Welcome To My Blog

Thanks for checking the blog out... Hope it offers something a bit different every now & again. Though I come from a pseudo - Mod background (Soul & Ska in particular), I have a diverse taste in music & hope my varied posts will reflect this.

Cheers Skamanc .... I'm not after your undying gratitude, but please leave your thoughts, comments & opinions on the posts & content. I regularly up- & download material, plus buy and trade items. As such, if I have inadvertently "trodden on anyone's toes" in posting anything then please let me know & accept my apologies. Also please support the artists involved & remember that the blog is merely a pointer toward these various downloads, which are stored elsewhere. Legally, any downloads should not be retained for more than a week. So now I've told you the legal bit !

Feel free to give me a shout : waltjabsco@hotmail.com

Manchester M22, September 2016

For my kids, Dylan & Tommy. Bollocks to the ex Mrs!

Special thanks to Steve White (software), Gordon Waring (music), Shaun Robinson (artwork), Paul Buddery (DVD's / software) & Sonchey Barrett (essential technical advice!).

"Thank you" also to regular contributors Herr Pauli (Malente, Germany), Phil (Shetland), Deco Mc Dermott & Mark Pengelly of Dublin, Martin Smith (Barnet), Paul Baily (London) and Rodd (Australia).

Wednesday 4 May 2011

GEORGIE FAME : Rhythm & Blues At The Flamingo (1964)

Interesting live album from Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, recorded at the Flamingo. This was a popular Soho Mod venue, also frequented by many US servicemen. Other bands on the circuit included Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band and Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, all of whom can be downloaded on the blog.

Fame's set shows a wide range of influences in addition to the obliglatory James Brown / Tamla Motown material, including a stab at Bluebeat. As such, he must have been one of the very first English artists to do this, a decade and a half before the Two Tone era. An interesting download, if a bit patchy in places.

If you like this, then download Zoot Money's live album "Zoot!" (1966) and compare them...

8 comments:

  1. Spooky, was just listening to this last week...like you say , patchy, but the moods right.
    Haven't heard Zoot Money for ages, still can't...any chance of a re-up of the 3 earlier?
    My appetite is well and truly whetted...
    Cheers

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  2. AS USAL..... wonderful post
    thanx or DANKE mein freund
    your`s pauli

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  3. Another album to listen to on a lovely sunny day with a glass of wine and watch the world go by

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  4. Got the Japanese only cd re-issue of this somewhere, it has about 10 extra tracks on it. If I can find it I'll upload it for you

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  5. That would be great Stevo. Thanks a lot mate.

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  6. I'll re - up the Zot stuff in a sec Dan...

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  7. ... or even the "Zoot" stuff lol...

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  8. OK... there's 4x Zoot Money files uploading to rapidshare. I've just drafted up the post with some sleeve artwork. Reckon this will be Friday's post...

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