PETER ALLEN : BOOKS

PETER ALLEN : "BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY"
by DAVID SMITH and NEAL PETERS
(1983, DELILAH : ISBN 0-933328-57-5)
Chapter 01. "SHE LOVES TO HEAR THE MUSIC" Peter is discovered by Judy Garland
Chapter 02. "TWO BOYS" Chris and Peter Allen - the Australian years
Chapter 03. "TAUGHT BY EXPERTS" Around the world with Judy
Chapter 04. "THE CONTINENTAL AMERICAN" Liza and the swinging sixties
Chapter 05. "ALL THE LIVES OF ME" Peter writes his first songs
Chapter 06. "THIS SIDESHOW'S LEAVING TOWN" From New York to L.A.
Chapter 07. "I HONESTLY LOVE YOU" The king of New York cabaret
Chapter 08. "I GO TO RIO" A hit heard 'round the world
Chapter 09. "I COULD HAVE BEEN A SAILOR" Peter still calls Australia home
Chapter 10. "NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR" Mr. Bi-coastal "Rockettes" to stardom

* この本は現在絶版です(out of print)。
PETER ALLEN : THE BOY FROM OZ
by STEPHEN MACLEAN
(1996, RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA : ISBN 0-09-183052-4)
 The composer of 'I Go to Rio', 'I Honestly Love You' and 'I Still Call Australia Home' led a classic show business life. Peter Allen's performances at the height of his career in London, New York and Los Angeles were nothing less than spectacular, drawing rave reviews, cult crowds and an ever-increasing network of friends which boasted Bette Midler, Richard Gere and Harry Connick Jnr. With 'talent' stamped all over him and a jump-start, whirl-wind marriage to Liza Minnelli, Allen had a one-way ticket to the Big Time. What could be further from his humble beginnings in country Australia than the legendary performances in his heyday that, as one critic wrote, 'would have scandalised any decade other than the 70s'?

 Peter Allen - the Boy From Oz is an insider's look at the man - his fame, image, artistry and survival. Stephen MacLean follows the fascinating and complex trajectory of Allen's stardom through interviews with the people who knew and loved him the most.

 Stephen MacLean is a former music journalist and is now a director and writer. In the course of writing this book, he initiated and created the TV documentary about Peter Allen called The Boy from Oz. He gathered much background for this biography working and living in London, Los Angeles and New York. He is also a consultant for the stage musical about Peter Allen, also entitled The Boy from Oz.

