Frank Gambale / A Present For The Future [Legato / 1002]

■オリジナル／US盤。
■盤質：B／目立つ深いキズ無く良好品。
■ジャケット：B／角傷みあるが抜け裂け割れ等無く概ね良好品。

オーストラリア出身のギタリスト、フランクギャンバレのソロ2作目となる1987年作品。アランホールズワースやイングヴェイマルムスティーンにも匹敵する超絶技巧。お得意のスウィープピッキングも聴ける。ちょうど80年代ブームである今の耳で聴くと、逆に新鮮かつドンピシャな最新サウンドで最高にカッコ良い。バックには、ジョンパティトゥッチ、ケイ赤城、スティーヴリード、トムコスター等が参加。

A1 Lazy Passion
A2 Spike's Song
A3 Stephanie
A4 Resident Alien
B1 The Natives Are Restless
B2 Legends (Dedicated To Chick Corea)
B3 The Tardis

Guitar, Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Mixed By, – Frank Gambale
Bass – Frank Gambale (tracks: B1), Steve Kershisnik (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
Bass [Solo] – John Patitucci (tracks: B2)
Drums – Jack Kelly (tracks: A1 to B2), Steve Smith (tracks: B2)
Electric Piano [Real Rhodes] – Kei Akagi (tracks: B2)
Flute – Steve Tavaglione (tracks: B2)
Harp [Electric Harp] – Stephanie Bennett (tracks: A3)
Keyboards – Frank Gambale (tracks: A1,A4), Kei Akagi (tracks: A2), Tom Coster (tracks: A3)
Percussion – Steve Reid (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3)
Soprano Saxophone – Steve Tavaglione (tracks: A4)
Synthesizer – Tom Coster (tracks: B1)
Synthesizer [Guitar Synth.] – Frank Gambale (tracks: A2 to B2)
Tenor Saxophone – Steve Tavaglione (tracks: A1 to A3, B3)
Engineer – Alan Hirshberg, Jon Googenheim
Executive Producer – Mark Varney
Mastered By – Jeff Sanders
Mixed By – Alan Hirshberg (tracks: B2), Robert Biles (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)