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Sunday, August 16, 2015

0539 The Temperance Seven [From The Balls Pond Road Cocoa Rooms] FLAC (24-48) 12(36.44)

Contributed by Dave_Bruce, who writes:-
A 'budget label' compilation of Temperance Seven hits from 1961-64 produced by George Martin. The band and its music have to speak for themselves - you either like them or you don't.
Sheikh Haroun Wadi el John R T Davis later went on, of course, to pursue a successful career as a fine recording engineer under, sadly, a more modest name.

Captain Cephas Howard - leader, trumpet, euphonium
Sheikh Haroun Wadi el John R T Davis - trombone, alto, personal bodyguard
Frank Paverty - sousaphone
Alan Swainston Cooper - soprano, clarinet, pedal clarinet, swannee whistle and phonofiddle
Phillip 'Fingers' Harrison - alto, baritone
Canon Colin Bowles - piano, harmonium
Dr John Gieves-Watson - piano, harmonium
Brian Innes - grand jazz percussion kit
Whispering Paul Macdowell - megaphone vocals (01-03 07 08 12)
Allan Moody Mitchel - vocal refrain (05)

01 The Charleston (2:59)
02 Sahara (3:38)
03 Running Wild (2:08)
04 Deep Henderson (3:29)
05 Ain't She Sweet (2:54)
06 Charley, My Boy (2:50)
07 The Black Bottom (3:08)
08 Everybody Loves My Baby (2:37)
09 The Mooche (3:15)
10 Chilli Boom Boom (3:18)
11 Seven And Eleven (3:01)
12 Bye-Bye, Baby (3:20)

Label: MFP Stereo I 332
Recorded: 1961-1964
Lineage: LP>FLAC (24/48)
Scans: Front and rear LP cover
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8 comments:

  1. Rodney16 August 2015 at 09:16

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  2. Man from Mordor17 August 2015 at 08:28

    Interesting and welcome post. Thanks. Whispering Paul McDowell lives just down the road from me at Ashton (Northamptonshire) and although now quite an old chap, he is nevertheless still sprightly (being married to a somewhat younger girl). Not sure he does any singing now - he is a Tai Chi instructor.

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  3. Rodney17 August 2015 at 09:57

    Interesting, Terry. Thanks for the input.

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  4. Anonymous17 August 2015 at 12:12

    Thanks Rodney and Dave_Bruce! Cheers!

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  5. george17 August 2015 at 14:40

    Many thanks to all involved!

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  6. dave_bruce18 August 2015 at 11:39

    I'm delighted that folk like the LP, another cleaned-up waif from a charity shop. Sadly, I never saw the group but my partner did - in (as here) its early-60s pomp in Cardiff. (You can't have everything.) She recalls that they were superb performers and great entertainers. BTW, according to Wiki, Paul McDowell was originally a trombone player. I presume the "Whispering" bit was a tribute to Whispering Jack Smith.

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  7. zoot20 August 2015 at 08:41

    thanks for T7, first and best 'retro' band. superb musicians here, Howard, Cooper, DAVIES. not pastiche as later retro bands but intelligent revivalism. earliest is best but the vocals could teeter into parody. was/is fine Lake albums .JRTD's engineering was more labour of love than career.

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