* この本は現在http://www.amazon.co.jpで入手可能です。
(上がhardcover版、下がpaperback版の表紙です。)
PETER ALLEN SONGBOOK
(1977, ALMO PUBLICATIONS)
01. I GO TO RIO (Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson)
02.
QUIET PLEASE, THERE'S A LADY ON STAGE (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
03.
BACK DOORS CRYING (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
04.
THIS SIDE SHOW'S LEAVING TOWN (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
05.
I HONESTLY LOVE YOU (Peter Allen, Jeff Barry)
06.
THE NATURAL THING TO DO (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
07.
LOVE SONG FOR JEFFREY (Peter Allen, Helen Reddy)
08.
CONTINENTAL AMERICAN (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
09.
JUST ASK ME I('VE) BEEN THERE (Peter Allen)
10.
HARBOUR (Peter Allen)
11.
(I'VE BEEN)TAUGHT BY EXPERTS (Peter Allen, Hal Hackaday)
12.
PLANES (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
13.
INTERESTING CHANGES (Peter Allen)
14.
LOVE CRAZY (Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson)
15.
I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
16.
PRETTY PRETTY (Peter Allen, Hal Hackaday)
17.
MORE THAN I LIKE YOU (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
18.
DON'T WISH TOO HARD (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
19.
SHE LOVES TO HEAR THE MUSIC (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
20.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
21.
DON'T CRY OUT LOUD (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
22.
TENTERFIELD SADDLER (Peter Allen)
23.
SIX-THIRTY SUNDAY MORNING (Peter Allen)
24.
(ALL) THE LIVES OF ME (Peter Allen)
25.
PUTTIN' OUT ROOTS (Peter Allen)
26.
LONG TIME LOOKING (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
27.
AUDIENCE (Peter Allen)
 1977年に発行されたピーター・アレンの楽譜集、148ページで27曲収録。巻頭のカラー8ページにはピーターの写真7枚と以下のピーターのコメントが掲載されています。(2005年6月7日)
 I came to songwriting rather late in my career, which had consisted up to that point of singing other people's songs. I still have no formula or even a pattern for writing a good song.
 Some come quickly and when you least expect them and others takes months of hammering words and notes that never dreamed of getting together into something that makes someone else smile and think "that's how I feel, too."
 Many of the songs were written with friends as collaborators, as two people together can often come up with ideas that neither one would think of separately.
 The songs deal with life and love today as simply as possible, if things can be simple (which I doubt) and I hope some of them make you smile and think "that's how I feel, too." - Peter Allen
PETER ALLEN GOLD
(1988, WARNER BROS. PUBLICATIONS)
01. (ALL) THE LIVES OF ME (Peter Allen)
02.
ARTHUR'S THEME(BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross)
03.
BI-COASTAL (Peter Allen, David Foster, Tom Keane)
04.
DON'T CRY OUT LOUD (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
05.
DON'T WISH TOO HARD (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
06.
EASY ON THE WEEKEND (Peter Allen)
07.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
08.
FADE TO BLACK (Peter Allen)
09.
FLY AWAY (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
10.
HARBOUR (Peter Allen)
11.
I COULD HAVE BEEN A SAILOR (Peter Allen)
12.
I COULD REALLY SHOW YOU AROUND (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
13.
I DON'T GO SHOPPING (Peter Allen, David Lasley)
14.
I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
15.
IF YOU WERE WONDERING (Peter Allen)
16.
I GO TO RIO (Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson)
17.
I HONESTLY LOVE YOU (Peter Allen, Jeff Barry)
18.
IMPATIENT HEART (Peter Allen, Marsha Malamet)
19.
JUST ANOTHER MAKE-OUT SONG (Peter Allen, David Foster)
20.
JUST ASK ME I('VE) BEEN THERE (Peter Allen)
21.
LOVE DON'T NEED A REASON (Peter Allen, Michael Callen, Marsha Malamet)
22.
NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
23.
ONCE BEFORE I GO (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
24.
ONLY WOUNDED (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
25.
PLANES (Peter Allen, Calore Bayer Sager)
26.
QUIET PLEASE, THERE'S A LADY ON STAGE (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
27.
SOMEBODY'S ANGEL (Peter Allen, David Lasley)
28.
SOMEONE WAITS FOR YOU (Peter Allen, Will Jennings)
29.
TENTERFIELD SADDLER (Peter Allen)
30.
TWO BOYS (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch)
31.
YOU AND ME (WE WANTED IT ALL) (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
 1988年に発行されたピーター・アレンの楽譜集、156ページで31曲収録されています。ピーター自身ではなくカーリー・サイモンによって歌われた、映画「スイング・シフト」の主題歌<SOMEONE WAITS FOR YOU>や、未だ誰もレコーディングしていないマーシャ・マラメとの1979年の共作曲<IMPATIENT HEART>なども含む嬉しい選曲。巻頭のカラー8ページには1986年2月のピーターの誕生日パーティの写真(リベラッチ、ロバータ・フラックと一緒!)や、1987年のマーヴィン・ハムリッシュ、バーナデット・ピータースとの写真もあって興味深いです。整形後のピーター、なかなかカッコよく撮れてますね〜。(2003年3月13日)
LEGENDARY PERFORMERS
THE BEST OF PETER ALLEN
(Piano・Vocal・Chords / 1998, WARNER BROS. PUBLICATIONS : ISBN 0-7692-1713-3)
01. ARTHUR'S THEME(BEST THAT YOU CAN DO) (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross)
02.
BI-COASTAL (Peter Allen, David Foster, Tom Keane)
03.
DON'T CRY OUT LOUD (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
04.
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
05.
FLY AWAY (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
06.
I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
07.
I COULD HAVE BEEN A SAILOR (Peter Allen)
08.
I GO TO RIO (Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson)
09.
I HONESTLY LOVE YOU (Peter Allen, Jeff Barry)
10.
JUST ANOTHER MAKE-OUT SONG (Peter Allen, David Foster)
11.
NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
12.
ONCE BEFORE I GO (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
13.
QUIET PLEASE, THERE'S A LADY ON STAGE(Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
14.
TENTERFIELD SADDLER (Peter Allen)
15.
TWO BOYS (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch)
16.
YOU AND ME (WE WANTED IT ALL) (Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager)
ライザ・ミネリ 傷だらけのハリウッド・プリンセス
ウェンディー・リー著 蒲田耕二訳
(1995, 東亜音楽社/音楽之友社 : ISBN 4-8110-0605-4)
定価\2524(税抜)

* LIZA : BORN A STAR
by WENDY LEIGH
(1993, SIGNET : ISBN 0-451-40406-8)の翻訳
プロローグ 1991年4月23日、ラジオ・シティ・ミュージック・ホール
01. プリンセス誕生
02. 演出家の娘
03. 薬物濫用の母
04. ライバル出現
05. 母のお守り役
06. 女優への門出
07. ニューヨークの青春
08. 母娘の相克
09. ブロードウェイ・デビュー
10. スコットとゼルダのように
11. 母の死
12. 性的変身
13. 薬物依存の始まり
14. 似合いの二人
15. あとは落ち目だけ
16. クルーゾー警部との間奏曲
17. 転落の兆し
18. 大監督の墓碑銘
19. ニューヨーク、ニューヨーク
20. 闇へののめり込み
21. 破滅へのシナリオ
22. 2度目の流産
23. 幻の異父兄
24. 負の遺産
25. ヴィンセントの死
26. 骨肉の争い
27. 狭まる世界
28. それでも生きる
ジュディ・ガーランド
デイヴィッド・シップマン著 袴塚紀子訳
(1996, キネマ旬報社 : ISBN 4-87376-097-6)
定価\4466(税抜)

* JUDY GARLAND : A Biography
by David Shipman (1992) の翻訳
序章
01. 二歳のベイビーのデビュー
02. 姉妹トリオ時代
03. “ジュディ・ガーランド”誕生
04. ダイエット地獄
05. 虹の彼方に
06. 大人への挑戦
07. 戦時下の混沌
08. 若草の頃
09. スター気質
10. 「私の最初の精神病院」
11. フレッドとジュディ
12. MGMを追われて
13. 自殺未遂事件
14. 海の彼方の復活
15. アット・ザ・パレス
16. スタア誕生
17. 強奪されたオスカー
18. 雷は同じ場所に二度は落ちない?
19. 余命5年の宣告
20. ロンドン、パリ、アムステルダム
21. カーネギー・ホール・コンサート
22. 「今が一番いい時」
23. CBSテレビ・シリーズ
24. JFKへの「リパブリック讃歌」
25. ライザとのコンサート
26. そして誰もいなくなった

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* 主に第25章と第26章にピーター・アレンが登場します。