Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 I always assumed that the US King George & the guy who used that name in Sweden / Denmark were two different guys ............ ............... but it seems not from his web site ............. https://home.swipnet.se/~w-24657/bio.htm
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 King George from 4 years back ..........
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 Trailer for a documentary about him ............
Pete S Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 Many of these biogs make me laugh, this one says that Drive On James was released in England and climbed the charts, it didn't even come anywhere near the charts, I was reading a biog on a reggae singer the other day and it said his record was issued in the UK and made the top 10, it didn't even chart, I think they presume every record released in the Uk makes the chart!
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 Many soul / reggae artists if told that a 45 of theirs gets lots of club plays and is sought after by collectors equate those facts to it being a 'hit'. Mind you, most of the time I can't understand much that goes on within the UK soul / NS / MS scenes, so I don't suppose we can expect an American or Jamaican to understand what takes place here.
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 King George's Swedish recorded cover of Don Gardner's "My Baby Likes To Boogaloo" .......... ............ now this MUST be a rare 45 ................
Sebastian Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 King George's Swedish recorded cover of Don Gardner's "My Baby Likes To Boogaloo" .......... ............ now this MUST be a rare 45 ................ Yes, it is very rare. Seldom turns up for sale. It was only released in Denmark. Came with a picture sleeve as well.
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 Yes, it is very rare. Seldom turns up for sale. It was only released in Denmark. Came with a picture sleeve as well. My son works for a Danish company & is always over there ...... ..... but the chances of him agreeing to go looking for a copy of this 45 whilst in Copenhagen are between zero & 0%. Wouldn't mind getting a look at the 45's picture cover ......... anyone know of a scan of it anywhere on the net ?
Sebastian Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 My son works for a Danish company & is always over there ...... ..... but the chances of him agreeing to go looking for a copy of this 45 whilst in Copenhagen are between zero & 0%. Wouldn't mind getting a look at the 45's picture cover ......... anyone know of a scan of it anywhere on the net ? The chances of finding this 45 when casually browsing for records in Copenhagen are probably between zero & 0% as well. I've seen 4 copies in 10 years. 3 of them without picture sleeve. I'll scan the picture sleeve on my copy and post it here. I can't find it on the net anywhere.
Pomonkey Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 I'm not into his version of MBLTB but do rate his 4 track Swedish ep, has some killer r'n'b movers, favourite is Please Grow Up but all are worth a listen, on a weird little label that would send out 45's for free if to you collected coupons from ice cream packets, don't know how many different releases there were like this (Seb?) but have another that has a truly top shelf psych garage track by the Fleurs, how this got sent out to Scandinavian kiddies is beyond me
Ady Croasdell Posted September 24, 2012 Posted September 24, 2012 I adored Drive On James as a teenager, I think I must have heard it on Radio London, quite a few times. It's the epitome of soul for mods for me.
Roburt Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 The air fare from Sweden to the UK can't be that much Ady !!! Get him on to support Bettye Swann at Cleggy.
Sebastian Posted September 25, 2012 Posted September 25, 2012 I'm not into his version of MBLTB but do rate his 4 track Swedish ep, has some killer r'n'b movers, favourite is Please Grow Up but all are worth a listen, on a weird little label that would send out 45's for free if to you collected coupons from ice cream packets, don't know how many different releases there were like this (Seb?) but have another that has a truly top shelf psych garage track by the Fleurs, how this got sent out to Scandinavian kiddies is beyond me I think it's an interesting version of MBLTB. Much slower than Don Gardner's, and not particularly suited for the dancefloor, but a nice oddity. I know of four other EPs on the CLUB TEEN label apart from Les Fleurs and Harlem Kiddies. They are by Things, Tumble Downs, The Sheltones and New Generations. All of them are hard to find. Here is a scan as promised of the sleeve:
Roburt Posted September 25, 2012 Author Posted September 25, 2012 Sebastion, many thanx for posting those scans. I really like the 45's picture cover; very atmospheric.
purist Posted September 25, 2012 Posted September 25, 2012 Does anybody have a King George RCA 45 "AH HUH / SO LONG JOHNNY " label number 47-8846 that they will sell me? I've got a wdj so need the black issue to go with it.
Guest manusf3a Posted September 26, 2012 Posted September 26, 2012 Trailer for a documentary about him ............ Love this trailer,the blues club looks brilliant.would like to see the whole documentary.
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