Muzikland

現代的雜錦精選CD多如天上星星﹐也缺乏代表性﹐然而在70年代﹐這類超值之選為數不多﹐但可說是賣座的保證﹐因為選曲極為嚴格﹐至今若跟朋友講起﹐也很容易得對方的共鳴﹐不單大家當年都一樣擁有同一張唱片﹐甚至有著共同的聽音樂經驗。

對筆者來說﹐這些雜錦唱片不單為自己省錢﹐而且也是認識歌曲的途徑﹐記得70年代末﹐華納在香港成立分公司﹐他們的 Platinum 便是一個重要的精選唱片系列﹐其中 Platinum 3 有一首我一次聽﹐便已經很喜歡的 Hot Summer Night。

Hot Summer Night 由 Night 主唱﹐要找尋他們的資料都相當困難﹐因為無論樂團名稱或這歌曲的名字都過於簡單﹐所以就算在網絡找尋﹐困難性仍相當高。Night 由Stevie Lange (女主唱)﹑ 來自Manfred Mann’s Earth Band的 Chris Thompson (男主唱)﹑ 還有Robbie Mclntosh (結他)﹑Nicky Hopkins (琴鍵)﹑Billy Kristian (貝斯) 及 Rick Marotta (鼓) 組成﹐Robbie則之後加入了Pretenders樂團及為 Paul McCartney作伴奏樂手。Night 約 Planet唱片﹐大約發過兩張專輯而已﹐因為唱片公司於1978年成立時由華納發行﹐故在香港能夠被收錄於 Plantinum系列精選中﹐然而1982年 Planet售與 RCA﹐他們的錄音也告失蹤了﹐更莫論會否以CD發行﹐所以後來筆者還是要尋找 Platinum 3 (1980/Wea) 及 Hot Summer Night的單曲才能擁有此曲。Hot Summer Night在Billboard流行榜得到第18位。

Hot Summer Night (1979/Planet)
01 Hot Summer Night
02 Party Shuffle

Hot Summer Night (Edited Short Vesrion)
(Walter Egan)


There was a time not too far gone
When I was changed by just a song
On the radio and in my car
The pounding of an electric guitar
Then the time came to make our stand
We started up a four-piece band
And the heat felt like spotlights
In the heart of a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights

Return with me to when times were best
We were friends that could pass any test
Shared our hopes, our dreams, our goals
And the fundamental rolls
As we sang in the dark rooms
Happy just to play our tunes
It felt good when we got it right
It felt good on a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights

So it lives and it always will
The songs we sung are in us still
Ringing out with all of their might
In the heat of a hot summer night
Ooh hot summer nights
Ooh hot summer nights



PS: 感謝 Mr Ishikawa 協助。