{"title":"graham-dee","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"graham-dee-carnaby-street-soul-west-coast-vibes-lp","title":"Graham Dee - Carnaby Street Soul \u0026 West Coast Vibes LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis album is our tribute to an eccentric, a charmer, an unsung sixties hero…..who still has soul. The character that is Graham Dee has lived one hell of a life,  from surviving the blitzing of East London during WW2 to playing with Pink Floyd \u0026amp; Jimmy Page – Graham has done it all and this compilation will look back at the story of his life through music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDee was the A\u0026amp;R at Atlantic Records signing artists and producing their songs plus playing on sessions that included pre-Zeppelin Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. One of his tracks A Love I Believe In narrowly missed being a number 1 after Tony Blackburn proclaimed the single as his record of the week only for Blackburn to be playing the flip side, The Bitter With The Sweet. Around this period Graham was working with the likes of Georgie Fame, Elkie Brooks, Mike Berry to name just a few and even filled in for the absent Syd Barrett on some Pink Floyd shows. He eventually parted company with Atlantic after he damaged studio equipment whilst practising pistol fast draws and purchasing a hunting bow, accidentally firing it flooding the office and terrifying the staff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lot of the tracks signal specific moments in Graham’s life that involve a lot of these stories. The stories provides the context for the tracks and this breads a certain spirit throughout the compilation. Now in his seventies, Graham Dee is still writing, recording, performing and releasing solo records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – Another Night Alone\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – Sampaguita\u003cbr\u003e\nMaxine – A Love I Believe In (Horn Version)\u003cbr\u003e\nMike Berry – Soul Ride (Ascete Mix)\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – Carrie\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – Cheatin’ On Love\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – As Long As I’m Close To You\u003cbr\u003e\nLenny White – Can’t Stop Thinking About Girls\u003cbr\u003e\nMick’s Bunch – I Just Wanna BE Your Friend\u003cbr\u003e\nTony Rivers – Tomorrow’s Children\u003cbr\u003e\nRazor – It’s A Hard Way But It’s My Way\u003cbr\u003e\nGraham Dee – Somethin’ Else\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"acid jazz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52280165400913,"sku":"AJXLP492","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/5302\/4337\/files\/GrahamDeeLPPackshot.webp?v=1762346450"},{"product_id":"graham-dee-hitsville-ep-7-vinyl","title":"Graham Dee - Hitsville EP - 7\" Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eGRAHAM DEE – ‘Hitsville EP’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA.1 A Love I Believe In – Maxine\u003cbr\u003e\nA.2 Silent – James Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eB.1 This Old Heart Of Mine – Donnie Elbert\u003cbr\u003e\nB.2 We Got Good Lovin’ – The Fantastic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"acid jazz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52280168022353,"sku":"AJX271S","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/5302\/4337\/files\/HItsville_London_EP_hi-res_pkshot.webp?v=1762346558"},{"product_id":"graham-dee-mr-super-cool","title":"Graham Dee - 'Mr. Super Cool' (Vinyl LP) [Pre-Order]","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Pre-Order \/ Releases 4 April*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong-lost 1973 album from unsung hero and fixture of the ‘60s London sessions scene, and later prolific songwriter and producer. Released on vinyl for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraham Dee was a prominent guitarist for hire throughout the 1960s, moving alongside the likes Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck with his skills as a session player. After beginning his career playing on the Small Faces first single, 1964’s \u003cem\u003eWha’cha Gonna Do About It, \u003c\/em\u003estints followed playing for John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Jerry Butler (ex-The Impressions), Them, The Walker Brothers and Carl Perkins. Thereafter, Dee was picked up as an in-house producer for Atlantic Records in the UK. As their producer, he worked with The Fleur De Lys, Sharon Tandy, Mike Berry and The Fantastics and developed a unique ‘British Soul sound’. In the ‘70s Dee relocated to the States, where he combined successful songwriting sessions with Prince Phillip Mitchell and work at the legendary Muscle Shoals Sound studio in Alabama, moonlighted with The Allman Brothers Band and even spent time as a snake wrangler.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2019, and Dee approached Acid Jazz’s Eddie Piller with a solitary and rather battered acetate. It was ‘Side One’ of an album Graham had recorded in 1973, which had never been released, and he hadn’t heard it since. Unfortunately, the master was in a state and Piller figured, at best, only two tracks would be salavageable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where events took a weird turn… Around the same time, a record dealer contacted Piller after coming into possession of 15 masters tapes in a house which had once belonged to Gerry Shury, who, coincidentally, had once worked with Dee. Some of the ¼-inch masters tapes were marked ‘Graham Dee’, but even then there was no indication of what they featured. At least five of the ‘Graham Dee’ tapes were blank and another three were outtakes. There were only three or four tapes that were any good, which were sent away to be transferred. Remarkably, what came back were both sides of the original lost album!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ecstatic Graham Dee informed Piller that what he had discovered was \u003cem\u003eMr. Super Cool, \u003c\/em\u003ean album arranged by Gerry Shury and engineered by Gary Lyons, recorded in 1973 at Sarm Studios, East London. It featured the talents of guitarist Colin Pincott (Eric Burdon, Joan Armatrading), bassist Phil Chen (Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart), drummers Barry de Souza (Lou Reed, Labi Siffre, Kate Bush) and Henry Spinetti (Bob Dylan, George Harrison).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr. Super Cool\u003c\/em\u003e sounds like some long-lost film soundtrack. Highly evocative of its time, it offers a fascinating insight into early ‘70s record-making and is a reminder of Graham’s unique talent, and the joys of serendipity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMr. Super Cool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou’re a Dream Maker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold Harbour Lane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurn and Look Behind You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorner of the World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon’t Let the Music Get You Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou’re My Lady (It’s Been a Long Time)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife’s Roundabout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSo Much I Want To\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"acid jazz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52280250859857,"sku":"AJXLP606","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/5302\/4337\/files\/MrSuperCoolPackshot.jpg?v=1762347478"}],"url":"https:\/\/acidjazz.co.uk\/collections\/graham-dee.oembed","provider":"acid jazz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}