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Georgie Fame is one of the most fascinating personalities and restless
musicians ever to emerge from the British music scene of the early
'60s, and continues his adventures in the 21st century -- most notably
as a sideman with Van Morrison, who's lucky to have him. In any case,
the BGO (Beat Goes On) label, which specializes in prime reissues, has
done a wonder job here. While it's true that Fame's records have been
reissued here and there since the dawn of CDs, most of what is
available currently (2006) are compilations of his early- and mid-'60s
hits. That's all well and good because the man released some real
smokers. But it's not the same as being able to listen to the process,
to be able to engage an entire album as it was assembled. And these
two offerings, The Two Faces of Fame from 1967 and The Third Face of
Fame from 1968, are fine examples. The former is named The Two Faces
of Fame in that the first side was a live date with killer selections
like his boss reads of "Greenback Dollar Bill," "River's Invitation,"
and "Bluesology." The second side, recorded in the studio, contains
the stomping B-3 and horn-driven soul of "El Pussycat" and a couple of
standards in Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen's "It Could Happen to
You" and Rodgers & Hart's "Do It the Hard Way." The next album, The
Third Face of Fame, contains Fame's only Stateside hit in his
awesomely old-school vaudevillian "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde."
Whereas Flatt & Scruggs were enjoying chart success -- again -- for
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown," on the opening tune here Fame covered the
Peter Callander and Mitch Murray song that told the entire story. And
with horns, an upright piano, and a hip little bassline, he did a
hepcat update of the old nugget and it was a smash. Other tracks
include "Bullets Laverne," "St. James Infirmary" (which digs deep into
the blues), Lennon and McCartney's "When I'm Sixty-Four," and
Donovan's "Mellow Yellow." This is a great grab-bag of prime Fame and
a fine place to start.
http://georgiefame.absoluteelsewhere.net
Tracks:
01-Greenback Dollar Bill (3:54)
02-Things Ain't What They Used To Be (4:53)
03-River's Invitation (2:29)
04-Bluesology (3:35)
05-Don't Try (3:10)
06-Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (3:46)
07-You're Driving Me Crazy (3:34)
08-C'Est La Vie (4:14)
09-El Pussy Cat (4:16)
10-It Could Happen To You (2:42)
11-Do It The Hard Way (3:10)
12-The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde (3:09)
13-When I'm Sixty-Four (3:12)
14-Ask Me Nice (2:31)
15-Exactly Like You (2:06)
16-Someone To Watch Over Me (3:19)
17-Blue Prelude (1:56)
18-Bullets Laverne (2:25)
19-This Is Always (3:45)
20-Side By Side (2:30)
21-St James' Infirmary (4:10)
22-Mellow Yellow (3:39)
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