Good Morning Freedom: Anthology [Import]

good morning freedom: anthology [import]

Track Listings
1. Melting Pot
2. But Not Forever
3. Gidda Wadda Hobble
4. Can You Feel It Baby
5. Good Morning Freedom
6. Our World
7. Silk What
8. Sweet And Sour
9. Time For Winning
10. Gasoline Alley Bred
11. Mind Your Buisness
12. Jubilation
13. The Banner Man
14. Sunday
15. Did You Get It
16. Count Me In
17. Warm Days, Warm Nights
18. Wacky, Wacky, Wacky
19. One Smart Fellow
20. Whole Lotta Love (Live)
See all 36 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2002 compilation for the British rock act featuring Madeline Bell & Roger Cook. Highlights of this 2CD set include 'Melting Pot', 'But Not Forever', 'One Smart Fellow', 'Our World', 'Randy' & 'I Wanna Be Around (With You)'. Castle.

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Good Morning Freedom: Anthology [Import]
Good Morning Freedom: Anthology
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A melting pot of many talents
 Good Morning Freedom: Anthology
Blue Mink
Manufacturer: Castle Music UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065CTL
Release Date: 2002-08-05

Tracks:

  1. Melting Pot
  2. But Not Forever
  3. Gidda Wadda Hobble
  4. Can You Feel It Baby
  5. Good Morning Freedom
  6. Our World
  7. Silk What?
  8. Sweet and Sour
  9. Time for Winning
  10. Gasoline Alley Bred
  11. Mind Your Business
  12. Jubilation
  13. Banner Man
  14. Sunday
  15. Did You Get It
  16. Count Me In
  17. Warm Days, Warm Nights

Tracks:

  1. Wachy, Wacky, Wacky
  2. One Smart Fellow
  3. Whole Lotta Love
  4. Stay With Me
  5. By the Devil (I Was Tempted)
  6. Watch Out
  7. Randy
  8. Sunshine of My Life
  9. Harlem
  10. Another 'Without You' Day
  11. Daughter of Someone
  12. Quackers
  13. Get Up
  14. I Wanna Be Around (With You)
  15. Song for Madeline
  16. You're the One
  17. Where Were You Today
  18. Instant Karma! [#]
  19. Spirit in the Sky [#]

Album Description

2002 compilation for the British rock act featuring Madeline Bell & Roger Cook. Highlights of this 2CD set include 'Melting Pot', 'But Not Forever', 'One Smart Fellow', 'Our World', 'Randy' & 'I Wanna Be Around (With You)'. Castle.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A melting pot of many talents.......2005-09-19

Session singers and musicians who wanted to do their own thing, while continuing their other work, formed Blue mink to give them an outlet. It was not intended to be a hit-making or touring group, as nobody was hungry. Given all this, it is remarkable that the original line-up stayed together for five years. After a couple of line-up changes, the group disbanded a year later. This anthology contains the best of their music from those six years. The lead singers were Roger Cook and Madeline Bell. The other four members were Roger Coulam (organ), Herbie Flowers (bass), Barry Morgan (drums) and Alan Parker (guitar).

Roger Cook is best known as a songwriter. He started writing pop songs in the sixties and eventually ended up writing country songs in Nashville. Among the pop songs he wrote, often with Roger Greenaway, are You've got your troubles (Fortunes), Something's gotten hold of my heart (Gene Pitney), I'd like to teach the world to sing (New seekers), Conversations (Cilla Black) and Gasoline alley bred (Hollies). Roger also wrote most of the hits for Blue mink. In the sixties, he had originally been with the Kestrels and later was one half of David and Jonathan (famous for Lovers of the world unite). Both of those acts also featured Roger Greenaway.

Madeline made some records as a solo singer but never established herself in that role. However, she did plenty of backup singing for others, including Dusty Springfield, Elton John and Rod Stewart among many others.

Blue mink's own UK hits included Melting pot (a song encouraging different ethnic groups to mix), Banner man, Good morning freedom, Randy and By the devil I was tempted. I do not know if any of these songs charted in America. However, these hits were not typical of the group's music as a whole. While Roger Cook was particularly good at writing hits, other members of the group wrote their own material, so their original albums were filled with a variety of music, including instrumentals.

