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Goodtime George | 
 enlarge | Artist: George Melly
Label: Commercial Marketing
Category: Music
List Price: £5.99
Buy New: £1.73
You Save: £4.26 (71%)
New (21) Used (2) from £1.73
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 7645
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 51
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731454446525
EAN: 0731454446525
ASIN: B000058DFV
Release Date: May 21, 2001
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Ma Reiney's Black Bottom | | • | I'm A Ding Dong Daddy | | • | Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair | | • | My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes | | • | Heebie Jeebies | | • | I'm Down In The Dumps | | • | Frankie And Johnny | | • | Magnolia | | • | Sporting Life | | • | Loveless Love | | • | Gulf Coast Blues | | • | Michigan Water Blues | | • | Abdul Abulbul Amir | | • | Hound Dog | | • | The Black Bottom | | • | Grandmother's Old Armchair | | • | Rail Roadin' Man | | • | Mississippi Mud |
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| Customer Reviews:
 A great souvenir of a British jazz legend August 16, 2007
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
Since George Melly died earler this year, I have tried to buy up some of the recordings that made him famous and brought back memories of the two occasions when I was lucky enough to see him perform live. Of all the available albums, this one may not have the most recognisable standards (though Frankie and Johnny are present and correct) but it perhaps sums 'Goodtime George' up best - the title really does say it all.
Even the more bluesy numbers feel quite swinging and up-tempo (check out Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair) and fun numbers like Mississippi Mud and Abdul Abulbul Amir - not one you could get away with singing these days, I should think! - transport you to a night at Ronnie Scott's just before Christmas, the booze flowing freely, cigarette smoking still permitted.
Good on you, George - you'll be sorely missed!
Melly at his best July 5, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
These are early mono recordings when George's voice was at its most powerful. The honest interpretation & the depth of soul & emotion and that come out from these songs tell me that he was one of the best jazz singers ever, on any side of the Atlantic.
 Very early work April 8, 2005
7 out of 15 found this review helpful
This cd is an album of VERY early work - 1950's to 1970's.George Melly's voice and delivery is very little like the relaxed, lived-in style of later, possibly better known years. Personally, I found it interesting but ultimately disappointing.
George Melly at his very best. October 14, 2001
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This CD is the best compilation I have come across of George's early work. From the lively rendition of Black Bottom to the dryly humerous Grandmothers Old Arm Chair, this album is upbeat throughout, you can't help but sing and dance along.
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