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  • TV at it's best ! funny show !  GBO is absolutely smashing ! Cheerio old chaps !

  • This has the wrong soundtrack of course, the original film had The Graham Bond ORGANisation playing "Harmonica" and it is a shame we can't see that.

  • Re: mention that McLaughlin is NOT in this. Saxist Dick Heckstall-Smith replaced McLaughlin in the band, which further confirms walterkolosky1's comment. And I believe this is available on DVD.

  • better clip of this and much better sound here on the GONKSGOBEAT CLIP posted by'beyondthebeat' see right hand column fo alternative clips.

  • It looks like John McLaughlin, without his guitar, beside Jack Bruce, whom is going crazy on the harmonica.

  • @cameltooth1 That is what I thought too.

  • avs002 - Always have been impressed with your JM contributions - but, finally after meaning many times to, I remembered to ask John M. about this video. He says that "100%" he is not in it..

  • What a phenomenal line-up. Thanks for posting this.

  • Great to see that video and to hear such a great tune. I'm just in the middle of putting a Duffy Power and Graham Bond tune (Farewell Baby) on here if anyone is interested.

  • You didn't mention Dick Heckstall-Smith on sax... and try as I might, I could not spot McLaughlin in any of the scenes...

  • Wow, that's an unusual version of Spanish Blues! Some different chord choices in there - interesting. Thanks for posting this! Brings back some great memories of covering many GBO numbers in my band years ago.

    RIP Graham - and RIP Dick H-S, a personal friend as well as a fantastic guy and brilliant musician. I'm so lucky to have known him, and so unlucky to be too young ever to have seen the band play live (I was born in '65, appropriately enough).

    GBO - unique, and astonishing...

  • @horowizard : I have probably seen '200 Motels' more than is good for you.

  • it's so horrible. Recording quality has come a long way since 1963. That's for damn sure....

  • Such a carefree era compared to now.

  • The soundtrack might be 1963, but the footage is undoubtedly later (1966 or so)

  • OUT-FUCKING-STANDING! Thanks for posting this!

  • The English '200 Motels' perhaps. Its bad enough.

  • @Jlipnicki  Obviously you've never actually seen 200 Motels.

  • I want a close-up of the ever photogenic Mr. Baker.

    Sounds good. One step away from Art Blakey's hard-bop period.

  • Well done for posting this rare gem:-)

    Real shame about the sound, but lucky we have anything at all...

  • There's not a lot of Graham Bond out there featuring McLaughlin. I don't think there's anything recorded except for the Duffy Power stuff. Anybody know of anything else?

  • @rondolce There is a Bond double LP set that features (off the top of my head) 3 or 4 tunes live from Klook's Kleek (1963) with McLaughlin, Baker and Bruce. Bond plays sax on it instead of KBs. It is as interesting as it is good.

  • Now if McLaughlin would just do a tour reproducing this stage set ..well ... thanks, this is a rare gem.

  • They caught the Ray Charles sound alright.

  • these are some heep cats

    oh man I mean

    daddy-O

    this fries my brain

    long gone

    further out

    on to oblivion

    dudes and dudettes

  • Thanks for posting this- That's a lot of talent in that video...I even notice a young Dick Heckstall-Smith as well. Would have been great to be in London during the emerging blues scene in those years.

  • This is great!! Thank you for posting this. My only problem is that I can't really hear Jack. But, it's a great piece of musical history.

  • I tried my damnest to beef up the sound (would you believe?).

  • GBO kick asssssssssssss!!

    killer 4kn tune!!

    nice post!

    Lee

    Liverpool Mods.

  • well, there goes my taste for pedantry...

  • Thanks for your response - much appreciated! Just to be informative (pedantic)...

    After just checking these out, Klooks Kleek has Heckstall-Smith, but not McLaughlin. And there are 3 tracks with John on the 1971 Solid Bond release. Took about a half-hour to find them both.

    But it's fun digging these things out. I'm currently toying with putting up some Danny Thompson Trio (BBC broadcast) and/or 2008 Juan Les Pins festival material (a great concert).

  • @avs002 OF COURSE it's Dick Heckstall-Smith! (My apologies for yelling). Nobody else it could have been!

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