*** LP ： USA 1959 / HiFi / SR 412 ***
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B+ / B+
ジャケット：四隅スレ。四辺スレ、背表紙下部5cmほどハゲ。正面は薄スレ、薄汚れ、プロモスタンプ。裏面はシミ、薄汚れ、プロモスタンプ。
ディスク：レーベルはヒゲが少々。盤面は薄スレ多めですが傷はありません。ざっとつまみ聴き試聴しました。軽いチリプチやバックグラウンドノイズ、散発的なプツ音は出るものの普通に鑑賞できると思います。

ザ・コーチメンの59年デビュー作「ヒア・カム・ザ・コーチメン！」。
サンフランスコの3人組フォーク・グループ。59年というのはブラザーズ・フォーとかPPMより早いレコードデビューですね。もちろんディランもまだデビュー前です。
まるで20年後のパンク・バンドを先取りしたような秀逸なジャケット・デザインがとても素敵で目を引きます。音の方も当時としては斬新なものでした。今の感覚では古臭い音なんだけれどたまにはこういうのもいいのでは？

米国オリジナル盤。











[A]
BALD MOUNTAIN (2:07)
　The Coachmen's heroic attempts at writing a work song went astray as their natural tendencies took over . . . thus, a play song was born.
THOSE BROWN EYES (2:52)
　The Coachmen would like to dedicate this song to all girls with brown eyes . . . also blue eyes, green eyes, hazel eyes, grey eyes . . .
JOHN HARDY (2:02)
　Who actually lived during the 1800's, was guilty of shooting a man over a card game bet. He will probably go down in history as the world's worst loser as the bet was only 25?.
SALLY DON'T YOU GRIEVE (1:54)
　This original song by Woody Guthrie with verses by Malvina Reynolds, describes the only half-painful farewell to Sally by her roving, half-hearted lover, who went off to find other Sallys.
LIFE'S BUT A DRAM (2:05)
　One of the most lyrical of the many moonshiner ballads.
GOIN' DOWN THE ROAD (1:49)
　A hardship tale of the dust bowl days. The Coachmen point out that the dust bowl wasn't the scene of a New Year's Day football game.
BOLL WEEVIL (2:02)
　Fruitless efforts by the cotton workers to conquer the boll weevil caused them to sing about this uninvited pest instead.
[B]
DARLIN' CORY (1:28)
　Tells of the most famous of all female moonshiners.
COME LITTLE DONKEY (2:18)
　Tells of a man who hastily but imprudently bought a donkey instead of a horse and wished he hadn't.
DONE LAID AROUND (1:30)
　This song recently became popular after it was stolen from The Coachmen, as they had been doing it for months before that. . . ever since they stole it from the Weavers.
PIG KNUCKLES (1:21)
　According to the song, pig knuckles and rice seems to be the answer to every problem in the Caribbean.
PRETTY POLLY (1:42)
　An original mountain song by The Coachmen (written at the top of Twin Peaks, S.F.)
MARRY IN THE FALL (1:46)
　Based on an old ballad, with new lyrics and melody written by The Coachmen.
EVERYBODY LOVES SATURDAY NIGHT (1:09)
Originating in Nigeria in protest to the British curfew, the song spread to every country. The Coachmen, with their "fantastic" linguistic ability, manage to portray the Nigerian, Spanish, French and English.