The Graham Bond Organization - Wade In The Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities

Banda: The Graham Bond Organization

Disco: Wade In The Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities

Ano: 2012

Gênero: Blues-Rock, British Blues, British Invasion, R&B, Mod, Jazz-Rock

Faixas:

Disc One

1. Roll 'Em Pete [Graham Bond] (Turner, Johnson) 1:44

2. Cabbage Greens [Version 1] [Graham Bond] (Korner) 2:23

3. Baby What You Want Me To Do [Graham Bond] (Reed) 2:07

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Double Bass

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

🔊Alexis Korner: Guitar

🔊The Velvettes: Backing Vocals

4. I Saw Her Standing There [Version 1 - Alternate take] [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Lennon, McCartney) 2:30

5. Shake, Rattle And Roll [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Calhoun) 4:13

6. What'd I Say [Version 1] [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Charles) 4:55

7. I Got A Woman [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Charles) 2:54

8. I Saw Her Standing There [Version 2 - Master take] [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Lennon, McCartney) 2:31

9. Farewell Baby [Version 1 - Alternative take] [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 1:54

10. Farewell Baby [Version 2 - Master take] [Duffy Power with the Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 2:01

Créditos:

🔊Duffy Power: Vocals

🔊Graham Bond: Organ

🔊Jack Bruce: Double Bass

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

🔊John McLaughlin, Big Jim Sullivan: Guitar

11. Slippin' & Slidin' [Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 2:37

12. Spanish [aka "Spanish Blues"] [Version 1] [Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 2:22

13. Untitled Abbey Road Blues Instrumental [Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 5:10

14. It's Happening [Graham Bond Quartet] (Bond) 2:08

15. Wade In The Water [Version 1] [Graham Bond Quartet] (Traditional) 2:31

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ

🔊John McLaughlin: Guitar

🔊Jack Bruce: Double Bass

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

16. Swing-A-Ling (Part I) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:05

17. Swing-A-Ling (Part 2) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:22

18. Just A Little Walk (Part I) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:31

19. Just A Little Walk (Part 2) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:48

20. SO-HO [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 4:49

21. Say When (Part I) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:16

22. Say When (Part 2) [Ernest Ranglin And The 'G.Bs'] (Ranglin) 2:35

Créditos:

🔊Ernest Ranglin: Guitar

🔊Graham Bond: Organ

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

23. Cabbage Greens [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Korner) 3:02

24. Long Legged Baby [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:42

25. Hoochie Coochie Man [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Dixon) 4:02

26. Wade In The Water [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 5:42

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Harmonica

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

Disc Two

1. Green Onions [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Jones, Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg) 3:52

2. High Heeled Sneakers [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Higginbotham) 3:53

3. Honey Bee [Graham Bond Organization] (Morganfield) 5:13

4. Long Tall Shorty [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Covay, Abramson) 2:25

5. Long Legged Baby [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:17

6. Hoochie Coochie Man [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Dixon) 2:47

7. Strut Around [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:38

8. High Heeled Sneakers [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Higginbotham) 2:57

9. Little Girl [Version 1] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:40

10. Wade In The Water [Version 3] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 2:38

11. Harmonica [Graham Bond Organization] (Wilde) 2:51

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Harmonica

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

12. Half A Man [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:06

13. Keep A-Drivin' [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Willis) 2:02

14. What Am I Living For? [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Willis) 2:11

15. Neighbour Neighbour [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Valier, Meaux) 2:40

16. Spanish Blues [Version 2 - Master take - Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:05

17. Spanish Blues [Version 3 - Alternate take - Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:05

18. Tammy [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Livingston, Evans) 2:49

19. I Want You [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (GBO) 1:43

20. Wade In The Water [Version 4 - Stereo Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 2:48

21. Early In The Morning [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 1:49

22. Baby Make Love To Me [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bruce, Godfrey) 1:52

23. Baby Be Good To Me [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bruce, Godfrey) 2:36

24. Got My Mojo Working [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Foster) 3:11

25. Train Time [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 2:26

26. Little Girl [Version 2 - Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:16

27. Oh Baby [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:42

28. Hoochie Coochie Man [Version 3 - Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Dixon) 3:15

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals, Alto Sax

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Vocals

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

🔊John Hockridge, Ian Hamer: Trumpet (faixas 18, 19)

Disc Three

1. Tell Me (I'm Gonna Love Again) [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:51

2. Love Comes Shining Through [Graham Bond Organization] (GBO) 2:03

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Vocals

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

3. Please Don't Say [Winston G.] (Blackwell) 2:50

4. Like A Baby [Winston G.] (Stone) 2:25

Créditos:

