Track Listing

1. Ma Reiney's Black Bottom
2. I'm A Ding Dong Daddy
3. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
4. My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
5. Heebie Jeebies
6. I'm Down In The Dumps
7. Frankie And Johnny
8. Magnolia
9. Sporting Life
10. Loveless Love
11. Gulf Coast Blues
12. Michigan Water Blues
13. Abdul Abulbul Amir
14. Hound Dog
15. The Black Bottom
16. Grandmother's Old Armchair
17. Rail Roadin' Man
18. Mississippi Mud

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32822 in Music
• Released on: 2001-05-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 51 minutes

Customer Reviews

A great souvenir of a British jazz legend
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!

George Melly at his very best.
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.

Melly at his best
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.