Get Away With: The Very Best of George Fame and the Blue Flames [Import]

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Unique 14 Track Anthology of the Recording Heyday of the British Blues/Jazz Oriented Rocking Keyboardist (And Longtime Associate of Van Morrison) who Created a Major Chart Hit with "Yeh Yeh". He Followed with a Plethora of Albums and Great Renditions of Booker T and the Mg's "Green Onions", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Baby Please Don't Go" and Many More. This Volume is a Great Budget Collection of his Best.

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Get Away With: The Very Best of George Fame and the Blue Flames
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Room for 10,000 standing outside
  • Georgie Fame
  • Classic British cover versions of US R&B, and some originals
  • R&B/Jazz/Pop in it's finest hour. Love this guy.
 Get Away With: The Very Best of George Fame and the Blue Flames
Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
Blue-Eyed SoulBlue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
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Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
British InvasionBritish Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
Electric Blues GuitarElectric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music
Modern BluesModern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Broadway & VocalistsBroadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music
JazzJazz | Imports | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000006X1Q
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

  1. Yeh Yeh
  2. Green Onions
  3. Let the Good Times Roll
  4. Sitting in the Park
  5. Funny How Time Slips Away
  6. Shop Around
  7. Baby Please Don't Go
  8. Get Away
  9. Eso Beso
  10. In the Meantime
  11. Sunny
  12. Ride Your Pony
  13. Night Train
  14. I Love the Life I Live

Album Details

Unique 14 Track Anthology of the Recording Heyday of the British Blues/Jazz Oriented Rocking Keyboardist (And Longtime Associate of Van Morrison) who Created a Major Chart Hit with "Yeh Yeh". He Followed with a Plethora of Albums and Great Renditions of Booker T and the Mg's "Green Onions", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Baby Please Don't Go" and Many More. This Volume is a Great Budget Collection of his Best.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Room for 10,000 standing outside.......2007-02-04

I was a regular at the Flamingo back in the day,sweaty funky spliffy throbbing sexy grinding nights under the pounding Whisky-A-GO-GO upstairs, stumbling bleary-eyed and stoned at dawn to Paddington Station-was there the night his first album was recorded-i recognise my holler-most all his stuff is excellent-but if you want a real taste of him and the scene back then-get his first album Live At The Flamingo-listen to me holler-and remember as Rick the MC used to say "It's cooler outside".

5 out of 5 stars Georgie Fame.......2005-08-16

Georgie Fame is a musical icon in the UK, but only a few hits made it to the States. Most of his songs, I believe were ahead of their time, most notably "Get Away." With it's weird blend of acoustic guitar, heavy horn section and Big Bee Hammond organ, it's not the kind of thing the sixties kids were used to hearing. But it's also one of those songs that can create an image--hovering in the air in front of the listener. Fame's songs were like that, and this album has many of them. Great music!

4 out of 5 stars Classic British cover versions of US R&B, and some originals.......2000-07-28

Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were one of a dozen or so bands who were nurtured at The Flamingo Club in London, in the late 1960s. At a time when American classic R&B (James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, early Ray Charles) was available only as expensive imports through a very few record stores, Flamingo artists introduced the music to British audiences. (Note that the Beatles had followed a similar path a few years earlier, introducing British listeners to Tamla-Motown, which also had been unavailable in the UK.) Even bands such as The Who included some R&B in their repertoire during this period; so did Rod Stewart (who appeared a few times at The Flamingo). But the R&B never really broke out of the club scene. Bands such as Zoot Money and Herbie Goins and the Night Timers remained obscure. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames were the only Flamingo regulars who enjoyed any real national success, and they did it by diluting the R&B with a more pop-flavored product. Thus we have a strange crossbreed: British pop and American R&B that was already out of date when Georgie Fame started playing it. Personally I like the mix--but my nostalgia for that period (when I was a regular at the Flamingo) colors my judgment.

5 out of 5 stars R&B/Jazz/Pop in it's finest hour. Love this guy........1999-01-31

Georgie Fame is simply one of the best R&B/Pop vocalists and organists around anywhere. This is a superb collection of Georgie in action. I strongly recommend this CD to all lovers of great music. A strong 60's feel with a powerful driving organ. Grab this one quick.

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