Позапрошлой зимой я думал о том, что неплохо было бы записать что-нибудь с таким названием: "Sane Virgins String Band Plays Jazz & Blues Standards on Suicide". И посвятить это Джонни Эйсу - ритм-н-блюзовому певцу 50-х годов, который застрелился, играя в русскую рулетку за кулисами в антракте своего концерта. Из тематических песен в голову пришли только "Gloomy Sunday", "Trouble in Mind", "St. James Infirmary" (ну, почти в тему) и "Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" - в совсем уж авторской интерпретации. Короче, подумал я об этом - и вскоре забыл. И не вспоминал, пока не наткнулся на два музыкальных альбома, ссылки на которые привожу ниже вместе с короткой аннотацией.



Year: 1997
Style: Folk / Marches
Country: Germany
Label: Trikont
Format: MP3
Quality: CBR 224 kbps
Size: 139 MB (5% recovery record)

Tracklist:

1. VARIOUS: Leichenzug mit Blaskapelle [04:52]
2. BANDA DE TONTONTEPEC: Tres Marias [04:37]
3. AYLER,ALBERT: Our Prayer [04:37]
4. WYATT,ROBERT: Song For Che [03:43]
5. BRASS BAND AND VILLAGE DRUMMERS IN THE FANTIO AREA: A Village Funeral [05:08]
6. TUXEDO BRASS BAND: Nearer Ma God To Thee [02:26]
7. BEGRÄBNISKAPELLE AUS SAIGON: Trauer-Sturmmarsch [05:11]
8. VRIEZE'S, JOPIE KLEIN BAZUIN: Hymn [02:40]
9. BUCK FUNK & REVEREND ANTHONY W. REVES: West Lawn Dirge/Just A Closer Walk With Thee [07:09]
10. BANDA MUSICALE VUCCIRIA,PALERMO: Karfreitagsprozession [03:49]
11. SERBISCHE BLASKAPELLE: Begräbnismelodie [02:01]
12. CENTRAL BAND OF THE RAF: Marche funèbre [05:08]
13. OLYMPIA BRASS BAND: In The Sweet Bye And Bye [04:30]
14. BREUKER,WILLEM KOLLEKTIEF: Ases Death [05:15]
15. SOGENANNTES LINKSRADIKALES BLASORCHESTER: Trauermarsch [03:16]
16. WESTBROOK,MIKE ORCHESTRA: Free As A Bird [01:26]
17. LEWIS,GEORGE EUREKA BRASS BAND: Just A Closer Walk With Thee [03:37]
18. TREME BRASS BAND: The Old Rugged Cross [06:12]
19. WAITS,TOM: Anywhere I lay my head [02:46]



Year: 1997
Style: Folk / Rock
Country: Germany
Label: Trikont
Format: MP3
Quality: CBR 224 kbps
Size: 127 MB (5% recovery record)

Tracklist:

1. BEASTS OF BOURBON: Rest In Peace [03:16]
2. LUNCH,LYDIA: Gloomy [03:01]
3. MENDOZA,LYDIA: La Boda Negra [02:55]
4. DWORAK,EDITH UND KARL (DIE PEPI WICHART SCHRAMMELN): Stellt's meine Ross in Stall [02:35]
5. MIRANDA SEX GARDEN: Gush Forth My Tears [02:14]
6. CONFRATERNITE DELLE VOCI CASTELSARDO: Miserere funebre [03:08]
7. NICO: My Only Child [03:31]
8. REED,LOU: Goodbye Mass [04:21]
9. TRIO EXVOCO: Totenklage [01:41]
10. VARIOUS: Serbischer Leichenschmaus [03:26]
11. STEIRISCHE GRABSÄNGERINNEN: Traget mich zu meinem Grabe [01:11]
12. BULAWAYO CHURCH CHOIR: Funeral Song [01:43]
13. HOLIDAY,BILLIE: Strange Fruit [03:05]
14. WILSON,CASSANDRA: Death Letter [04:12]
15. GETO BOYS: I Just Wanna Die [04:03]
16. SMITH,JASPER: Died For Love [01:52]
17. SMITH,KID & THE VIRGINIA DANDIES: Whisper Softly, Mother's Dying [03:03]
18. GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST: By The Grave Of Nobody's Darling [02:53]
19. VARIOUS: Albanische Totenklage [01:29]
20. GALAS,DIAMANDA: Cris d'aveugle-Blind Man's Cry [10:07]
21. VARIOUS: Serbische Totenklage [03:00]
22. FLOYD,GARY: From The Darkness To The Light [04:25]

Brilliantly compiled by Fritz Ostermayer (journalist and musician), these CD's are more than just collections of songs about mortality. As a whole, they form a unified composition, a meditation on the way different cultures respond artistically to death, a statement on grieving and a declaration of superb musical taste. Like a deft free-form radio show, these CD's follow Albert Ayler with Robert Wyatt with a funeral in a village in Ghana. Moody, atmospheric and moving, they segue Cassandra Wilson into the Geto Boys, and slowly march through dirges from Lou Reed, Billie Holiday, Lydia Mendoza, Tom Waits and brass and vocal groups from Mexico, Albania and Serbia. It may not seem like joyous holiday fare, but it's a perfect way to reflect on those less fortunate.

Album #1: hxxp://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=CLV33JDG
Album #2: hxxp://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=HZA1QECG
Official Site: http://www.trikont.com/
Найдено на: http://worldmusic.nnm.ru/

Вообще-то, ничего мрачного. Наверно, под такую музыку приятно было бы даже напиться. Не знаю. В любом случае, компилировать песни о смерти и траурные марши - это гораздо более достойное занятие, чем, например, составлять список знаменитостей со сросшимися бровями. Так мне кажется.