🔊Winston G.: Vocals

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Piano

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

5. Walking In The Park [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:48

6. Don't Let Go [Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Stone) 2:43

7. My Heart's In Little Pieces [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:24

8. The Night Time Is The Right Time [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Herman) 3:00

9. What'd I Say [Version 2 - Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Charles) 4:16

10. Have You Ever Loved A Woman [Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Myles) 4:52

11. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Kirkpatrick, Knox) 2:05

12. Hear Me Calling Your Name [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bruce) 2:57

13. Last Night [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Axton, Newman, Caple, Smith, Moman) 3:03

14. Baby Can It Be True [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 5:07

15. Dick's Instrumental [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Heckstall-Smith) 2:35

16. Camels And Elephants [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Baker) 4:45

17. Lease On Love [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Minis, Banwell) 3:01

18. Cold Rain [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Baker) 2:55

19. Positive aka HHCK Blues [Version 1 - Master take - Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bruce) 2:41

20. Positive aka HHCK Blues [Version 2 - Alternate take - Remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bruce) 2:57

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Mellotron, Vocals, Alto Sax

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Harmonica, Vocals

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums, Vocals

21. When Johnny Comes Marching Home [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 1:33

22. Good Good Loving [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Singer) 3:48

23. Only Sixteen [Stereo remix] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:33

24. St. James Infirmary [Graham Bond Organization] (Mills) 3:40

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor & Soprano Saxes

🔊Mike Falana: Trumpet

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

Disc Four

1. Soul Tango [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 3:15

2. Wade In The Water [Version 5] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 3:59

3. Down In The Valley [Graham Bond Organization] (Berns, Burke) 3:47

4. Waltz For A Pig [The Who Orchestra] (Baker) 2:27

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Mike Falana: Trumpet

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

5. Wade In The Water [Version 6] [Graham Bond Organization] (Traditional) 3:25

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Mike Falana: Trumpet

🔊John Hiseman: Drums

6. You've Gotta Have Love Babe [Version 1 - Demo] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:54

7. You've Gotta Have Love Babe [Version 2] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 2:34

8. I Love You [Graham Bond Organization] 2:54

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Saxophones

🔊John Hiseman: Drums

9. Wade In The Water [Version 7 - Live) [Graham Bon Trio] (Traditional) 6:23

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ

🔊Jack Bruce: Double Bass

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

10. Long Tall Shorty [Version 2 - Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Covay, Abramson) 7:17

11. Queen Of Hearts [Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 6:04

12. Alcoholic Blues [Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 4:11

13. Green Onions [Version 2 - Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Jones, Cropper, Jackson, Steinberg) 2:56

14. High Heeled Sneakers [Version 3 - Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Higginbotham) 6:28

15. The First Time I Met The Blues [Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Young) 5:42

16. Little Girl [Version 3 - Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Bond) 5:21

17. Stormy Monday [Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Walker) 6:08

18. What'd I Say [Version 3 - Live] [Graham Bond Organization] (Charles) 0:52

Créditos:

🔊Graham Bond: Organ, Vocals, Alto Sax

🔊Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Sax

🔊Jack Bruce: Bass, Harmonica (faixa 15)

🔊Ginger Baker: Drums

Biografia:

A biografia de Graham Bond já foi postada aqui, juntamente com os discos "The Sound Of 65 [Bonus Tracks]", de 2009, e "There's A Bond Between Us", de 1965.

The Graham Bond Organization - The Sound Of 65 [Bonus Tracks]/There's A Bond Between Us

Banda: The Graham Bond Organization

Gênero: Blues-Rock, British Blues, British Invasion, R&B, Mod, Jazz-Rock

Disco: The Sound Of 65 [Bonus Tracks]

Ano: 2009(*)

Faixas:

1. Hoochie Coochie Man (Dixon) 3:13

2. Baby Make Love To Me (Group, Godfrey) 1:51

3. Neighbour, Neighbour (Valior) 2:39

4. Early In The Morning (Traditional) 1:49

5. Spanish Blues (Group) 3:05

6. Oh Baby (Group) 2:41

7. Little Girl (Group) 2:14

8. I Want You (Group) 1:45

9. Wade In The Water (Cooke, Alexander) 2:41

10. Got My Mojo Working (Morganfield) 3:10

11. Train Time (Group) 2:23

12. Baby Be Good To Me (Group, Godfrey) 2:33

13. Half A Man (Group) 2:04

14. Tammy (Evans, Livingston) 2:48

Bonus Tracks

15. Hi-Heel Sneakers [From compilation "Rhythm & Blues", 1964] (Higgenbotham) 2:58

16. Hoochie Coochie Man [From compilation "Rhythm & Blues", 1964] (Dixon) 3:16

17. Little Girl [From compilation "Rhythm & Blues", 1964] (Bond) 2:15

18. Strut Around [From compilation "Rhythm & Blues", 1964] (Bond) 2:37

19. Long Tall Shorty [Single A-Side, 1964] (Covay, Abramson) 2:26

20. Long Legged Baby [Single B-Side, 1964] (Bond) 2:16

21. Tell Me (I'm Gonna Love Again) [Single A-Side, 1965] (Group) 2:51

22. Love Come Shining Through [Single B-Side, 1965] (Group) 2:02

Créditos:

Graham Bond: Hammond Organ, Alto Saxophone, Lead Vocals

Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Saxophone

Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Lead Vocals (faixas 2, 11, 12), Backing Vocals

Ginger Baker: Drums

Músicos adicionais:

John Hockridge, Ian Hammer: Trumpet (faixas 8, 14)

(*) LP lançado originalmente em 1965.

