Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!

Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live! is a live album by Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, released around December 1966.

Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!
Live album by
ReleasedDecember, 1966
LabelPiccadilly NSPL.38026
ProducerJohn Schroeder
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band chronology
Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!
(1966)
Hipsters, Flipsters, Finger-Poppin' Daddies!
(1967)

Background

It was an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the group's live stage show. Straight away it registered in the UK charts. Peaking at #5, it stayed in the top 10 for three months.[1] It was still in the Top 40 in July the following year.[2] For three years the album remained the biggest selling album for Pye Records.[3] In the United States, it was a Special Merit pick in the March 4, 1967 issue of Billboard.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Philly Dog" 
2."Ride Your Pony" 
3."Up Tight (Everything's Alright)" 
4."(I'm A) Road Runner" 
5."Hold On, I'm Comin'" 
6."Don't Fight It" 
7."Land of a Thousand Dances, Part 1" 
8."Land of a Thousand Dances, Part 2" 
9."Respect" 
10."Willy Nilly" 
11."Get Down With It" 
12."Michael" 
13."Que Sera Sera" 
14."You Don't Know (Like I Know)" 

[5]

gollark: That's... pretty okay, then?
gollark: No, I mean out of how many people?
gollark: Top 100k of what?
gollark: I mean, I also generally hang around friends, online and not, who are at least generally fairly competent at, say, mathy stuff, and programming.
gollark: So I just wonder... are people generally just *that* bad at stuff? Are they about the same in terms of theoretical *aptitude* in doing it, but generally don't care?

References

  1. Mods: The New Religion, By Paul Anderson - -
  2. Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital, By Lloyd Bradley - Page 181 Chapter Five / Bass Lines, Brass Sections and All Things Equals
  3. For the Love of Music, By John Schroeder - Page 129
  4. Billboard, March 4, 1967 - Page 40 ALBUM REVIEWS, R&B SPECIAL MERIT
  5. Discogs - Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band – Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Funky-Butt... Live!
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