「ブラジルの声」と呼ばれるシンガー・ソングライター、ミルトン・ナシメント。 聴くものを魅了してやまない圧巻の歌声と、教会音楽、ブラジル・ミナス州のフォークロア、ジャズ、ビートルズなどの影響が渾然一体となったワン&オンリーなコンポジションで、1960 年代に鮮烈にデビューするやいなやブラジルを代表するミュージシャンにまで上り詰めた音楽家である。 その影響力はブラジルにとどまらず、1960 年代後半から北米でも活躍し、ハービー・ハンコックやウェイン・ショーター、パット・メセニー、ポール・サイモンらと共演。90 年代以降も 1972年に残した名作『Clube da Esquina』を筆頭に、世界中の音楽家、音楽ファン、DJに再発見され るなど多くの人々に愛されてきた。 　このたびリリースされる本作『Ultimo Trem (1980)』は、昨年末に発売された『Maria Maria(1976)』と同じく、ミルトンが盟友フェルナンド・ブランチとともにバレエのためのサウンドトラックとして録音したもの。タイトルは当時の軍事政権が閉鎖した鉄道線のに因んだもので、ミナス・ジェライス州北東部の町を海岸につなぐ鉄道線が閉鎖された影響で地域全体が衰退したのだという。 　未発表・未CD化といった類の録音は、資料的価値はあるものの内容はイマイチということもままあるが、前作『Maria Maria』と同様に、本作は内容的にも非常に充実しているのが何よりの特徴だろう。録音当時は心身ともにミルトンがもっとも充実していた時期。またナナ・ヴァスコ ンセロス、ジョアン・ドナート、パウリーニョ・ジョビン、ソン・イマジナリオのメンバーら、さながらオールスターともいえる面子で録音されている。だからと言ってひたすら豪奢なアレンジというわけでなく、よりシンプルに楽曲やミルトンの声に焦点を当てた結果、「Saídas eBandeiras」や「Ponta de Areia」といった人気曲が決定版とも言うべき名演で収められている。 　圧倒的な存在感を放つ歌声で、世界中の音楽家・音楽ファンを魅了してきた「ブラジルの声」ことミルトン・ナシメント。そんな彼の真骨頂、そしてブラジル音楽黄金期の粋ともいえる部分をたっぷりと堪能できる、真のマスターピースを収めた本作。これはブラジル音楽ファンならずとも絶対に持っておきたい作品だ。 First time on vinyl!Following the release of Milton Nascimento's Maria Maria, Far Out Recordings proudly presents Nascimento's 1980 follow up.With the success of Maria Maria in 1976 behind them, Nascimento reunited with his writing partner Fernando Brant in 1980 to produce another ballet, 'Ultimo Trem (Last train)'.This time, they chose to tackle a more contemporarily relevant subject, the impact of the closure of a train line that connected certain towns and cities in the North East of Minas Gerais to the coast."The military government shut down the route and the whole region began to fade away," explains Milton."I love train rides" adds the composer, "But today there are almost no trains to Brazil.So when I go to the US and Europe, any time I can, I go by train.The longer the journey the better." Featuring much of the same all-star line-up as Maria Maria - including legendary Brazilian musicians Nana Vasconcelos, Joao Donato, Paulinho Jobim and members of Som Imaginario, amongst many others, like Maria Maria, the album holds what Milton himself considers to be the definitive versions of some of his most beloved tracks, including 'Saidas E Bandeiras' and 'Ponte de Areia'. The title track, 'Ultimo Trem' - performed exquisitely by ZezE Mota with a choir and piano - is a mournful lament about the human consequences of the axed line.The ballet brought great media attention to the campaign against closure."Most of Fernando's lyrics have some political tone," says Milton, "This one helped the area a lot because the politicians grew concerned about the subjects." Fernando's and Milton's shared passion for the sounds, smells and memories of trains, inspired the soundtrack for the production which premiered in 1980.'A Viagem (The trip)', launched with a train's steam whistle, sees Milton's guitar moving to a train's rhythm.In contrast to the usual lyricism, 'Bicho Homen (Beastly man)' and 'Decreto (Degree)' are atypically upbeat and funky, their vocals a mesh of wordless male voices resembling the then fashionable Swingles Singers' renderings of Bach.'E Dai? (And so what?)', and 'Olho d'Agua (Water's Eye)' were both drawn from 'Clube Da Esquina'.'Olho d'Agua' is mellow and delicate and Milton's homage to the great voices of Brazil whilst 'E Dai? (And so what?)' is a stunning mosaic of voices.The unusual 'O Velho (The Old Man)' conjures up an image of an old shaman singing alone into the wind against the cries of nature.Perhaps the most affecting songs are Nascimento's 'Itamarandiba' and 'OraCao (Prayer)'.The latter is a cry for a change in the situation whilst 'Itamarandiba' ends with an upbeat, whirling Hammond organ and guitar timepiece.The closing track 'Ponta de Areia (Sand Edge)', was based on one of Fernando's newspaper stories and became one of Milton's most famous pieces, covered by musicians across the planet, including Wayne Shorter and Earth, Wind and Fire.It reappeared as a ghostly 45-seconds memory on the 'Milton e Gil' album, his millennial collaboration with Gilberto Gil. After 27 years of being locked inside contracts and record company legalities, these sublime songs were finally released in 2003 as a double CD package, along with Maria Maria.Set for its first ever vinyl release for this year's Record Store Day, on limited edition red vinyl, Ultimo Trem sounds as fresh and relevant now as when Brazilian music was still a South American secret. TRACKLIST A1.ABERTURA: MINAS Novelli Arlequim - 5.48 A2.PONTE DE AREIA (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 5.58 A3.POVO DA RACA BRASIL (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 5.22 B1.A VIAGEM (Milton Nascimento) - 4.09 B2.ENCONTROS E DESPEDIDAS (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 2.10 B3.A LUA GIROU AdaptaCao de Milton Nascimento sobre tema folclorico - 3.34 B4.BICHO HOMEN (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 2.39 B5.DECRETO (Milton Nascimento) - 2.25 B6.OLHA D'AGUA (Paulo Jobim/Ronaldo Bastos) - 4.29 C1.uLTIMO TREM (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 4.29 C2.E DAi? (Milton Nascimento/Ruy Guerra) - 5.12 C3.SAiDAS E BANDEIRAS (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 3.47 C4.O VELHO (Milton Nascimento) - 1.49 D1.BOLA DE MEIA, BOLA DE GUDE (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 2.51 D2.ORACaO (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 1.28 D3.ITAMARANDIBA (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 2.47 D4.ROUPA NOVA (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 5.27 D5.PONTE DE AREIA (Milton Nascimento/Fernando Brant) - 4.10 （メーカーオンフォメーションより） （RSDインフォメーションより） Event: RSD DROPS 2020 Release Date: 8/29/2020 Format: Double LP (Red Coloured Vinyl) Label: Far Out Recordings Release type: RSD Drops Aug 29th ★この商品はJEUGIA[Basic.]から発送いたします。 ★掲載の商品は店頭や他のECサイトでも並行して販売しております。 在庫情報の更新には最大限の努力をしておりますが、 ご注文が完了しましても売り切れでご用意できない場合がございます。 その際はご注文をキャンセルさせていただきますので、予めご了承くださいませ。 ★輸入品の場合、レーベルやレコードにスリキズがある場合がございます。 予め商品特性をご理解の上、お求めください。PLAYに支障がある場合のみ交換対応致します。