After wading through piles of CD,s i finally found this gem to add to yesterdays review of the great Bobby Freeman from Fog City (San Francisco), One of my fave places in the states,well worth a visit.....Bobby joined King in 1960 and stayed until 1961, recording a total of 18
sides under Syd Nathan’s (Label Owner) personal supervision. For reasons best known
to Syd, he issued only one 45 during that time, the Top 40 hit "(I Do
The) Shimmy Shimmy" and left the other tracks in the can for some
years. In fact, no further King material was issued until Bobby had
signed to Autumn Records and had hits with ‘S-W-I-M’ and ‘C’mon And
Swim’, at which point King issued two more 45s and a stupendously rare
album called “The Lovable Style Of Bobby Freeman”. Neither the singles
nor the album sold, leaving several more tracks unissued. For
some reason, the golden age of vinyl reissues left this material
completely undisturbed. “Give My Heart A Break” marks the first occasion
of its reissue (and, in several cases, its issue) in a package with
appeal for all fans of Bobby’s early work, and of his Josie recordings
in particular. Recorded in King’s studios, with the
accompaniment of the label’s exceptional house band, the tracks
demonstrate every facet of Bobby’s talent. Many of the songs had been
previously recorded by other King artists, but in the likes of "What Can
I Do", "Somebody, Somewhere (Hear My Plea)", "Good, Good Lovin’’,
"Please, Please, Please" and "Fever" our man proves himself to be more
than a match for Donnie Elbert, James Brown and Little Willie John.
Bobby,s talents as a balladeer are also beautifully demonstrated by
the previously unissued "Please Stay By Me" and Bobby’s personal
favourite "You Don’t Understand" and even though he doesn’t actually
remember recording the doo wop standard "Goodnight, Sweetheart,
Goodnight", the performance itself is highly memorable. An added bonus
for anyone who has any of this material on vinyl is that the majority of
the issued tracks were faded or edited for single and album release.
Here Ace let them run for as long as Bobby’s singing on the tape, in
some cases up to 45 seconds longer than any previously issued version.
Beautifully illustrated with a full set of label shots and a selection
of previously unpublished full colour publicity shots from King Records’
own archives, this excellent compilation comes to you with the full
approval and co-operation of Bobby himself. He’s as proud of these
recordings as he is of any he’s made through a long and, happily, still
ongoing career and is delighted that they are at last seeing issue on
CD. So are we on this blog!...many tracks played out in the R&B rooms on the scene.
AMM
The Tasters!
23 comments:
Cracking cd ,thanks AMM .
Nice one yes please and thanks AMM
The world would be much a poorer place without Ace.
Thanks, AMM!
He is perfect for San Francisco - which was once a great city, before the wokeria destroyed it. Thanks for review, P.
Great cd AMM very thankful for your offers!
Cheers or this review, looks great fun
thanks for yet another great review AMM
Thank you AMM. Great R&B selection.
Thank you AMM For Another Bobby Freeman Album,Much Appreciated
More Bobby Freeman, that has to be a good thing.
Many thanks for the review AMM
BigD
Thanks AMM. More Freeman is more good tunes.
thank you for more of Bobby Freeman. Never knew he had so much material, and good too. Thanks AMM.
Thank you AMM for this wonderful review!!
much appreciated more Bobby thanks AMM looks less tracks than usual Aces but all great!
Great
Nice reivew AMM
many thanks Reb
Thanks for this one lucks like a great set nice Review AMM
Cheers Pedro
Great info on Bobby's King years! Thanks, AMM!
A plethora fo poppin reviews this week!
Looking mighty good, thanks a lot ✌🏻☮️🌃
Cheers for reviewing another Bobby Freeman.
Thanks for the upgrade MM.
cheers,ELtel
Many thanks for the info
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