The Rocking Tenor Sax Of Eddie Chamblee
昨晩は川崎へ．高円寺，川崎，蒲田にそれぞれある中古レコード屋 (全部別のお店ですが) の店長さん三人衆と共に飲み会． 今回もいろいろと業界事情について興味深い話を聞くことができました．
Yesterday night I went to Kawasaki to have a drink with three managers of vintage used LP shops (at Kouenji, Kawasaki and Kamata) - we could have a very enjoyable time and I could hear about some intersting “inside stories” in the used-vinyl-shops industries.
![[PRLP-7321 Front Cover]](/shaolin/img/PRLP7321.jpg)
(Prestige PRLP-7321)
その宴会に突入する前に，その川崎のお店でエサ箱あさり．愛聴盤のオリジナルモノーラル盤を発見したので，盤質チェック & 試聴後に購入．
Just before the drink party, I was at the vinyl shop at Kawasaki, browsing tons of stocks. Then I happened to find an original issue of one of my favourite LPs - I checked the platter's condition, auditioned the sound, then I decided to buy the one.
ええ，あの Eddie Chamblee の Prestige 盤です．EmArcy や Black & Blue といったレーベルにもアルバムを数枚残されていますが，ブリブリホンカーとしての本領は，この 1964年に吹き込まれたオルガントリオで最も発揮されているといって良いでしょう．A-1 “The Honeydripper” (あの Joe Riggins のカヴァーバージョンです) の急速超絶ホンキングが余りにも有名ですが，その他のスローなコテコテバラードにもかなりベタベタな味があります．
Yes, this is the LP on Prestige label by that Eddie Chamblee recorded in 1964 - he also had recorded his leader albums on such labels as EmArcy and Black & Blue, but this Prestige LP would be his best album capturing the cream of his honking sax. The most famous track, A-1 “The Honeydripper” (a cover version of Joe Riggins' famous track), is an awesome up-tempo rocker with ultrafast honking. Other tracks including swingy slow ballads are also fine - his moody tenor with slap tongue and high notes are somewhat erotic.
ハモンドの Dayton Selby さん．超絶技巧のソウルプレーヤーとはちょっと違い，あくまでコテコテ系サックスのバックに徹しておられる様に感じられます．しかし，それはそれでもの凄い味になってるところが脱帽．
Dayton Selby plays the hammond in the background - in my humble ears his style is not the kind of transcendentally-fast-moving fingers with soulful sounds. But his sound is truly compatible with Eddie Chamblee's honking sax - his organ is significantly remarkable!
![[PRLP-7321 Label]](/shaolin/img/PRLP7321A.jpg)
さて，レーベル面ですが，予想に反して 203 South Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ の黄色レーベル黒印刷でした．一般には，このタイプのレーベルは 7320番まで使われ，短期間だけ使われた金色レーベルの後に例の紺色レーベルへと推移した，とされています．けれどもこの盤は確かに黄色レーベル．ということで本当の区切りはどこになるのかは微妙ですね．移行ぎりぎりのリリースであることは間違いないようです．
As for the label on the platter, it is Yellow label with black print and “203 South Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ” address printed on top - it was against my expectation. Generally it is said that this Yellow label was used from 7141 thru 7320, then short-lived gold label followed, then the famous dark blue label was used. But this copy I acquired this time, actually has yellow label. Anyway this PRLP-7321 is one of the "in-the-middle-of-transition" releases I guess.
Eddie Chamblee (ts), Dayton Selby (org), Al Griffin (ds).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
on February 27, 1964.