Don't Send Me No Flowers

Album cover  
  • Sonny Boy's final British recording plus live Yardbirds set from 1st British R&B Festival at Birmingham Town Hall
  • Recording dates: January 29, 1965 and February 28, 1964
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Marmalade / Charly / BYG
  • Catalogue #: LP 607004, CR 300 011, CR 30193, CD LIK 80
  • Length: 41 minutes
  • Available: No

TRACK LIST

  1. Don't Send Me No Flowers (5:43)
  2. I See A Man Downstairs (3:11)
  3. She Was Dumb (4:19)
  4. The Goat (2:05)
  5. Walking (3:12)
  6. Little Girl How Old Are You (3:14)
  7. It's A Bloody Life (3:18)
  8. Getting Out Of Town (3:15)
  9. Slow Walk (0:50) *
  10. Pontiac Blues (3:00) *
  11. Lonesome Cabin (3:29) *
  12. Bye Bye Bird (3:38) *

* Bonus tracks on CD LIK 80.

  

MUSICIANS

  • Brian Auger (organ)
  • Ricky Brown (bass)
  • Joe Harriott (saxophone)
  • Jimmy Page (guitar)
  • Alan Skidmore (saxophone)
  • Mick Waller (drums)

NOTES

A studio jam recorded on January 29 (April 29 has been mentioned as the date of the session, however, the British Home Office informed me that his visa expired January 29) 1965 on the final day of Sonny Boy's final visit to London -- he died nearly four months later. Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, this session (Sonny Boy's last except for the King Biscuit Time recording in Helena Arkansas on Arhoolie) was only two and a half hours long and virtually unrehearsed, which explains its uneven quality. This material was originally released by Marmalade in 1968 as Don't Send Me No Flowers (LP 607004), then reissued by Charly Records in 1975 as Jam Session (CR 300 011, CR 30193). Tracks 9-12 were recorded at the first British R & B Festival (Birmingham Town Hall, 28 February 1964) and added to the 1991 CD release (CD LIK 80) as fillers. On tracks 9-11 Sonny Boy is accompanied by the Yardbirds. It is interesting to hear the difference between the first recordings with the Yardbirds and those a few months later. John Platt wrote the liner notes to CD LIK 80 (pictured above).

Many thanks to Erkki "Delta Daddy" Sironen of Helsinki, Finland, for lending us this album cover.

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