Jackson Browne / Jackson Browne (US, Asylum Records, SD 5051) <January 1972> MAT ; -BBB / -AAA [type 2]

Jackson Browne / Jackson Browne (US, Asylum Records, SD 5051) <January 1972> MAT ; -BBB / -AAA [type 2]
(SIDE ONE) ST-AS-712383-BBB-1-1-11 D AT
(SIDE TWO) ST-AS-712384-AAA-1-11 D AT

記念すべきジャクソン・ブラウンのデビュー作。

オリジナル・プロモ（AA/AA）は通常通りに側面からレコードを入れます（type 1）。その次のマト（BBB/AAA）も最初は側面からレコードを入れるようですが(type 2)、同一マト（B/C）は「側面からレコードを入れる」(type 3)から「上からレコードを入れる；top loader（トップ・オープン）」と呼ばれる仕様に変更されます(type 4)。

その後、いわゆるオリジナル盤はご存じの通りtop loader仕様で発売され、再発盤からは側面から入れる仕様に戻りました。

このレコのマトは（BBB/AAA）で、しかもサイドから入れる、言うなればプロモの「type 2」です。
（この「type 1-4 」という表現は、僕が勝手に名付けただけです）

ヒゲほぼなし、ラベルのシミ少しで、A-2にキズがあるものの、ほかはスレ・キズが乏しい、良い状態でした。いっぽうジャケは結構ボロボロ。満足いくレコを探すのは難しいものですね。この作品のジャケの素材はニール・ヤングの「ハーヴェスト」と似た素材で、いい状態のものを見かけることが滅多にありません。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnIDTEwxWo

"Song For Adam"

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him well
He was alone into his distance
He was deep into his well
I could guess what he was laughing at, but I couldn't really tell
Now the story's told that Adam jumped, but I've been thinking that he fell

Together we went traveling, as we received the call
His destination India, and I had none at all
Well, I still remember laughing with our backs against the wall
So free of fear, we never thought that one of us might fall

I sit before my only candle, but it's so little light to find my way
Now this story unfolds before my candle
Which is shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
But I feel just like a candle in the way
I guess I'll get there, but I wouldn't say for sure

When we parted we were laughing still, as our goodbyes were said
And I never heard from him again as each our lives we led
Except for once in someone else's letter that I read
Until I heard the sudden word that a friend of mine was dead

I sit before my only candle, like a pilgrim sits beside the way
Now this journey appears before my candle
As a song that's growing fainter the harder that I play
But I fear before I end I'll fade away
But I guess I'll get there, though I wouldn't say for sure

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
And when I stood myself beside him, I never thought I was as strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong

I'm holding out my only candle, though it's so little light to find my way
Now this story's been laid beneath my candle
And it's shorter every hour as it reaches for the day
Yes, I feel just like a candle in the way
I hope I'll get there, but I never pray

アルバム発表当時、ローリング・ストーン誌に掲載されたレビューです。
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/jackson-browne-98920/