精心设计的现场表演都闻名于世。作为乐队最成功和最具影响力的一件事情是，他们的专辑在全世界范围售出有2.5亿张，全美国范围有7千3百万张。 平克·弗洛伊德于60年代晚期在Syd Barrett的带领下在迷幻摇滚方面已经比较成功，但是Syd Barrett的古怪行为迫使他的同伴们不得不用吉他手兼歌手David Gilmour来替换了他。在Syd Barrett离开之后歌手兼贝司手Roger Waters逐渐成为了乐队的领导者和主创者。在Roger Waters的领导下乐队录制了数张唱片，并且以1973年的《月之暗面》、1975年的《願你在此》、1977年的《动物》和1979年的《迷墙》取得了世界性的成功。1985年Roger Waters宣布平克·弗洛伊德解散，但是乐队其他的成员在Gilmour的带领下继续用原本乐队的名字录音、巡回演出，同时也享受着巨大的商业成功。最终和Roger Waters达成协议继续使用平克·弗洛伊德这个名字。

01 Shine on you Crazy Diamond（Part one）夺目钻石照耀你（第一部分）
02 Welcome to the Machine 欢迎来到机械世界
03 Have a Cigar 抽支烟
04 Wish were here 愿你在此
05 Shine on you Crazy Diamond（Part two） 夺目钻石照耀你（第二部分）

黑豹乐队于1987年初开始他们的雏形，早期经历坎坷，在乐风上既不确定，在生活上也无援助，团员们对音乐的热爱屡屡遭受挫折之后，吉它手郭传林决定退出舞台，专心经营黑豹乐队。经他大力整顿，并多次改组之后，在1989年底。正式组成现有的规模。
1991年专辑录音完成后，在香港试探性推出的结果竟然连获香港电台排行榜数周冠军，也因此在中国大陆造成大量的翻版热潮，终于成为中国人世界里销量最高的摇滚乐队。

《窦唯：黑梦》1994年，窦唯《黑梦》发行。他与张楚、何勇共称为“魔岩三杰”。他在离开黑豹乐队后，窦唯更加展现出与众不同的音乐天才，这张专辑无不流露一种黑色的弥幻色彩

公元1972年，离世界毁灭还有五年时间。来自火星、一头红发、性别模糊的摇滚巨星用他眩目的衣服、高跟鞋和闪光眼影，还有最激动人心的音乐，拯救了千千万万绝望中的少男少女们。三十多年过去了，Ziggy已死，Bowie还活着，而1972年的传奇将永远不朽。

Abbey Road is the eleventh released studio album by English rock band The Beatles and their last recorded. Though Let It Be was the last album released before the band's dissolution in 1970, work on Abbey Road began in April 1969. Abbey Road was released on 26 September 1969 in the United Kingdom, and 1 October 1969 in the United States. It was produced and orchestrated by George Martin for Apple Records. Geoff Emerick was engineer, Alan Parsons was assistant engineer, and Tony Banks was tape operator.
Abbey Road is regarded as one of The Beatles' most tightly constructed albums, although the band was barely operating as a functioning unit at the time.Rolling Stone placed it at number 14 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 2009, readers of the magazine also named Abbey Road the greatest Beatles album. (转自维基百科)

First CD reissue of the album.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (often referred to simply as Sgt. Pepper) is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26 May 1967, Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composition, extended form, psychedelic imagery, record sleeves, and the producer in popular music. The album had an immediate cross-generational impact and was associated with numerous touchstones of the era's youth culture, such as fashion, drugs, mysticism, and a sense of optimism and empowerment. Critics lauded the album for its innovations in songwriting, production and graphic design, for bridging a cultural divide between popular music and high art, and for reflecting the interests of contemporary youth and the counterculture.

«Before Sgt. Pepper, no one seriously thought of rock music as actual art. That all changed in 1967, though, when John, Paul, George and Ringo (with "A Little Help" from their friend, producer George Martin) created an undeniable work of art which remains, after 30-plus years, one of the most influential albums of all time. From Lennon's evocative word/sound pictures (the trippy "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," the carnival-like "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite") and McCartney's music hall-styled "When I'm 64," to Harrison's Eastern-leaning "Within You Without You," and the avant-garde mini-suite, "A Day in the Life," Sgt. Pepper was a milestone for both '60s music and popular culture. --Billy Altman»

Credits:

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
Artwork [Cover Staged By] – Jann Haworth, Peter Blake (4)
Artwork [Cover] – M C Productions, The Apple
Artwork [Wax Figures] – Madame Tussauds
Design – Paul Wilkinson (3)
Design Concept [Cd Packaging Design Idea] – Kathryn Varley
Engineer [Recording] – Geoff Emerick
Engineer [Second] – Richard Lush (tracks: 1 to 8, 10 to 13)
Liner Notes – Peter Blake (4)
Liner Notes [Quote] – George Martin
Liner Notes [Words] – Mark Lewisohn
Photography By [Cover] – Michael Cooper (8)
Producer – George Martin
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 13)
℗ 1967 Original Sound Recordings made by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1967 EMI Records Ltd.
© 1987 EMI Records Ltd.

Made in the U.K. (on back cover). Made in Italy (on CD).

Comes in a jewel case enclosed in a cardboard box with a 28 page booklet including Sgt. Pepper's cut-outs.

