Showing posts with label King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2020

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys

Size: 75,1 MB
Time: 32:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Art: Front

1. That's A Groovy Thing (2:59)
2. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens (2:41)
3. Quiet Whiskey (2:46)
4. Shotgun Boogie (3:01)
5. Pretty Eyed Baby (1:31)
6. Ain't Enough Room Here To Boogie (2:18)
7. Steppin' Out (1:49)
8. Reet Petite & Gone (2:34)
9. Look Out Mountain (3:12)
10. Hide And Seek (1:57)
11. Voo-It (3:48)
12. Flirting With The Blues (3:38)

“The aristocrats of Rhythm & Blues" - King Pleasure are one of the most popular jazz & swing bands in the world made famous by Ronnie Scotts clubs, performing classy numbers in Louis Jordan & Eddie Cleanhead style. They have a stunning range of instrumental ability and have performed internationally giving show-stealing performances with their unique mix of 1940s Kansas City Jazz and Blues, presented with the most exciting stage performance extant. From humble beginnings as a group of school friends in a coffee shop in Walsall, King Pleasure have made themselves a household name in the UK and around the world with their fantastic jazz and blues rhythms, crazy on-stage antics, musical humour and total professionalism.

Unusually the original band-line up decided which of them was going to play what instrument. They then went out and bought the instruments and set about learning them! Originally known as Some Like it Hot, they won competitions and began gigging in Birmingham, and over the ensuing years have gone through several line-up and name changes, several recordings and proved themselves to be the superb marketable band that they are today.

Personnel: King Pleasure (vocals, saxpophone); Lisa "Sugar" Lee (vocals track #5); Bullmoose K. Shirley (guitar); Slap Happy (double bass); Bam Bam Beresford (drums); P. Popps Martin (saxophone); Piano-Man Skan (piano, vocals).

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys mc
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Thursday, November 5, 2020

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - Hey Puerto Rico!

Size: 128,7 MB
Time: 55:32
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2006
Styles: Jump Blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Puerto Rico (3:28)
2. Bring It On Baby (3:44)
3. Back To Birmingham (4:04)
4. The Wrong Door (3:56)
5. Hush Now (3:11)
6. Barracuda (2:11)
7. Don't Leave Me Baby (5:47)
8. Blues From The Booze (5:16)
9. Big Girl (2:46)
10. Trapped In The Web Of Love (2:39)
11. All Or Nothing (4:03)
12. Blow Her Hot (3:25)
13. Just One Drink (3:11)
14. Walking With Mr Lee (6:52)
15. Invitation To Just One Drink (0:52)

“The aristocrats of Rhythm & Blues" - King Pleasure are one of the most popular jazz & swing bands in the world made famous by Ronnie Scotts clubs, performing classy numbers in Louis Jordan & Eddie Cleanhead style. They have a stunning range of instrumental ability and have performed internationally giving show-stealing performances with their unique mix of 1940s Kansas City Jazz and Blues, presented with the most exciting stage performance extant. From humble beginnings as a group of school friends in a coffee shop in Walsall, King Pleasure have made themselves a household name in the UK and around the world with their fantastic jazz and blues rhythms, crazy on-stage antics, musical humour and total professionalism.

Unusually the original band-line up decided which of them was going to play what instrument. They then went out and bought the instruments and set about learning them! Originally known as Some Like it Hot, they won competitions and began gigging in Birmingham, and over the ensuing years have gone through several line-up and name changes, several recordings and proved themselves to be the superb marketable band that they are today.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

Hey Puerto Rico! mc
Hey Puerto Rico! zippy

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - This Is It!

Size: 104,3 MB
Time: 44:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Jump blues, R&B
Art: Full

1. Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town/Oh Babe (4:16)
2. Squeeze Me (3:06)
3. Lovin' Machine (2:23)
4. Bongo Boogie (2:33)
5. Fishman (3:24)
6. House Party (2:51)
7. Jumpin' From Six To Six (2:35)
8. This Is It (2:46)
9. Why Don't You Do Right (2:48)
10. Train Kept A Rollin' (3:18)
11. Bad Bad Whiskey (3:18)
12. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (2:35)
13. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Bonus) (3:09)
14. Chicken Rhythm (Bonus) (2:17)
15. All Night Long (Bonus) (3:08)

“The aristocrats of Rhythm & Blues" - King Pleasure are one of the most popular jazz & swing bands in the world made famous by Ronnie Scotts clubs, performing classy numbers in Louis Jordan & Eddie Cleanhead style. They have a stunning range of instrumental ability and have performed internationally giving show-stealing performances with their unique mix of 1940s Kansas City Jazz and Blues, presented with the most exciting stage performance extant. From humble beginnings as a group of school friends in a coffee shop in Walsall, King Pleasure have made themselves a household name in the UK and around the world with their fantastic jazz and blues rhythms, crazy on-stage antics, musical humour and total professionalism.

