Sweet Things (Georgie Fame album) explained

Sweet Things is the 1966 third album with the Blue Flames by Georgie Fame which reached No.6 in the album Top Ten in the UK.^[1] Following this album his band The Blue Flames was replaced with The Tornados.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The album, issued on the Columbia label (SX 6043), has been described as "one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s."

Style and content

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Dave Thompson says that it ".. follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, a punchy R&B stomper that could (even should) have been recorded live, so high is the energy, and so abandoned the backing of the Blue Flames."^[5]

Personnel

Source:^[6]

• Georgie Fame – Hammond organ, vocals
• Colin Green – guitar
• Glenn Hughes – baritone saxophone
• Peter Coe – alto saxophone
• Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton – trumpet
• Cliff Barton – bass
• John "Mitch" Mitchell – drums
• Neemoi "Speedy" Acquaye – "African" percussion

External links

• Sweet Things at allmusic.com

Notes and References

1. Rock Stars Encyclopedia – Page 362 0789446138 Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton – 1999 – GEORGIE FAME &THE BLUE FLAMES 1966 May Sweet Things hits UK #6.
2. [John Tobler]
3. The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 1857431618- Page 163 The Blue Flames, 1961; Band replaced with the Tornados: London residencies, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, ... 1, UK), 1966; Sweet Things, 1966; Sunny, 1966; Sitting In The Park, 1967; Because I Love You (own composition), 1967; The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
4. Bob Brunning – Blues: The British Connection −1986 Page 75 "Georgie's soul music side was ably reflected on his next album Sweet Things in early 1966."
5. Web site: . Sweet Things – Georgie Fame . AllMusic . 5 April 2016.
6. Adapted from back cover credits, Columbia SX6043, 1966