måndag 3 maj 2021

GEORGIE FAME AND THE BLUE FLAMES/RHYTHM AND BLUES AT THE FLAMINGO 33SX 1599 (-64) UK MONO

 


 I've always carried a torch for the man and his appealing blend of r&b and jazz.  This was the debute - a live take from a performance made at the Flamingo Club in London, September 1963. Sounds like recorded with one or two mikes without safety net.  Coming out rather unbalanced and sometimes messy, but even if the audio isn't top notch I get a good feeling knowing that was exactly how it was at that club an autumn night fiftyseven years ago...right on without any later meddling. My favorite kind of time travel.  They're doing ten cover versions very well with lots of presence...in fact the feeling is very much like on their coming studio albums ( https://monolover.blogspot.com/search?q=%28FG%C3%96*%29 ), only in this case conveyed by a subpar recording. Not my most listened Georgie Fame album, though it is nice to be able to return to London in autumn 1963 and scoop up the artmosphere, so worth a spin or two just for that. Initially released in UK only. German 1985 vinyl reissue on Polydor (823774-1). Japan 2014 CD on Polydor (UICY 76189) came with 10 bonus tracks.  Premiere UK had label as shown here, with both "Recording first published 1964" and "Sold in UK...", in a laninated flip/back cover with larger "mono" top front.  (FGÖ)

                                                                              
                                                                                  
                                                                         

       





 

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