Name: Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948 *
Brand: Harlequin Records
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Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band

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Album: Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948 *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Willie the Weeper - (Incomplete Take)
2)	Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down - (Incomplete Take)
3)	Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
4)	Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me
5)	Baxter's Folly
6)	Where the Bloody Hell's Mary Gone
7)	Come on Steve/The Whores All Love the Way I Drive - (Incomplete Take)
8)	South - (take)
9)	Yama Yama Blues - (take)
10)	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble - (take)
11)	Big Chief Battle Axe - (take)
12)	At a Georgia Camp Meeting
13)	I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
14)	Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jellyroll
15)	Embraceable You - (Incomplete Take)
16)	Strut, Miss Lizzie
17)	Get Happy
18)	Canal Street Blues
19)	Come Back Sweet Papa - (take)
20)	We Will Walk Through the Streets of the City - (take)

Album: Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band: 1948 *
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Willie the Weeper - (Incomplete Take)
2)	Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down - (Incomplete Take)
3)	Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down
4)	Of All the Wrongs You've Done to Me
5)	Baxter's Folly
6)	Where the Bloody Hell's Mary Gone
7)	Come on Steve/The Whores All Love the Way I Drive - (Incomplete Take)
8)	South - (take)
9)	Yama Yama Blues - (take)
10)	Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble - (take)
11)	Big Chief Battle Axe - (take)
12)	At a Georgia Camp Meeting
13)	I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
14)	Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None o' This Jellyroll
15)	Embraceable You - (Incomplete Take)
16)	Strut, Miss Lizzie
17)	Get Happy
18)	Canal Street Blues
19)	Come Back Sweet Papa - (take)
20)	We Will Walk Through the Streets of the City - (take)

Performer Notes

& His Australian Jazz Band.
Personnel includes: Roger Bell (vocals, coronet).
Recorded in April & July 1948. Includes liner notes by Jim Godbolt
Digitally remastered by John R.T. Davies.
Personnel: Graeme Bell (piano); Roger Bell (vocals, cornet).
Liner Note Author: Jim Godbolt.
Recording information: Brighton (04/29/1948-07/03/1948); Leicester Square Jazz Club, London, England (04/29/1948-07/03/1948); Stretham Jazz Club, London, England (04/29/1948-07/03/1948).
Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1914, pianist Graeme Bell formed and led a fine little Dixieland band in his native land, making solid little old-fashioned jazz records that compare favorably with those made by ensembles under the leadership of Lu Watters, Muggsy Spanier, Art Hodes, and Kid Ory. Bell should also be recognized as a co-founder of the Swaggie record label. Harlequin presents an invigorating parcel of hitherto unreleased recordings made during the spring and summer of 1948, a period when Bell and his Aussies had invaded and besieged the city of London. Some of these rare sides were left over from studio sessions that resulted in records issued by the Tempo and Esquire labels; the rest of the material was recorded live at the Streatham and Leicester Square jazz clubs. Some of the takes are "incomplete," meaning that the band is either rehearsing, horsing around, engaging in conversation, cutting up, leg pulling, or telling naughty jokes. The overall effect is remarkably entertaining. High points include the aborted take of "Willie the Weeper," "At a Georgia Camp Meeting," "South," "Strut, Miss Lizzie," "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble," and "Where the Bloody Hell's Mary Gone." ~ arwulf arwulf