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Digitally remastered and slipcased with extensive new notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available on BGO Records: BGOCD700 \u003cem\u003eSeventh Son \/ Going Home;\u003c\/em\u003e BGOCD708 \u003cem\u003eThe Two Faces Of Fame \/ The Third Face Of Fame;\u003c\/em\u003e BGOCD1194 \u003cem\u003eGeorgie Does His Thing With Strings \/ Knock On Wood E.P. \/ The CBS A's and B's\u003c\/em\u003e and BGOCD1500 \u003cem\u003eYeh Yeh \/ Get Away \/ Hall Of Fame\u003c\/em\u003e plus bonus tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGO","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50380107776331,"sku":"2214012","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_5f1bfc4f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726207874"},{"product_id":"mod-classics-1964-1966","title":"Mod Classics 1964 - 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003enow on double vinyl. this is the first vinyl compilation of georgie fame's columbia recordings since 197's 'beat classics' and is designed to complement that seminal work. while that went for the hits and the singles, 'mod classics' goes for the dancefloor appeal of 24 tracks that mix jazz, rhythm and blues and soul. georgie and his group, the blue flames, were the hippest outfit in mid-60s london. their residency at soho's flamingo club was a fixture for mods and american gis, who danced all night to the sounds of black america and georgie's interpretations of it. georgie covered the hippest jazz cuts, the most obscure soul from stax, motown and okeh and would also show his love of rhythm and blues with his take on numbers by ray charles and sam cooke. cuts such as 'el bandido', 'last night', 'sweet thing' and 'outrage' are seminal mod club classics, while his album 'sound venture' showed georgie to be the hippest cat in town with a band featuring tubby hayes, ronnie scott and many of the hottest names of british jazz. the cut 'dawn yawn', from that album, written by georgie, is a masterpiece describing a trawl through soho clubs and the melancholia of an early morning trip home. this compilation shows that there was more to georgie fame than the hits of 'yeh, yeh!' and 'getaway' - this is the georgie of the flamingo all-nighter, a man worshipped by the mods.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50438070337867,"sku":"326864","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/358c04a2-c07b-4b02-8d60-15fbf6c65081_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726937780"},{"product_id":"mod-classics-1964-1966-1","title":"Mod Classics 1964 - 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003ethis is the first compilation of georgie fame's columbia recordings since 1979's 'beat classics' and is designed to complement that seminal work. while that went for the hits and the singles, 'mod classics' goes for the dancefloor appeal of 24 tracks that mix jazz, rhythm and blues and soul. many of the tracks on our cd have only been available in japan since their original releases were deleted in the late 60s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50438076203339,"sku":"322052","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-two-faces-of-fame-the-complete-1967-recordings","title":"The Two Faces of Fame - The Complete 1967 Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorgie Fame was one of the most successful British solo artists of the Sixties and is still performing to this day, renowned for his ability to bridge the gap between jazz and pop (now a winning formula, of course). \u003ci\u003eThe Two Faces of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e was Georgie’s debut album for CBS back in 1967, as part of the label’s high profile ‘Fame In ‘67’ campaign. Reflecting the fact that Georgie meant different things to different people, the album was split between live recordings from a show at London’s Royal Festival Hall and studio sessions. The LP sold well, reaching the Top 30. Instead of marketing Georgie as an R\u0026amp;B artist with his backing band The Blue Flames, CBS saw Georgie solely as a solo star and promoted their new acquisition aggressively across the year, culminating in the number 1 success of the single The Ballad Of Bonnie and Clyde. This remastered and expanded double-disc edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Two Faces of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e offers both mono and stereo mixes of the original album. Also included are all of Georgie’s A’s and B’s from that year. The Digipak package also boasts exhaustive sleeve-notes and a host of photos and rare images, offering a long-overdue reappraisal of Georgie Fame’s first year at CBS Records, capturing a star at the pinnacle of his success. Thereafter, he would enjoy a long and illustrious career but he never again enjoyed being such a regular fixture on the pop charts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RPM","offers":[{"title":"CD | x2","offer_id":50467807461707,"sku":"1013986","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8fc3af31-5114-4999-8846-64679060cb1f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727342034"},{"product_id":"yeh-yeh-get-away-hall-of-fame","title":"Yeh Yeh \/ Get Away \/ Hall Of Fame","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on the Imperial label in 1965 and 1966, \u003ci\u003eYeh Yeh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGet Away\u003c\/i\u003e were US-only compilations - \u003ci\u003eHall Of Fame \u003c\/i\u003ewas released on EMI's Columbia label after Fame had moved to CBS in the UK. This package with bonus tracks includes all Fame's UK Columbia A and B sides, many featuring drummer Mitch Mitchell driving the swingin' and groovin' Blue Flames along. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BGO","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50490508869963,"sku":"1167196","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d04194d5-cb1e-4537-9735-bc2292063079_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727664765"},{"product_id":"live-in-europe-1967-rhythm-and-blues-and-jazz","title":"Live in Europe 1967 - Rhythm And Blues And Jazz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a Record Store Day 2018 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am 21st April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 28th April.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsked at the end of 1967 if he would ever give up pop for jazz, Georgie Fame replied: ‘No, I couldn’t do it. It would be like cutting off one of my arms.’ This collection of R\u0026amp;B, pop and jazz finds Fame at the commercial peak of his career with a new single, \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad Of Bonnie and Clyde\u003c\/i\u003e, heading towards No.1 in the UK and Europe. Despite the Blue Flames having officially broken up in October ’66, the Offenbach band is in effect the Blue Flames, whereas at Lucerne, it is the Georgie Fame Quartet on the bill. ‘The show with a quartet is very experimental,’ Fame explained, ‘with things like three part harmonies with voice, guitar and flute and new treatments of new tunes as well as some standards.’ As one critic put it at the end of ’67, ‘for my money he’s equally good at pop and jazz’ and we couldn’t agree more. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1960's Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50497648787787,"sku":"1030404","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e584aa39-85b7-4914-8f57-72ac03fc9553_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727729504"},{"product_id":"live-at-the-ricky-tick-may-october-1965","title":"Live at the Ricky Tick May \u0026 October 1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in 1965, the centre of the Mod Universe was London’s West End. Clubs like The Flamingo were pulling in hip young kids to see the new R\u0026amp;B acts. The biggest home-grown act was Georgie Fame \u0026amp; The Blue Flames, who incorporated all that the new breed wanted to hear and dance the night away to: R\u0026amp;B, Soul, Jazz and Ska. Out of town, clubs dropped ‘jiving’ and ‘Merseybeat’ nights in favour of the new sounds that were surging out of the city. In nearby Windsor, the only place to be if you were a mod was The Ricky Tick, and on May Day 1965, the Blue Flames were topping the bill. Fame was certainly a crowd puller. When he made his appearance at the club that night, he was fresh from having just finished touring with the first UK Tamla Motown revue. He had been added to the bill at the last minute to boost numbers on the tour that included The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson \u0026amp; The Miracles. 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