Sweet Things (Georgie Fame album)
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Released | May 1966 | |||
Recorded | 1965–1966 | |||
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Length | 39:05 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Denny Cordell | |||
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Sweet Things is the 1966 third album with the Blue Flames by Georgie Fame which reached No.6 in the album Top Ten in the UK.[1] Following this album his band The Blue Flames was replaced with The Tornados.[2][3][4]
The album, issued on the Columbia label (SX 6043), has been described as "one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s."
Style and content[]
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Dave Thompson says that it ".. follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, a punchy R&B stomper that could (even should) have been recorded live, so high is the energy, and so abandoned the backing of the Blue Flames."[5]
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sweet Thing" | William "Mickey" Stevenson | 2:35 |
2. | "See Saw" | Don Covay | 2:46 |
3. | "Ride Your Pony" | Naomi Neville | 2:42 |
4. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | Willie Nelson | 3:17 |
5. | "Sitting In The Park" | Billy Stewart | 3:26 |
6. | "Dr. Kitch" | Chris Blackwell, Lord Kitchener | 4:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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7. | "My Girl" | Ronald White, Smokey Robinson | 2:58 |
8. | "Music Talk" | Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, Ted Hull | 3:22 |
9. | "The In Crowd" | Billy Page | 2:59 |
10. | "The World Is Round" | Rufus Thomas | 2:41 |
11. | "The Whole World's Shaking" | Sam Cooke | 3:12 |
12. | "Last Night" | Bob Laine | 5:07 |
Personnel[]
- Georgie Fame - Hammond organ, vocals
- Colin Green - guitar
- Glenn Hughes - baritone saxophone
- Peter Coe - alto saxophone
- Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton - trumpet
- Cliff Barton - bass
- John "Mitch" Mitchell - drums
- Neemoi "Speedy" Acquaye - "African" percussion
References[]
- ^ Rock Stars Encyclopedia - Page 362 0789446138 Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton - 1999 - GEORGIE FAME &THE BLUE FLAMES 1966 May Sweet Things hits UK #6.
- ^ John Tobler (1991), Who's Who in Rock & Roll, 0517056879, p. 1988: "His third album with the Blue Flames, 'Sweet Things', lingered in the chart, but the band was dismissed so that Fame ..."
- ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 1857431618- Page 163 The Blue Flames, 1961; Band replaced with the Tornados: London residencies, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, ... 1, UK), 1966; Sweet Things, 1966; Sunny, 1966; Sitting In The Park, 1967; Because I Love You (own composition), 1967; The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
- ^ Bob Brunning - Blues: The British Connection -1986 Page 75 "Georgie's soul music side was ably reflected on his next album Sweet Things in early 1966."
- ^ Dave Thompson. "Sweet Things - Georgie Fame". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
External links[]
- Sweet Things at allmusic.com
Categories:
- Georgie Fame albums
- 1966 albums
- Albums produced by Denny Cordell
- Columbia Records albums