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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)

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

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]

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!