Soul and rock music are among their influences, neither of which are apparent in their pop hits. The covers of Whole lotta love (Led Zeppelin), Instant karma (John Lennon), Harlem (Bill Withers) and Spirit in the sky (Norman Greenbaum) give you a clue that there is more to Blue mink than you might otherwise expect.

This is a fascinating anthology - not what I expected, but much more interesting. You probably need eclectic musical tastes to appreciate this fully. If you only want the hits, you will find a single CD compilation will suit you better.
Good Morning Freedom: Anthology
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A melting pot of many talents
 Good Morning Freedom: Anthology
Blue Mink
Manufacturer: Castle - Old Numbers
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Hard RockHard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000078JM9
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

  1. METLING POT
  2. BUT NOT FOREVER
  3. GIDDA WADDA HOBBIE
  4. CAN YOU FEEL IT BABY
  5. GOOD MORNING FREEDOM
  6. OUR WORLD
  7. SILK WHAT?
  8. SWEET AND SOUR
  9. TIME FOR WINNING
  10. GASOLINE ALLEY BRED
  11. MIND YOUR BUSINESS
  12. JUBILATION
  13. THE BANNER MAN
  14. SUNDAY
  15. DID YOU GET IT
  16. COUNT ME IN
  17. WARM DAYS

Tracks:

  1. WACKY, WACKY, WACKY
  2. ONE SMART FELLOW
  3. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
  4. STAY WITH ME
  5. BY THE DEVIL (I WAS TEMPTED)
  6. WATCH OUT
  7. RANDY
  8. SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE
  9. HARLEM
  10. ANTOHER 'WITHOUT YOU' DAY
  11. DAUGHTER OF SOMEONE
  12. QUACKERS
  13. GET UP
  14. STOP US
  15. I WANNA BE AROUND (WITH YOU)
  16. A SONG FOR MADELINE
  17. YOU'RE THE ONE
  18. WHERE WERE YOU TODAY
  19. INSTANT KARMA
  20. SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Unknown

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A melting pot of many talents.......2003-04-07

Session singers and musicians who wanted to do their own thing, while continuing their other work, formed Blue mink to give them an outlet. It was not intended to be a hit-making or touring group, as nobody was hungry. Given all this, it is remarkable that the original line-up stayed together for five years. After a couple of line-up changes, the group disbanded a year later. This anthology contains the best of their music from those six years. The lead singers were Roger Cook and Madeline Bell. The other four members were Roger Coulam (organ), Herbie Flowers (bass), Barry Morgan (drums) and Alan Parker (guitar).

Roger Cook is best known as a songwriter. He started writing pop songs in the sixties and eventually ended up writing country songs in Nashville. Among the pop songs he wrote, often with Roger Greenaway, are You've got your troubles (Fortunes), Something's gotten hold of my heart (Gene Pitney), I'd like to teach the world to sing (New seekers), Conversations (Cilla Black) and Gasoline alley bred (Hollies). Roger also wrote most of the hits for Blue mink. In the sixties, he had originally been with the Kestrels and later was one half of David and Jonathan (famous for Lovers of the world unite). Both of those acts also featured Roger Greenaway.

Madeline made some records as a solo singer but never established herself in that role. However, she did plenty of backup singing for others, including Dusty Springfield, Elton John and Rod Stewart among many others.

Blue mink's own UK hits included Melting pot (a song encouraging different ethnic groups to mix), Banner man, Good morning freedom, Randy and By the devil I was tempted. I do not know if any of these songs charted in America. However, these hits were not typical of the group's music as a whole. While Roger Cook was particularly good at writing hits, other members of the group wrote their own material, so their original albums were filled with a variety of music, including instrumentals.

Soul and rock music are among their influences, neither of which are apparent in their pop hits. The covers of Whole lotta love (Led Zeppelin), Instant karma (John Lennon), Harlem (Bill Withers) and Spirit in the sky (Norman Greenbaum) give you a clue that there is more to Blue mink than you might otherwise expect.

This is a fascinating anthology - not what I expected, but much more interesting. You probably need eclectic musical tastes to appreciate this fully. If you only want the hits, you will find a single CD compilation will suit you better.

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