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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Mixed Bag, November 2, 2008
This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)
This best of collection covers the second period of Georgie Fame's recording career from 1967-1971 and the five albums released during this period.
Compared to his early recordings with the Blue Flames many of these tracks are heavier arranged with jazzy horn-arrangements which you may either like or hate. Personally, I prefer the more relaxed arrangements of songs like "Peaceful" and "Yellow Man". Another stand-out track is the soulful "Knock on Wood", which may be the song that comes the closest to his early sound.
The hit-single "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde" is still fine and amusing and also "Because I Love You" is quite good.
His jazzy main-stream covers of songs like "Mellow Yellow", "And I Love Her", "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "This Guy's in Love With You" seem unnnecessary and uninteresting.
All in all this is a mixed bag with Fame's great vocals as the connecting thread.
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