Disco: There's A Bond Between Us

Ano: 1965(*)

Faixas:

1. Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Knox, Kirkpatrick) 2:03

2. Hear Me Calling Your Name (Bruce) 2:36

3. The Night Time Is The Right Time (Herman) 2:59

4. Walkin' In The Park (Bond) 3:29

5. Last Night (Axton, Jackson, Nix, Smith, Cropper, Dunn, Johnson) 2:58

6. Baby Can It Be True? (Bond) 5:02

7. What'd I Say (Charles) 4:15

8. Dick's Instrumental (Heckstall-Smith) 2:31

9. Don't Let Go (Stone) 2:41

10. Keep A'Drivin' (Willis) 2:02

11. Have You Ever Loved A Woman? (Bond) 4:50

12. Camels And Elephants (Baker) 4:43

Créditos:

Graham Bond: Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Alto Saxophone, Lead Vocals

Dick Heckstall-Smith: Tenor Saxophone

Jack Bruce: Bass Guitar, Double Bass (faixa 6), Lead Vocals (faixas 2, 5), Backing Vocals

Ginger Baker: Drums

(*) CD lançado em 1999.

Biografia:

Figura importante, mas subvalorizada, da fase inicial do R&B britânico, Graham Bond ficou conhecido nos Estados Unidos mormente por ter pertencido ao grupo em que Jack Bruce e Ginger Baker tocaram anteriormente à Cream. 

Originalmente um saxofonista jazzístico (chegou a ser votado na premiação britânica New Jazz Star [nota minha: algo como "Nova Estrela do Jazz"], em 1961), Bond conheceu Bruce e Baker em 1962, após juntar-se à banda Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, uma verdadeira escola de aprimoramento para numerosos músicos roqueiros e bluseiros da Grã-Bretanha. Quando ele, Bruce e Baker saíram do grupo de Korner, em 1963, e decidiram formar sua própria banda, o instrumento principal de Bond era o órgão Hammond, mas ele também se incumbia da maior parte dos vocais. John McLaughlin foi membro da Graham Bond Organization por um breve período, no início, e algum material ao vivo que o guitarrista gravou com o grupo foi lançado depois que a maioria dos integrantes da banda já havia alcançado o estrelato em outros contextos. O saxofonista Dick Heckstall-Smith integrou o lineup mais estável da GBO, que gravou um par de álbuns decentes e alguns singles em meados dos anos 60.

No seu auge, a GBO tocava R&B com um forte acento jazzístico, enfatizando o endiabrado órgão de Bond e sua voz rouca. A banda, sem dúvida, teria se saído melhor se escalasse Bruce como vocalista (raramente o baixista aparece cantando nas gravações do grupo). De qualquer forma, os melhores discos da GBO exibiram admiráveis e vigorosas canções de R&B britânico, rock e jazzsoul. E, apesar de Bond, por vezes, ter sido rotulado como um pioneiro do jazz-rock, ele, na realidade, foi muito mais roqueiro do que jazzista. A banda interpretou covers criativos e material original bastante robusto, e Bond foi talvez o primeiro músico roqueiro a gravar com o sintetizador Mellotron. Singles de sucesso, no entanto, se faziam necessários para bandas inglesas prosperarem na metade da década sessentista, e o grupo de Bond principiou a desmoronar em 1966, quando Bruce e Baker se uniram a Eric Clapton para fundar a Cream.

Bond até tentou continuar com a GBO, durante um tempo, com Heckstall-Smith e o baterista Jon Hiseman (futuros membros da Bluesbreakers, de John Mayall, e da Colosseum, respectivamente), mas não deu certo. Bond nunca conseguiu recuperar o apogeu conquistado com a GBO. No final dos anos 60, ele se mudou para os Estados Unidos, passando a gravar discos com Harvey Brooks, Harvey Mandel e Hal Blaine, entre outros artistas. Retornando à Grã-Bretanha, ele trabalhou com Ginger Baker's Airforce, Jack Bruce Band e Pete Brown (letrista da Cream), tendo ainda constituído a banda Holy Magick, que gravou dois álbuns. O epílogo de Bond se mostrou mais trágico do que o usual: ele teve sérios problemas com drogas e álcool e uma obsessão pelo ocultismo. Postumamente, especulou-se (em Mighty Shadow, livro contendo a biografia de Bond [nota minha: escrita por Harry Shapiro e publicada em 1992]) que ele teria abusado sexualmente de sua enteada. Bond cometeu suicídio em 1974, jogando-se na frente de um trem do metrô de Londres (Richie Unterberger, AllMusic; tradução livre do inglês).