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Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames' third album very much 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. This is especially apparent on side two of the original vinyl, as the band all-but replicate the closing run of a hot and sweaty club gig, pounding through an electrifyingly note-perfect "My Girl," a rattling "The Whole World's Shaking" and a truly incredible version of "The In Crowd," all honking horns and smooth-flowing Hammond. Don Covay's "See Saw" is another jewel, but for sheer audacity, the highlight has to be calypso king Lord Kitchener's gleefully risqué "Dr Kitch," a percussively swaying romp that only grows more delightful as it becomes apparent that Fame himself is having trouble delivering the lyric straight-faced -- the story of a doctor attempting to administer an injection to a nervous young lady, after all, is so rife with double meaning that it is virtually a sex act in its own right.
Not quite up to the standard of the group's debut (which, of course, was recorded live), Sweet Thing is nevertheless one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s, and one of the last to illustrate just how many possibilities were still open to the U.K. scene at that time. The journey from soft soul to rude calypso, via every musical shade in between, was not one that many performers were willing to take, after all. Fame and co, on the other hand, make the journey in record time.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Denny Cordell, Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Universal International Music B.V.
Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Naomi Neville, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Universal International Music B.V.
Willie Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist - William H. Billy Stewart, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Universal International Music B.V.
Lord Kitchener, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 The Robert Stigwood Organisation Limited
Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Universal International Music B.V.
Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Ted Hull, ComposerLyricist - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Billy Page, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Rufus Thomas, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Sam Cooke, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Chips Moman, ComposerLyricist - FLOYD NEWMAN, ComposerLyricist - CHARLES AXTON, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Smith, ComposerLyricist - Denny Cordell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Tony Palmer, Producer - John Burch, ComposerLyricist - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Universal International Music B.V.
Ian Samwell, Producer - John Burch, ComposerLyricist - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Dave Bartholomew, Composer - Fats Domino, Composer - Ian Samwell, Producer - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - Tony Palmer, Producer - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Universal International Music B.V.
Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - Fats Domino, ComposerLyricist - Ian Samwell, Producer - Georgie Fame, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - Chris Kenner, ComposerLyricist - Tony Palmer, Producer - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1965 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Georgie Fame, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tony Palmer, Producer
℗ 1965 The Robert Stigwood Organisation Limited
Clive Powell, ComposerLyricist - Ian Samwell, Producer - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark, ComposerLyricist - John Mayall, ComposerLyricist - Georgie Fame, MainArtist - Tony Palmer, Producer
℗ 1965 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Albumbeschreibung
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames' third album very much 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. This is especially apparent on side two of the original vinyl, as the band all-but replicate the closing run of a hot and sweaty club gig, pounding through an electrifyingly note-perfect "My Girl," a rattling "The Whole World's Shaking" and a truly incredible version of "The In Crowd," all honking horns and smooth-flowing Hammond. Don Covay's "See Saw" is another jewel, but for sheer audacity, the highlight has to be calypso king Lord Kitchener's gleefully risqué "Dr Kitch," a percussively swaying romp that only grows more delightful as it becomes apparent that Fame himself is having trouble delivering the lyric straight-faced -- the story of a doctor attempting to administer an injection to a nervous young lady, after all, is so rife with double meaning that it is virtually a sex act in its own right.
Not quite up to the standard of the group's debut (which, of course, was recorded live), Sweet Thing is nevertheless one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s, and one of the last to illustrate just how many possibilities were still open to the U.K. scene at that time. The journey from soft soul to rude calypso, via every musical shade in between, was not one that many performers were willing to take, after all. Fame and co, on the other hand, make the journey in record time.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:29
- Main artists: Georgie Fame
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Jazz
© 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK) ℗ 1966 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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