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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Seventh Son | |||
| 2. Blossom | |||
| 3. Inside Story | |||
| 4. Am I Wasting My Time? | |||
| 5. Is It Really The Same? | |||
| 6. Somebody Stole My Thunder | |||
| 7. Ho Ho Ho | |||
| 8. Bird In A World Of People | |||
| 9. Fully Booked | |||
| 10. Vino Tequila | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. I Believe In Love | |||
| 2. It Won’t Hurt To Try It | |||
| 3. Going Home | |||
| 4. Foolish Child | |||
| 5. Sister Jane | |||
| 6. Peaceful | |||
| 7. Happiness | |||
| 8. Children Of My Mind | |||
| 9. Lay Me Down | |||
| 10. Easy Lovin’, Easy Livin’ | |||
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‘Seventh Son’ yielded the UK hit ‘Seventh Son’, whilst ‘Going Home’ contained the UK Top 20 hit ‘Peaceful’. Contains new notes and has been digitally remastered. Tracks: Seventh Son: Seventh Son / Blossom / Inside Story / Am I Wasting My Time? / Is It Really The Same? / Somebody Stole My Thunder / Ho Ho Ho / Bird In A World Of People / Fully Booked / Vino Tequila / Going Home: I Believe In Love / It Won’t Hurt To Try It / Going Home / Foolish Child / Sister Jane / Peaceful / Happiness / Children Of My Mind / Lay Me Down / Easy Lovin’, Easy Livin’ / Pass It Around / Stormy
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1-Seventh Son 2-Blossom 3-Inside Story 4-Am I Wasting My Time? 5-Is It Really The Same? 6-Somebody Stole My Thunder 7-Ho Ho Ho 8-Bird In A World Of People 9-Fully Booked 10-Vino Tequila 11-I Believe In Love 12-It Won't Hurt To Try It 13-Going Home 14-Foolish Child 15-Sister Jane 16-Peaceful 17-Happiness 18-Children Of My Mind 19-Lay Me Down 20-Easy Lovin' Easy Livin' 21-Pass It Around 22-Stormy (2008/BGO) 22 tracks 1969/71 digitally rmst. with 12 page booklet
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Both Excellent Albums In Their Own Different Ways
13 July 2011
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Georgie Fame,at least musically comes off as something of the Paul Weller of his day. Restless,experimental and even though having a better overall attitude in general was someone working in the British R&B/jazz scene of the 60's who was more than willing to adapt himself to the nature of the times. These two albums are the emmediate follow ups to the ones presented on Two Faces of Fame/Third Face of Fame,both recorded and released in the late 60's. And that is about where this twofer places him at it's beginning. Musically on both ends of the pond at this point,change was a key word for just about everyone. One of the most predominant styles is now known as "horn rock"-a subgenre just about as broad as soft rock would be in the late 70's. It included a freewheeling mixture of jazz,pychedelic rock,funk and soul and had the advantage of lending itself well to quality songwriting. On different ends of the spectrum these two albums find Georgie exploring both those elements with his music.
The first album presented,1969's Seventh Son is a likely candidate for his most individual and defining albums of his career. On this record you hear everyone one of his influences,from American jazz and R&B to well crafted pop songwriting all come together with some wonderfully chorded melodic changes as well as a potent jazz/soul/funk mixture similar to what would be found on...say Edgar Winter's Entrance of the same time period. The title track,the old Willie Dixon number is done up here in a hard late 60's jazz-funk style. Also you see a lot of examples of Fame's writing here. On Laura Nyro style fair such as "Blossom" as well as swinging jazz such as "Inside Story" and the heavy duty funky soul grooves "Ho Ho Ho",with it's witty "backdoor Santa" lyrics and "Fully Booked". This sits very very well along side big band style material such as "Is It Really The Same",the fuzzed out rocking funk of "Somebody Stole My Thunder",the heavily Sonny Rollins influenced bop jazz of "Bird In The World Of The People" and the Brazillian styled "Vino Tequila". The album Going Home is a WHOLE other matter.
Focusing less on the music and more on the melody than the arrangements that 1971 album is far less jazzy and focuses on soul/pop treatments of songs like "I Believe In Love","Going Home","Sister Jane","Lay Me Down" and "Pass It Around". It's in the league of The Young Rascals and Friends Of Distinction more than Van Morrison. It's amazing how well it comes across,especially on the more uptempo treatment of Classics IV's "Stormy". Some people more accustomed and interested in Fame's jazzier end may raise more than an eyebrow on this album but these two presented together makes a perfect pair. On both these albums George Fame is stripping back a good deal of the heavy,almost theatrical big band arrange
The first album presented,1969's Seventh Son is a likely candidate for his most individual and defining albums of his career. On this record you hear everyone one of his influences,from American jazz and R&B to well crafted pop songwriting all come together with some wonderfully chorded melodic changes as well as a potent jazz/soul/funk mixture similar to what would be found on...say Edgar Winter's Entrance of the same time period. The title track,the old Willie Dixon number is done up here in a hard late 60's jazz-funk style. Also you see a lot of examples of Fame's writing here. On Laura Nyro style fair such as "Blossom" as well as swinging jazz such as "Inside Story" and the heavy duty funky soul grooves "Ho Ho Ho",with it's witty "backdoor Santa" lyrics and "Fully Booked". This sits very very well along side big band style material such as "Is It Really The Same",the fuzzed out rocking funk of "Somebody Stole My Thunder",the heavily Sonny Rollins influenced bop jazz of "Bird In The World Of The People" and the Brazillian styled "Vino Tequila". The album Going Home is a WHOLE other matter.
Focusing less on the music and more on the melody than the arrangements that 1971 album is far less jazzy and focuses on soul/pop treatments of songs like "I Believe In Love","Going Home","Sister Jane","Lay Me Down" and "Pass It Around". It's in the league of The Young Rascals and Friends Of Distinction more than Van Morrison. It's amazing how well it comes across,especially on the more uptempo treatment of Classics IV's "Stormy". Some people more accustomed and interested in Fame's jazzier end may raise more than an eyebrow on this album but these two presented together makes a perfect pair. On both these albums George Fame is stripping back a good deal of the heavy,almost theatrical big band arrange
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Half Good
6 Oct 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Well I guess it's nice to lump two original LPs on the same CD but the cuts from Going Home are just too poppish and devoid of any appeal for me. Just too sing-songy and happy-go-lucky. Throw-away tunes. Not what I expect to hear from Georgie Fame which is gritty and smooth urban soul-jazz music with vocals delivered by a blue-eyed soul man. The tunes from Seventh Son provide just that. Those tracks are full of the good grooves and soulful tunes that Georgie Fame has built his reputation on.
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