Delaney & Bonnie & Friends / Motel Shot (US, Atco Records, SD-33-358) <1971>

Delaney & Bonnie / Motel Shot (US, Atco, SD 33-358) <March 1971>
(ONE) ST-C-712119AA-MO △15724
(TWO) ST-C-712120-AA-MO △16724-×

デラニー＆ボニーの4作目。スタジオ・ライヴのような形で録音されたようです。

"Motel Shot" is the fourth studio album by Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, released in 1971. The album, their third for Atco/Atlantic (catalog no. SD 33-358) and fifth overall, is a mostly acoustic set. The album's title refers to the impromptu, sometimes late-night, jam sessions pursued by touring musicians when on the road.

In the liner notes, Delaney Bramlett dedicates the album to "My mom who sang alto." Bonnie Bramlett wrote "If this album can make one person feel half of what I felt on this session, then I am happy. It is to all of you with love."

The album reached #65 on the Billboard album chart, and includes Delaney and Bonnie's biggest chart single, "Never Ending Song of Love", which peaked at #13. "Never Ending Song of Love" would immediately become a popular tune to cover, with hit versions being recorded by The New Seekers and Dickey Lee at the same time as Delaney & Bonnie's version (each becoming a hit in different markets) and the Osmond Brothers having a minor hit with it a decade later.

Guest musicians on the album include Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Clarence White, Gram Parsons and Bobby Whitlock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY-XKMzULIo&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2s5TxB4d4c9h8Y5B0LXgsm

"Where The Soul Never Dies"

To Canaan's land I'm on my way
Where the soul (of man) never dies
My darkest night will turn to day
Where the soul (of man) never dies

[lead]
No sad farewells
No tear dimmed eyes
Where all is love
And the soul never dies

[tenor]
Dear friends there'll be no sad farewells
There'll be no tear-dimmed eyes
Where all is peace and joy and love
And the soul of man never dies

The rose is blooming there for me
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And I will spend eternity
Where the soul (of man) never dies

The love light beams across the foam
Where the soul (of man) never dies
It shines and lights the way to home
Where the soul (of man) never dies

My life will end in deathless sleep
Where the soul (of man) never dies
And everlasting joys I'll reap
Where the soul (of man) never dies

I'm on my way to that fair land
Where the soul (of man) never dies
Where there will be no parting hand
Where the soul (of man) never dies

ゴスペル色の強いLeon Russellのピアノが素晴らしいです。