Velvet Darkness
- 艺人
- Allan Holdsworth
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Columbia Records
- 发行时间
- 1977年02月14日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by John W. Patterson
This debut solo release by Allan Holdsworth has an &in the raw,& coarsely presented, jam-session quality complete with warts and all, as well as real gems of jazz fusion shining through. A first hearing of this release in its vinyl version might provoke laughter at how really bad it sounds compared to Holdsworth's other releases as well as his playing with other groups. As it turns out, Holdsworth himself abhors this release (considering it &a real terrible disaster&), and has taken legal action and had it removed from production for several reasons. The original label used rehearsal tapes to compile it, deeming it unnecessary to finance real sessions. During the recording session, Holdsworth had to hurry through each song and apparently never obtained the masters to go over before release. In essence, the original release was nothing more than a taped rehearsal, packaged by CTI as an album without Holdsworth's permission. This recording has been bootlegged by label after label, none of the musicians involved ever saw any royalties, and no legal paperwork exists. (The recording's known labels and release/re-release dates include CTI Records [1976], King Records [1976], Epic Associated Records [CD, 1990], King Records [Japanese-only CD, 1994], and CTI Records [Japanese-only CD, 1997]. Velvet Darkness was also released in 1997 on an unknown label in Japan as a bootleg CD; an original copy of the vinyl LP album had been transferred to the CD.) This 1990 release with alternate takes (just more pieces dredged up from the jam-session practice tapes) is indeed an interesting snapshot of young stellar musicians doing their thing in a laid-back but energetic fusion-funk-rock groove. It is for all the above reasons that this is indeed a completist/collectors item nowadays. Included are the now very rare recordings of Holdsworth playing acoustic guitar and violin, which he does very well. The alternate take of &Gattox& is a special treat, featuring Holdsworth soloing with an intensity and emotive power that echoes all the best dynamics jazz fusion could offer in the '70s. Obtaining this release second-hand is probably the only and most proper way to find it now.
最新简评（共7条）
- @总在灵魂深处藏了一些喜悲(行到水穷我才开始害怕，夕...)：♂
- @XII(过滤)：Unfortunately, rather than afford Holdsworth a proper recording opportunity, CTI instead released Velvet Darkness, a recording of a rehearsal session. This incident was the first of many throughout Holdsworth’s career that made him embittered about the music business.
- @XII(过滤)：第一张还是挺保守的
- @邱大立：这张专辑录制于1976年5月底到6月中旬，当时Allan Holdsworth还不满30岁！Allan Holdsworth（1946.8.6_2017.4.15），2017年又陨落的一位爵士乐大师。
- @国子&瓜皮：40年前的作品！严重滴汗！早期的vai也是这个味道，看来学了allan不少东东啊！
- @€(暂无签名~)：真他妈牛逼
- @张守佳(我还没想好要写什么...)："..when CTI Records released a recording of a rehearsal session with which he was involved, passing it off as an official studio album entitled Velvet Darkness. This angered Holdsworth, who says he still loathes the album intensely and wishes it was never made public."