Roy Buchanan / In The Beginning [Polydor / PD 6035]

■US-Original／赤ラベル。
■盤質：B／目立つキズ無く良好品。
■ジャケット：B／抜け裂け割れ等無く良好品。

「世界で最高の無名ギタリスト」という異名を持つロイブキャナンの4作目にあたる1974年作品。R&Bやゴスペル系の黒っぽい楽曲が多く、ロイのギターも自然でリラックスした名演が聴ける。聴くほどにジワジワと味が出てくるようなアルバム。

A1 Rescue Me
A2 I'm A Ram
A3 In The Beginning
A4 CC Ryder
B1 Country Preacher
B2 You're Killing My Love
B3 She Can't Say No
B4 Wayfairing Pilgrim

Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Saxophone [Solos] – Lenny Pickett
Baritone Saxophone – Stephen Kupka
Bass – Kenny Tibbetts
Congas – Armando Peraza
Drums – Bill Stewart (6)
Engineer – Bob Edwards, Kurt Kinzel
Engineer, Tambourine – Tom Flye
Guitar – Roy Buchanan
Keyboards, Arranged By – Neil Larsen
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig, George Horn
Producer, Keyboards – Ed Freeman
Synthesizer – Jim Romeyn
Tenor Saxophone – Mimi Castillo
Trumpet, Arranged By – Greg Adams
Trumpet, Trombone – Mic Gillette
Vocals – Bill Sheffield