V.A. / Someone Like Me (2LP盤)
<a href="https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/someone-like-me">Someone Like Me Various Artists</a> 『ゴースト・ライダーズ』や『スカイ・ガール』をはじめ目からウロコな良質コンピをコンスタントに手掛けてきたオーストラリアの目利きレーベル「エフィシエント・スペ−ス」からのニュー・リリース。今回は、トータル・コントロールやグリーン・チャイルドなどの活動でおなじみの、エフィシエント・スペ−スの地元メルボルンの至宝アーティスト、マイキー・ヤング選曲のコンピレーション。 シンジケート・オヴ・サウンドのシャーキー、ビッグ・ピンクからの再発で光を浴びたボブ・ヒューズ（B1）、ハートランド・コンソートのギタリストの初期作や後期キャンド・ヒートの中心人物でトゥリー・ピープルのメンバーでもあったジェイムズ・ソーンバリーのソロ（A3）など、マニア垂涎のレア音源に加えて、教会系や知られざるアマチュア・アーティストのインディペンデント盤・自主制作ものと思われる驚きのディスカバリーも多数。フォーキィ、アコースティック、メロウでリラクシン、素朴でジワリ沁みるセピア色のベッドルーム・ポップを満載。 （ディストリビューターインフォメーションより） A humanity-reminding suite of miracle moments, Someone Like Me unites a geographically unbound cast of real people in pursuit of a meaningful connection. Taping their lived experience in economic studios in quiet English counties, Pacific Northwest woodland retreats and the big city bustle of Sydney and Los Angeles, these kindred spirits rendered sheer beauty in the process. Custom pressed folk songs of love, loss and the lord saviour. Illuminating minor works from seasoned players such as former Syndicate Of Sound chart-topper Sharkey and late-era Canned Heat lynchpin James Thornbury, the collection simultaneously honours the fleeting amateurism of hobby musicians. With their one shot at tangible vinyl, freshman Lynne Ann Kingan realised her loose bubblegum rocker on campus time, while U.S. Navy recruit Fred Potts cut his unconditionally serene ballad remotely stationed on a Spanish naval base. Spartan production continues to reign with Jon Betmead's hair-raising gospel, howling into infinite space, and Goldrust's stripped back garden hymn. Throughout the hour-long reflection, faith has an intermittent yet revelatory presence, most overtly with the divine choral soul of Seventh-day Adventist quartet Remnant. More subtly, Gary Ramey and Jim Kennedy both turned to song in their spiritual quests, offering their all to a universal power. An irrefutable compilation cornerstone, the National Office For Black Catholics showcased Charles Murphy's lionhearted account of the Black experience at a 1971 concert. Five years earlier, high school seniors The Superwomen would use their hauntingly angelic harmonies to address racial inequity with a breathless take on ‘Lowlands'. Reaching the furthest corners, Someone Like Me secures the inaugural licence of three homespun masterpieces. Discovered by fluke in the digital haystacks of Youtube and Soundcloud, Jim Huxley's bedroom pop earworm melds peacefully into Charlie Webster's synthesized reverie. Meanwhile, Hollywood's John Agostino introduces us to the bizarre world of tax scam records, with the artist only now learning that his tender psych-folk demos were leaked via a 1977 bootleg. Compiled and lovingly restored by armchair digger Mikey Young (Eddy Current Suppression Ring/The Green Child), Someone Like Me pays due service to seventeen rarefied journals of truth and devotion. Adorned with visual artist Chris Fallon's figure and flora dream extractions, the uniting songbook is further detailed by expansive track-by-track liner notes and a foreword from San Franciscan poet Rod Roland. （Efficient Space） Side A 1. Sharkey / Someone Like Me 2. Lynne Ann Kingan / If You Love Me - Hate Me 3. James Thornbury / So Tan 4. Jim Huxley / Only A Song 5. Charlie Webster / Snodland Side B 1. The Bob Hughes Band / You Broke My Heart 2. Goldrust / Going Yesterday 3. Jim Kennedy / You Are The Reason 4. Jon Betmead / Marie Elene Side C 1. Charles Murphy / The Foot That's Holding Me Down 2. Remnant / I Will Set You Free 3. Fred Potts / Following Rainbows 4. The Superwomen / Lowlands Side D 1. Robison Kaplan Ltd. / Don't Say Goodbye 2. Gary Ramey / You Are His 3. John Agostino / Loss of Love 4. Ritchie Tierney / Please Stop Breaking Me Down Format：2LP Label：Efficient Space (AUS)
