Charlie Dore / Where to Now ('79)

A1	Pilot of the Airwaves	B1	Fear of Flying
A2	Falling	B2	Wise Owl
A3	Sad Old World	B3	Hula Valley
A4	Where to Now	B4	Pickin' Apples
A5	Sleepless	B5	Sweetheart

「お前なんかにゃ1発もやらせないよ」とでも言いたげな、ジャケット写真の表情が素敵です。見て下さいよこの仏頂面。リスナーに媚びるつもりは毛頭なさそうな雰囲気。

　イギリスの女流SSWのデビュー・アルバム。
　甘くて、酸っぱい、何とも味のある声で歌うんだこれが。

　A面がロンドン録音。B面がナッシュビル録音。
　どちらかというと、私はB面の方が好き。B3のぐったり感が心に残ります。

　いずれにせよ、どの曲も歌心あふれるメロディでいっぱい。この女はもっともっと評価されていいと思います。

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Produced by Bruce Welch and Alan Tarney
B2, B3 and B4 Produced by Audie Ashworth

Recorded: R. G. Jones (London)
Engineer: Nick Sykes
Assisted by John Madden
Crazy Mamas (Nashville, Tenn.)
Engineer: Ronny Light

B1 Recorded Air London and Roundhouse Studios (London)
A2 Recorded EMI Abbey Road and R. G. Jones (London)

Mixed: Roundhouse Studios (London)
Engineer: Ashley Howe
Assisted by Julian Cooper
Engineers: Mike Stone and Ronny Light
B2, B3 and B4 Mixed: Record Plant (Los Angeles)
Remix: B3 and B4 at Sound Techniques (London) by Joe Boyd and John Wood

Players
All Lead Vocals by Charle Dore
Alan Tarney: Guitars, Keyboards, Bass, Backing Vocals
Trevor Spencer: Drums
Julian Littman: Mandolin
Mel Collins: Saxophone
Gary Taylor: Bass, Backing Vocal on A1
Cliff Hall: Keybords on A2
Charlie Dore: Backing Vocals

Nashville Players
Dale Sellars: Electric Guitar
Reggie Young: Electric Guitar
Sonny Curtis: Electric Guitar
Julian Littman: Acoustic Guitar
Bobby Wood: Keyboards
David Briggs: Keyboards
Tommy Cogbill: Bass
Mike Leech: Bass
Jerry Carrigan: Drums, Percussion
Karl Himmel: Drums
Charlie McCoy: Harmonica
Larry Sasser: Lap Steel
Jerry Roberts: Accordion
Farrell Morris: Percussion
Shelly Kurland and Roy Christiansen: Strings
Johnny Christopher, Julian Littman and Charlie Dore: Backing Vocals