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USサイケ界の偉大なる落し子メレル・ファンクハウザー。キャリアのスタートとなったメレル・アンド・ザ・エグザイルズでティーン・ポップスを2曲ほどヒットさせたのち、1967年にFAPARDOKLYを結成、USサイケのレア盤として名高い『FAPARDOKLY』を残します。そして、バブルガム度を強めたHMS BOUNTYを経て、バンドはMUへ移行。後にキャプテン・ビーフハートのMAGIC BANDのメンバーとなるジェフ・コットンを片腕に、あらゆる土着音楽を下敷きしたUSサイケデリア孤高の名作『MU』を残します。MU解散後はハワイのマウイ島に移住。自分で建てたジャングルの小屋に住み、ソロ『THE MAUI ALBUM』を録音。

本作はそのキャリアを余すところなく追った6CD BOX。1964年から1979年のアルバムとシングルを全曲収録し、同時期のアウト・テイクも多数収録。新規リマスター。

- DISC ONE
MERRELL AND THE EXILES ? THE EARLY YEARS
1 PLEASE BE MINE
2 DON’T CALL ON ME
3 SEND ME YOUR LOVE
4 SHAKE MY HAND
5 LONG, LONG TIME
6 DON’T LET GO
7 REMEMBER ME
8 PAIN IN MY HEART
9 LET THE TIME GO BY
10 LET ME GO
11 CAN’T WE GET ALONG
12 SHE’S GONE
13 RUN BABY RUN
14 MAKE IT BACK TO MEMPHIS
15 LOVE ONLY YOU
16 YOU’VE BEEN UNTRUE
17 BOYS
18 RAVE ON
19 THAT’S ALL I WANT FROM YOU

1 SINGLE, GLENN 308, RELEASED APRIL 1964
2-3 SINGLE, GLENN 310, RELEASED JUNE 1964
11, 19 SINGLE, GOLDEN CROWN GMA-102,
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1965
4-10, 12-18 NOT ORIGINALLY RELEASED,
RECORDED 1964-1965
FAPARDOKLY

- DISC TWO
1 LILA
2 THE MUSIC SCENE
3 SORRY FOR YOURSELF
4 GLASS CHANDELIER
5 TOMORROW’S GIRL
6 SUZIE CRYIN’ (AKA I SAW SUZIE CRYING)
7 MR. CLOCK
8 GONE TO POT
9 NO RETREAT
10 TOO MANY HEARTBREAKS
11 WHEN I GET HOME
12 SUPERMARKET
BONUS TRACKS
13 THE WAR
14 YES I LOVE YOU
15 BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR WEEK

1-12 THE ALBUM FAPARDOKLY, UIP LP 2250, RELEASED CIRCA FEBRUARY 1968
10 SINGLE, GLENN 308, RELEASED APRIL 1964
3,6 SINGLE, GLENN 313, RELEASED APRIL 1965
5,11 SINGLE, GLENN 426, RELEASED APRIL 1967 13-15 NOT ORIGINALLY RELEASED, RECORDED 1966-1967

- DISC THREE
MERRELL FANKHAUSER AND HMS BOUNTY
1 THINGS (GOIN’ ROUND IN MY MIND)
2 GIRL (I’M WAITING FOR YOU)
3 WHAT DOES SHE SEE IN YOU
4 LOST IN THE CITY
5 YOUR PAINTED LIVES
6 DRIVIN’ SIDEWAYS (ON A ONE WAY STREET)
7 IN A MINUTE NOT TOO SOON
8 A VISIT WITH ASHIYA
9 THE BIG GRAY SKY
10 RICH MAN’S FABLE
11 ICE CUBE ISLAND
12 MADAME SILKY
BONUS TRACKS
13 I’M FLYING HOME (B-SIDE)
14 TAMPA RUN (B-SIDE)
15 EV’RYBODY’S TALKIN’ (A-SIDE)

1-12 THE ALBUM THINGS, SHAMLEY SS 701, RELEASED DECEMBER 1968
13 SINGLE, SHAMLEY S 44008, RELEASED
MARCH 1969
14-15 SINGLE, SHAMLEY S 44019, RELEASED
NOVEMBER 1969

- DISC FOUR
MU
1 AIN’T NO BLUES
2 BALLAD OF BROTHER LEW
3 BLUE FORM
4 INTERLUDE
5 NOBODY WANTS TO SHINE
6 ETERNAL THIRST
7 TOO NAKED FOR DEMETRIUS
8 MUMBELLA BAYE TU LA
9 THE CLOUDS WENT THAT WAY
BONUS TRACKS
10 YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE (B-SIDE)
11 ONE MORE DAY (A-SIDE)
12 ON OUR WAY TO HANA (A-SIDE)

1-9 THE ALBUM MU, RTV RECORDS RTV 300, RELEASED DECEMBER 1971
10-11 SINGLE, MANTRA MS-101/102, RELEASED NOVEMBER 1972
12 SINGLE, MANTRA MS-103/104, RELEASED MAY 1973

- DISC FIVE
MU ? THE LAST ALBUM
1 THE LAND OF MU
2 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
3 HALEAKALA
4 BLUE JAY BLUE
5 SHOWERING RAIN
6 I SAW YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
7 IT’S LOVE THAT SINGS THE SONG
8 YOU AND I
9 CALLING FROM A STAR
10 WAITING FOR THE SUN
11 CHILDREN OF THE RAINBOW
12 WHO WILL WRITE THIS SONG
13 DAYBREAK SUNSHINE
14 DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN
15 THE LOVE WE BARE
16 IN MU
17 YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
18 END OF AN ERA
19 EARTH NEWS INTERVIEW
20 THE AWAKENING

1-20 NOT ORIGINALLY RELEASED, RECORDED EARLY 1974

- DISC SIX
MERRELL FANKHAUSER ? THE MAUI ALBUM
1 LOVELY LADY
2 I SAW YOUR PHOTOGRAPH
3 WE WERE ALL FREE
4 ON OUR WAY TO HANA
5 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
6 GARDEN IN THE RAIN
7 WATERFALL
8 LA LA DOES THE BOO RU
9 SAIL IT OVER THE OCEAN
10 LOVE IS ALL THERE IS
11 THE SOURCE
BONUS TRACKS
12 SOME OF THEM ESCAPED
13 THE WIND CRIES MAUI
14 PEACE IN THE WORLD
15 MATTHEW’S DREAM
16 DHARMIC CONNECTION
17 CALLING FROM A STAR

1-11 THE ALBUM THE MAUI ALBUM, MAUI MUSIC RECORDING CO. M 101, RELEASED FEBRUARY 1976
12-16 NOT ORIGINALLY RELEASED, RECORDED 1975-1977
17 SINGLE, FREE SPIRIT FS-1001, RELEASED 1979