Billy Preston / A Whole New Thing (US, A&M Records, SP 4656) <14 July 1977> その①

Billy Preston / A Whole New Thing (US, A&M Records, SP 4656) <14 July 1977> その①
(1) SP-5049-M-3 　△22747(3)
(2) SP-5050-M1 　△22747-×(4)
もう一枚持っていますが、そちらはマトが
(1) SP-5049-P1
(2) SP-5050-P2 　　　　でした。

Billy Prestonと言えばThe BeatlesのGet Back Session期への参加やアップル・レコードからの2作品が有名ですが、音楽的なピークはA&M時代になると言われています。A&M 時代には、1971年から1977まで律儀に1年1枚・合計7枚、以下の作品を残しています。

I Wrote a Simple Song (1971)
Music Is My Life (1972)
Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music (1973)
The Kids & Me (1974)
It's My Pleasure (1975)
Billy Preston (1976)
A Whole New Thing (1977)

本作品はA&Mからの最後の作品。あまり評価されていませんが、十分聴き応えあります。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FuoCSd8h-8

"A Whole New Thing"

It's the beginning of a whole new thing
It's the beginning, yes it is, of a whole new thing
My head is together and I'm feeling queasy
Believe me when I tell you people that it was never easy

I couldn't create cause some people all around me didn't want to see me make it
Me and my friend talkin' deep within sayin' that we can't afford to take it
I know in life everybody gets a chance most times but people blow it
But I've got a field full of green green grass, sit back and watch me grow it

It's the beginning, yes it is, of a whole new thing
It's the beginning of a whole new thing
My head is together and I'm feeling queasy
Believe me when I tell you people that it was never easy

They lock all the doors and do away the keys, said I had to make a choice
Said that this was a family affair only I didn't have a voice
They kicked me around and they called me names, said son, you'll never make it
But I emerged like I knew that I could, from there I was able to shake it

Me and my friends, we party hardy