The Sound of '65


The Sound of 65 is the debut album by rhythm & blues/jazz group The Graham Bond Organisation and featuring its best-known line-up of Graham Bond on vocals, alto saxophone, Hammond B-3 organ and Mellotron, Jack Bruce on vocals, acoustic and electric basses and harmonica, Dick Heckstall-Smith on tenor and soprano saxophone and Ginger Baker on drums.
Melody Maker's Chris Welch has suggested The Sound of '65 "may have been the greatest album of the Sixties" and "one of the most exciting and influential of its time" given the respect paid by luminaries like Steve Winwood and Bill Bruford. This album and the group's second and last, There's a Bond Between Us are now considered "essential listening for anyone who is seriously interested in either British blues, The Rolling Stones' early sound, or the history of popular music, in England or America, during the late '50s and early '60s" and is also known among fans of Cream, which Bond's rhythm section joined in the next year.

Track listing

;Side A
  1. "Hoochie Koochie Man" - 3:11
  2. "Baby Make Love to Me" - 1:49
  3. "Neighbour, Neighbour" - 2:37
  4. "Early in the Morning" - 1:47
  5. "Spanish Blues" - 3:03
  6. "Oh Baby" - 2:39
  7. "Little Girl" - 2:11
;Side B
  1. "I Want You" - 1:43
  2. "Wade in the Water" - 2:39
  3. "Got My Mojo Working" - 3:08
  4. "Train Time" - 2:21
  5. "Baby Be Good to Me" - 2:21
  6. "Half a Man" - 2:02
  7. "Tammy" - 2:46

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