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"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" is a folk-rock song written by Bob Dylan and first recorded during The Basement Tapes sessions in 1967. The song was first released in January 1968 as "Mighty Quinn" by the British band Manfred Mann and became a great success. It has been recorded by a number of performers, often under the "Mighty Quinn" title. The subject of the song is the arrival of the mighty Quinn (an Eskimo), who changes despair into joy and chaos into rest, and attracts attention from the animals. Dylan is widely believed to have derived the title character from actor Anthony Quinn's role as an Eskimo in the 1960 movie ''The Savage Innocents''.〔Oliver Trager, Keys to the rain: the definitive Bob Dylan encyclopedia, Billboard Books, 2004, pp.505-6.〕 Dylan has also been quoted as saying that the song was nothing more than a "simple nursery rhyme." A 2004 ''Chicago Tribune'' article〔'Shoe string cinema ; His latest documentary will air in prime time Monday, but after 20 years the maker of 'Hoop Dreams' still has to hustle for funding,' Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: 28 Mar 2004. pg. 12〕 also claimed that the song was named after Gordon Quinn, co-founder of Kartemquin Films, who had given Dylan and Howard Alk uncredited editing assistance on ''Eat the Document''. ==Manfred Mann and Dylan versions== Dylan recorded the song in 1967 during the Basement Tapes sessions, but did not release a version for another three years. Meanwhile, the song was picked up and recorded by the British band Manfred Mann, who released it under the title "Mighty Quinn". The Manfred Mann version reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart for the week of 14 February 1968 and remained there the following week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=2 )〕 It also charted on the American ''Billboard'' chart, peaking at #10, and reached #4 in ''Cash Box''. A later incarnation of Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, included a dramatically different live version of the song on their 1978 album ''Watch''. A demo of 14 of the 1967 Basement Tapes recordings, including the first of two takes of "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)", was produced in 1968, but was not intended for release. Recordings taken from the demos began appearing on bootlegs, starting with ''Great White Wonder'',〔 a double-album bootleg that came out in July 1969. The first official release of the song was in 1970 on Dylan's ''Self Portrait'' album, a live recording from 1969's Isle of Wight Festival. The live version was also selected in 1971 for the second compilation of Dylan's career, ''Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II''. When Columbia finally released ''The Basement Tapes'' in 1975, the song was not among the double-album's 24 songs (although an Eskimo ''was'' featured on the album cover, alongside Dylan, The Band, and several other people meant to represent certain characters from some of Dylan's songs). However, ten years later, in 1985, the second of the two 1967 takes appeared on the 5-LP ''Biograph'' set (this time titled "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"). This version was used again on ''The Essential Bob Dylan'', a compilation released in 2000. The first of the two 1967 takes was not officially released until 2014, on ''The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete''. The Manfred Mann version is noted for Klaus Voormann's use of a distinctive flute part. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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