GEORGIE FAME & BLUE FLAMES. "FAME AT LAST " COLUMBIA UK 1964 LP. ORIG MONO.
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Georgie Fame ?– Fame At Last
Label: Columbia ?– 33SX 1638 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, MonoCountry: UK Released: 1964 Genre: Jazz, Blues, Pop Style: Rhythm & Blues, Mod
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A1 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* Get On The Right Track Baby Written-By – Turner* A2 –Georgie Fame Let The Sunshine In Written-By – Barberis*, Weinstein*, Randazzo* A3 –Georgie Fame The Monkey Time Written-By – Mayfield* A4 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* All About My Girl Written-By – McGriff* A5 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* Point Of No Return Written-By – Goffin-King* A6 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* Gimme That Wine Written-By – Hendricks* B1 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* Pink Champagne Written-By – Liggins* B2 –Georgie Fame Monkeying Around Written-By – Bell* B3 –Georgie Fame Pride And Joy Written-By – Gaye*, Whitfield*, Stevenson* B4 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* Green Onions Written-By – Jackson*, Jones*, Steinberg*, Cropper* B5 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* I Love The Life, I Live Written-By – Dixon* B6 –Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames* I'm In The Mood For Love Written-By – Fields*, McHugh*Credits
- Directed By – Earl Guest* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)
- Producer – Ian Samwell
AllMusic Review by Dave Thompson
Following on from the blazing live set that was his debut, Georgie Fame's first studio album is one of those discs to which only one appellation can truly be applied -- it's dangerous. A blistering romp through Fame & His Blue Flames' live repertoire of the day, fast and loose and driving, it captures one of Britain's best-ever R&B troupes stepping so far beyond the customary precepts of the Beat Boom that, if you were to come to this record without knowing who it was, there's no way you'd ever guess a bunch of (predominantly) Londoners were responsible. To pull out any highlights is to indicate that there are any corresponding low-lights -- there aren't. But a "Green Onions" so sweet that you can taste it captures the group in full flame, while Willie Dixon's "I Love the Life I Live" has rarely sounded so supreme. Even the closing "I'm in the Mood for Love" -- not a song one normally associates with heads-down blues boogie -- is granted a cigarettes'n'alcohol ambience that could choke any passing puritan, and the whole disc adds up to one of the all-time great albums of its, or any other, R&B-blessed era.
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