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| 1. Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 2. Green Onions - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 3. Let The Good Times Roll - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 4. Sitting In The Park - Georgie Fame |
| 5. Funny (How Time Slips Away) - Georgie Fame |
| 6. Shop Around - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 7. Baby Please Don't Go - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 8. Getaway - Georgie Fame |
| 9. Eso Beso - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 10. In The Meantime - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 11. Sunny - Georgie Fame |
| 12. Ride Your Pony - Georgie Fame |
| 13. Night Train - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
| 14. I Love The Life I Live - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
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1-Yeh Yeh 2-Green Onions 3-Let The Good Times Roll 4-Sitting In The Park 5-Funny How Time Slips Away 6-Shop Around 7-Baby Please Don't Go 8-Get Away 9-Eso Beso 10-In The Meantime 11-Sunny 12-Ride Your Pony 13-Night Train 14-I Love The Life I Live (1997/POLYGRAM) 14 tracks 1964-66
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
. . . at least one Georgie Fame album, that is. Georgie is responsible for giving the world what is arguably the finest horn riff of all on Get Away - just five notes, but, oh, what notes. This excellent value CD is a must - it's got most of his hits, and the other tracks are all standards which Fame interprets in his own accomplished way with character and empathy. And it's also a great demonstration of why the pop music of the sixties was so brilliant - an era when artists of Georgie's calibre were taking their inspiration from jazz and blues and, in turn, inspiring so many others. I love it. The price of this Fame album is ludicrously cheap and there's really very little excuse for not including it in your collection.
10 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Received this the other day and have been playing it in the car since.it's good but some of the tracks now seam a little dated. seen georgie over the last few years backing other artists and he is like a good wine.better for the ageing.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
R&B/Jazz/Pop in it's finest hour. Love this guy.
30 Jan 1999
Format:Audio CD
Georgie Fame is simply one of the best R&B/Pop vocalists and organists around anywhere. This is a superb collection of Georgie in action. I strongly recommend this CD to all lovers of great music. A strong 60's feel with a powerful driving organ. Grab this one quick.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Classic British cover versions of US R&B, and some originals
28 July 2000
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Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were one of a dozen or so bands who were nurtured at The Flamingo Club in London, in the late 1960s. At a time when American classic R&B (James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, early Ray Charles) was available only as expensive imports through a very few record stores, Flamingo artists introduced the music to British audiences. (Note that the Beatles had followed a similar path a few years earlier, introducing British listeners to Tamla-Motown, which also had been unavailable in the UK.) Even bands such as The Who included some R&B in their repertoire during this period; so did Rod Stewart (who appeared a few times at The Flamingo). But the R&B never really broke out of the club scene. Bands such as Zoot Money and Herbie Goins and the Night Timers remained obscure. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were the only Flamingo regulars who enjoyed any real national success, and they did it by diluting the R&B with a more pop-flavored product. Thus we have a strange crossbreed: British pop and American R&B that was already out of date when Georgie Fame started playing it. Personally I like the mix--but my nostalgia for that period (when I was a regular at the Flamingo) colors my judgment.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Georgie Fame
16 Aug 2005
Format:Audio CD
Georgie Fame is a musical icon in the UK, but only a few hits made it to the States. Most of his songs, I believe were ahead of their time, most notably "Get Away." With it's weird blend of acoustic guitar, heavy horn section and Big Bee Hammond organ, it's not the kind of thing the sixties kids were used to hearing. But it's also one of those songs that can create an image--hovering in the air in front of the listener. Fame's songs were like that, and this album has many of them. Great music!
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