Track 1 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 10.
Track 2 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 29, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 3 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 8.
Track 4 recording started in studio 2 at abbey Road on March 9, 1967. Album version mixed from take 15.
Track 5 recording started at Regent Sound Studio, Tottemham Court Road, London on February 21, 1967 and later completed at Abbey Road. Album version mixed from take 3.
Track 6 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 17, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 7 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 17, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 8 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on March 22, 1967. Album version mixed from take 2.
Track 9 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on December 6, 1966. Album version mixed from take 4.
Track 10 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey road on February 23, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 11 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on February 8, 1967. Album version mixed from take 11.
Track 12 recording started in studio 1 at Abbey Road on April 1, 1967. Album version mixed from take 9.
Track 13 recording started in studio 2 at Abbey Road on January 19, 1967. Album version mixed from takes 6 & 7.

Black and white photograph courtesy of the Michael Cooper Collection.

The rear of the booklet states all tracks except 8 are by Lennon/McCartney, but the liner notes are more specific.

對，又是1966。對搖滾樂不算短的歷史來說，這是百花齊放、目不暇給的一年。除了Eric Clapton那張驚人的吉他之旅，Beatles出版了Revolver專輯，Bob Dylan出了Blonde on Blonde專輯，都是足以重寫歷史的鉅作。但是現在假如你去問Beatles的巨頭Paul McCartney，1966年最偉大、最值得紀念的專輯是哪一張，他一定會不假思索地告訴你：Beach Boys的Pet Sounds。而且他會雙眼發亮地說：這不僅是1966年最偉大的專輯，也是有史以來最偉大的專輯：「直到現在，我都還是經常放Pet Sounds來聽，並且邊聽邊流淚」。
Pet Sounds的靈感，來自Beatles在前一年推出的專輯Rubber Soul。打從Beatles走紅，Beach Boys的團長Brian Wilson就把他們視為可敬的對手，力圖超越Beatles替流行音樂樹立的高標準。從1965年到1967年，Beatles和Beach Boys的較勁是樂史無比精彩的一頁，也大大拓寬了流行音樂的可能性。這段時期的搖滾樂，正從簡單的青少年流行音樂逐漸轉變成複雜豐富的藝術門類，一群群年輕歌者不斷拓寬搖滾樂的疆域，音樂的內容和形式漸漸可以不受任何拘限，自由發揮。Beach Boys和Beatles都是從單純的泡泡糖音樂起家，而逐漸發展出愈來愈豐富深沈的音樂作品。到了1966年，Beatles早已不再是剛出道時那四個滿臉傻笑的小夥子，Beach Boys也早就揚棄了直來直往的衝浪音樂，而踏入不可思議的豐饒之海了。
然而這場兩大樂團的比試裡，Brian Wilson是吃了大虧的。他必須獨自扛起所有的詞曲創作、唱片製作和大部分的演唱與演奏工作，Beatles卻有John Lennon和Paul McCartney這對無敵搭檔，和George Martin這位功力高強的製作人。最令人驚奇的是，在1966年，Brian Wilson幾乎窮一人之力做出Pet Sounds這張唱片，並且真的超越了Beatles。有那麼一段時間，Brian Wilson在這場比試中打敗了所有人，成為流行樂壇最耀眼的天才。
Pet Sounds在台灣並不好買，但絕對值得上窮碧落下黃泉去找來聽。別被它土俗的封面唬住了，也不要草草聆聽一兩遍就判定它是過氣的音樂。它需要一點點的耐心，就像初聽歌劇和free jazz的時候，你必須調整自己的耳朵，把以前聽過的音樂暫時拋開，專心去體會這裡面層層疊疊的聲響。
在搖滾樂這個光環氾濫成災、滿地都是最高級形容詞的世界裡，Brian Wilson是極少數真正擔得起「天才」這個頭銜的人物之一。在Pet Sounds的製作過程中，他延攬了最優秀的樂手進錄音間，現場指揮調度各種聲效和音樂的進行，彷彿整個錄音室就是一個可以任他揉捏塑造的樂器。Wilson在Pet Sounds把多軌錄音的技藝發揮到極致，美妙的聲音一層疊著一層，交融出來的聲響，美得不像這個世界製造出來的。這也是專輯名稱的由來：他把種種聲音元素當成「寵物」在把玩，呈現給聽眾的，便是這些他最心愛的這些「寵物聲音」。
當然，Pet Sounds並沒有變成Wilson的個人專輯（儘管它在精神上是如此）。Beach Boys最令人印象深刻的特色︰美絕的合音，在這張專輯裡達到了前無古人的高峰，只能以「天籟」形容。在1996年出版的Pet Sounds紀念盒裝專輯中，你可以聽到整張專輯撤去所有樂器的清唱版，那確實是足以在上帝的耳畔播放的歌聲。
Brian Wilson窮其一生都沒能做出超越Pet Sounds的專輯。他在聽了Beatles的新作Revolver之後，陷入自我超越的巨大壓力，在他心目中足以幹倒Revolver的專輯尚未完成之時，Beatles已經接著推出了他們的曠世鉅作Sgt. Pepper，其中許多元素都是從Pet Sounds汲取的靈感。可憐的Brian Wilson在迷幻藥和創作壓力的交逼之下陷入瓶頸，幾度精神崩潰，甚至自殺未遂。這位曠古難見的天才從此過著低調隱居的生活，Pet Sounds那樣的巔峰之作，遂為絕響。
不過我們已經有了Pet Sounds，人生畢竟不該太貪心的。
马世芳
2001年1月 CHEERS雜誌