Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The Graham Bond Organisation






















Artist:  The Graham Bond Organisation
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Blues Rock, Jazz, British Blues

Original line-up:

Graham Bond:  Vocals, Keyboards, Alto Saxophone
Jack Bruce:  Bass
Dick Heckstall-Smith:  Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
Ginger Baker:  Drums


The Graham Bond Organisation were a British Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, and Blues Rock Band, formed in 1960 by Graham Bond (Vocals, Keyboards, Alto Saxophone), Jack Bruce (Bass), Ginger Baker (Drums), and Dick Heckstall-Smith (Tenor, Soparno Saxophone). 













Title:  Live At The BBC And Other Stories (Remastered 4 CD Set) (2015)
Genre:  Rhythm & Blues, Blues Rock, Jazz, British Blues
Label:  Repertoire Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  Graham Bond Quartet With Bobby Brown, BBC Jazz Club, recorded at Paris Cinema, London Broadcast on April 25, 1963:

 1.  Bluesology   (4:13)
 2.  I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town  (3:56)
 3.  Hello, Little Girl  (2:18)
 4.  Spanish Blues  (4:13)
 5.  Wade In The Water  (5:28)
 6.  Hallelujah I Love Her So  (4:12)
 7.  Every Day I Have The Blues  (3:40)

Duffy Power with The Graham Bond Quartet, BBC 1963:

 8.  I Saw Her Standing There  (2:26)
 9.  I Got A Woman  (4:32)
10. Summertime  (3:59)
11. Hallelujah I Love Her So  (2:06)

Don Rendell Quintet with guest Dick Heckstall-Smith.  Jazz Session, recorded at Paris Cinema, London, Broadcast September 9, 1962:

12. Things Are Getting Better  (5:40)
13. Elsie And Ena (aka Bring Back The Burch)  (3:38)
14. Richmond Festival  (6:15)
15. Kelly Blue  (4:07)
16. Troika  (3:34)
17. Kazeef  (3:08)
18. Persian Party  (4:05)

Disc 2:  Graham Bone Organization.  BBC Jazz Beat, recorded at Playhouse Theatre, London, Broadcast January 22, 1966:

 1.  Wade In The Water  (4:43)
 2.  Only Sixteen  (4:05)
 3.  When Johnny Comes Marching Home  (4:50)

Bond And Brown.  BBC Sounds Of The 70s, recorded at Maida Vale, London Broadcast March 23, 1972:

 4.  Macumbe  (5:17)
 5.  Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes  (7:15)
 6.  Beak Suite  (9:58)

Graham Bone & Dick Heckstall-Smith.  Home Tape, 1962:

 7.  Improvisation  (2:42)

Dick Heckstall-Smith Band.  Demo, 1972:

 8.  Moses In The Bullrushes  (4:02)

Graham Bond Organization, Live, 1966/1967:

 9.  What'd I Say  (9:40)

Graham Band Initation.  Live, 1969/1970:

10. Wade In The Water  (5:23)

The Graham Bond Quartet.  BBC Pop Goes The Beatles, recorded at Aeolian Hall, London, Broadcast July 16, 1963:

11. I Got A Woman  (2:42)
12. Cabbage Greens  (2:33)
13. I Saw Her Standing There  (2:27)
14. Spanish Blues  (2:59)

Disc 3:  Graham Band Initiation.  BBC Top Gear, recorded at Maida Vale, London Broadcast January 31, 1970:

 1.  Walkin' In The Park/I Want You  (7:17)
 2.  Wade In The Water  (13:44)
 3.  Love Is The Law  (8:16)

Graham Band Initiation.  BBC John Peel Show, recorded at Paris Cinema, London, Broadcast March 22, 1970:

 4.  Love Is The Law  (10:21)
 5.  Magic Mojo  (9:52)
 6.  The World Will Soon Be Free
 7.  Wade In The Water  (12:51)

Disc 4:  The Brian Dee Trio featuring Graham Bond fro the EP Jazz Jazz and Twist, 1962

 1.  Things Are Getting Better  (4:12)

Graham Bond.  Take From Philamore, London's album The North Wind Blew, South, 1970:

2.  Blew Through  (5:19)

Graham Bond with Ken Wray & The Joe Palin Trio Rehearsal/Jam Session, Manchester, Club 43, 1962:

 3.  Sack O'Woe  (8:34)
 4.  Mack The Knife  (5:48)
 5.  Work Song  (13:30)
 6.  Oleo  (15:14)
 7.  Things Are Getting Better  (18:10)

Live At The BBC And Other Stories is the remastered 4 CD Set by Graham Bond, was released on November 13, 2015 by Repertoire Records, 46 tracks, over 4 1/2 hours of music - BBC tracks sourced from the archives, plus other previously unreleased and ultra rare recordings.  Compiled and produced by Pete Brown (Cream's lyricist and long-time Graham Bond associate and co-performer).






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