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ケヴィン・エアーズ(Kevin Ayers)の5CDボックス・セット『The Harvest Years 1969-1974』が英国で4月23日発売予定。
本ボックスは、エアーズが1969年から1974年にかけてハーヴェスト・レーベルに残した音源を集めたもの。69年発表の1stソロ『Joy of a Toy』をはじめ、70年作『Shooting At The Moon』、72年『Whatevershebringswesing』、73年『Bananamour』といったオリジナル・アルバム収録曲はもちろんのこと、BBCセッション音源を中心にしたボーナス・トラックも多数収録。またディスク5には、アイランド・レコードから74年に発表された『The Confessions Of Dr Dream and Other Stories』がボーナス・トラックを追加して収録されます。
●『The Harvest Years 1969-1974』
[CD 1:Joy of a Toy]
1. Joy of a Toy Continued (2003 - Remaster)
2. Town Feeling (2003 - Remaster)
3. The Clarietta Rag (2003 - Remaster)
4. Girl On a Swing (2003 - Remaster)
5. Song for Insane Times (2003 - Remaster)
6. Stop This Train (Again Doing It) (2003 - Remaster)
7. Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her) (2003 - Remaster)
8. The Lady Rachel (2003 - Remaster)
9. Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong (2003 - Remaster)
10. All This Crazy Gift of Time (2003 - Remaster)
11. Singing a Song in the Morning (2003 - Remaster)
12. Clarence in Wonderland (Top Gear Session)
13. Stop This Train (Top Gear Session)
14. Why Are We Sleeping (Top Gear Session)
15. You Say You Like My Hat (Top Gear Session)
[CD 2:Shooting At The Moon]
1. May I? (2003 - Remaster)
2. Rheinhardt and Geraldine / Colores Para Dolores (2003 - Remaster)
3. Lunatics Lament (2003 - Remaster)
4. Pisser Dans Un Violon (2003 - Remaster)
5. The Oyster and the Flying Fish (2003 - Remaster)
6. Underwater (2003 - Remaster)
7. Clarence in Wonderland (2003 - Remaster)
8. Red Green and You Blue (2003 - Remaster)
9. Shooting At the Moon (2003 - Remaster)
10. Butterfly Dance (2003 - Remaster)
11. Puis Je? (2003 - Remaster)
12. Gemini Child (Alan Black Session)
13. Lady Rachel (Alan Black Session)
14. Shooting At the Moon (Alan Black Session)
15. Derby Day (BBC Top Gear Session 9 June 1970)
16. Interview (BBC Top Gear Session 9 June 1970)
17. We Did It Again / Murder in the Air (BBC Top Gear Session 9 June 1970)
[CD 3:Whatevershebringswesing]
1. There Is Loving/Among Us/There Is Loving (2003 - Remaster)
2. Margaret (2003 - Remaster)
3. Oh My (2003 - Remaster)
4. Song from the Bottom of a Well (2003 - Remaster)
5. Whatevershebringswesing (2003 - Remaster)
6. Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes (2003 - Remaster)
7. Champagne Cowboy Blues (2003 - Remaster)
8. Lullaby (2003 - Remaster)
9. Stars (2003 - Remaster)
10. Fake Mexican Tourist Blues (2003 - Remaster)
11. Lunatic's Lament (Bob Harris Session)
12. Oyster and the Flying Fish (Bob Harris Session)
13. Butterfly Dance (Bob Harris Session)
14. Whatevershebringswesing (Bob Harris Session)
15. Falling in Love Again (Bob Harris Session)
16. Queen Thing (Bob Harris Session)
[CD 4:Bananamour]
1. Don't Let It Get You Down (2003 - Remaster)
2. Shouting in a Bucket Blues (2003 - Remaster)
3. When Your Parents Go to Sleep (2003 - Remaster)
4. Interview (2003 - Remaster)
5. Internotional Anthem (2003 - Remaster)
6. Decadence (2003 - Remaster)
7. Oh! Wot a Dream (2003 - Remaster)
8. Hymn (2003 - Remaster)
9. Beware of the Dog (2003 - Remaster)
10. Connie On a Rubber Band (2003 - Remaster)
11. Caribbean Moon (2003 - Remaster)
12. Take Me to Tahiti (2003 - Remaster)
13. Interview (BBC Bob Harris Session 11 April 1973)
14. Oh! What a Dream (BBC Bob Harris Session 11 April 1973)
15. Shouting in a Bucket Blues (BBC Bob Harris Session 11 April 1973)
[CD 5:The Confessions Of Dr Dream and Other Stories]
1. Day By Day (2009 - Remaster)
2. See You Later (2009 - Remaster)
3. Didn't Feel Lonely 'til I Thought of You (2009 - Remaster)
4. Everybody's Sometime and Some People's All the Time Blues (2009 - Remaster)
5. It Begins With a Blessing/Once I Awakened/But It Ends With a Curse (2008 - Remaster)
6. Ballbearing Blues (2008 - Remaster)
7. The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Irreversible Neural Damage (2008 - Remaster)
8. The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Invitation (2009 - Remaster)
9. The Confessions of Doctor Dream: The One Chance Dance (2009 - Remaster)
10. The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Doctor Dream Theme (2009 - Remaster)
11. Two Goes Into Four (2009 - Remaster)
12. The Up Song (2008 - Remaster)
13. After the Show (2005 - Remaster)
14. Thank You Very Much (2005 - Remaster)
15. Another Whimsical Song (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)
16. The Lady Rachel (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)
17. Stop This Train (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)
18. Didn't Feel Lonely 'til I Thought of You (BBC Radio One's ''John Peel Show'' 30/7/74)