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Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.
20 Beat Classics Reviews
20 Beat Classics Reviews
| 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful  An excellent introduction to a music industry legend, By davidkaplan@pipeline.com (Commack, NY) - See all my reviews This review is from: 20 Beat Classics (Audio CD) Its a shame that Georgie Fame (and his seminal band the Blue Flames) has not enjoyed more recognition in the US for his talents and contribution to the music industry. Georgie (real name Clive Powell)is one of those cats who is more influential than famous. Check out 'Yeh Yeh" - lyrics by the legendary Jon Hendricks, music by Mongo SantaMaria) which was a monster hit in Britain in 1964. Or Georgie's version of Willie Dixon's "I Love the Life I Live" -- no doubt the best version of this tune ever recorded. Now, a quick trivia question. The drummer's style sounds familiar, doesn't it? Listen closely.Why that's Mitch Mitchell! Yep. Mitch left the Blue Flames in October of 1966 to join the Jimi Hendrix Experience. You can't go wrong with this CD. And while Georgie has done somne great stuff over the last 20 years (he's been Van Morrison's music director since about 1990 while recoding some great albums with the likes of Robben Ford and Ben Sidran, for example... Read more 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful The King Of The 1960s London R&B Scene, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: 20 Beat Classics (Audio CD) If you weren't there, you wouldn't know. But Fame was the undisputed king of the R&B club scene, with a fanatical following. Why wasn't he a bigger star? Too sophisticated, too musical for an era that was gravitating to loud guitars and crass 'blooze' jamming. In contrast, there was nothing crass or gormless about Fame and the Blue Flames. Listening to this CD brings it all back. Until he popped up as Van Morrison's music director, I'd honestly thought he'd died. [And you should check out the 1990s CDs he appears on with Morrison, they're great]. Now what we need is for some record company to have the intelligence to re-release the whole catalog -- 'Live At The Flamingo', his early ska sides, 'Fame At Last,' 'Sweet Thing'. High spots of this record include an amazing 'Ride Your Pony,' and 'Funny How Times Slips Away.' One thing that made me smile: it's amazing how much this resembles some of Elvis Costello's output. I'm thinking of 'Punch The Clock,' but also some of... Read more 9 of 11 people found the following review helpful  Good-Time Rockin' Blues, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: 20 Beat Classics (Audio CD) To most Americans who have heard of him, the name Georgie Fame brings to mind his cheesy novelty hit Bonnie and Clyde. Others, who are more musically advanced, know of him as a sideman for and a producer of some memorable Van Morrison albums in the 1990s. But few of us ever knew him as a star in his own right. I bought 20 Beat Classics on the strength of an amazon recommendation and my curiosity about a musician who added much to the continuing success of the legendary Morrison. On the first listen I was less than impressed, but on subsequent listens the CD began to grow on me. Sure its primitive, at times it is even lame, but at other times it is excellent. Fame covers a lot of ground here, touching on compositions by artists as varied as James Brown and Willie Nelson. My favorites are the rocking Yeh Yeh, the jazzy Moody's Mood For Love, a very soulful rendition of Nelson's Funny How Time Slips Away, In The Meantime, Blue Monday, and I Love the Life I Live. The lowlight is My Girl... Read more |
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