Unusually the original band-line up decided which of them was going to play what instrument. They then went out and bought the instruments and set about learning them! Originally known as Some Like it Hot, they won competitions and began gigging in Birmingham, and over the ensuing years have gone through several line-up and name changes, several recordings and proved themselves to be the superb marketable band that they are today.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

This Is It! mc
This Is It! zippy

Monday, January 4, 2016

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - 2 albums: Smack Dab In The Middle / Better Beware!

King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing & R&B band, they are an institution! The band have been on the road for almost three decades playing every European country as well as touring the USA, Russia and the MiddleEast, recording ten CDs. Dazzling musicianship,​ riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances (including, somewhat bizarrely, five episodes of Teletubbies) and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing.

​What does the title ‘King Pleasure’ evoke? In this context it suggests eating, drinking, spending money, chasing chicks, having a good time, overdoing it more than somewhat and explaining the events of the night before to the judge on the morning after. All apt topics for song and celebration, especially in these grim times. So much pop music nowadays is full of anger and violence on the one hand, and slack-jawed stupidity on the other, and so much contemporary jazz is excessively earnest and glum, that we are in urgent need of music that comes with a cheer-up guarantee. That is exactly what King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys unfailingly deliver.

Album: Smack Dab In The Middle
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:38
Size: 132.0 MB
Styles: Swing, Jump blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[2:38] 1. Girl In The Gold Dress
[4:01] 2. Smack Dab In The Middle
[2:18] 3. Happy As A Fella Can Be
[2:18] 4. Can't Get Enough Of Your Stuff
[3:01] 5. Red Headed Woman
[3:26] 6. Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)
[2:55] 7. Great Great Pleasure
[4:23] 8. Ain't It Lonesome
[2:55] 9. Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
[2:58] 10. Fat Sam From Birmingham
[2:52] 11. It Don't Happen No More
[2:13] 12. Soft Pillow
[2:53] 13. Mush Mouth
[5:30] 14. Forgive A Fool
[2:16] 15. Be Good Or Be Gone
[2:34] 16. I'll Be Satisfied
[2:48] 17. Tight Skirts
[2:49] 18. Big Wheel
[2:40] 19. I'm The Boss At My House

Smack Dab In The Middle mc
Smack Dab In The Middle zippy

Album: Better Beware!
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:44
Size: 91.0 MB
Styles: Swing, Jump blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[2:20] 1. Better Beware
[2:31] 2. That's What Makes Old Kp Fat
[2:12] 3. I'll Wait For You
[2:23] 4. World Of Trouble
[1:58] 5. Hey Baba Rebop
[2:39] 6. Last Laugh Now
[3:16] 7. Hot Beef
[2:45] 8. Don't You Know
[1:57] 9. Love Rollercoaster
[3:17] 10. Money Can't Buy Love
[3:59] 11. Daddy Of Jive
[2:36] 12. Walk 'em
[2:40] 13. Hop Skip And Jump
[2:29] 14. Feelin' Happy
[2:34] 15. Let 'em Roll Again

Better Beware! mc
Better Beware! zippy

Thursday, September 24, 2015

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - 2 albums: Let 'em Roll / Live At Ronnie Scott's Birmingham

King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing & R&B band, they are an institution! The band have been on the road for almost three decades playing every European country as well as touring the USA, Russia and the MiddleEast, recording ten CDs. Dazzling musicianship,​ riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances (including, somewhat bizarrely, five episodes of Teletubbies) and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing.

​What does the title ‘King Pleasure’ evoke? In this context it suggests eating, drinking, spending money, chasing chicks, having a good time, overdoing it more than somewhat and explaining the events of the night before to the judge on the morning after. All apt topics for song and celebration, especially in these grim times. So much pop music nowadays is full of anger and violence on the one hand, and slack-jawed stupidity on the other, and so much contemporary jazz is excessively earnest and glum, that we are in urgent need of music that comes with a cheer-up guarantee. That is exactly what King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys unfailingly deliver.

Album: Let 'em Roll
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 21:22
Size: 48.9 MB
Styles: Jump blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[2:36] 1. Let 'em Roll
[3:12] 2. I Said It And I'm Glad
[2:08] 3. Not Yet
[3:07] 4. Everybody Get Together
[3:12] 5. Can't Get Enough
[2:51] 6. Lover Come Back To Me
[4:15] 7. Come Back To Sorrento

Let 'em Roll mc
Let 'em Roll zippy

Album: Live At Ronnie Scott's Birmingham
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:18
Size: 149.5 MB
Styles: Jump blues
Year: 1993
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. I'm The Fat Man
[4:16] 2. I've Finished With The Blues
[4:21] 3. What's Cookin' Toots
[6:15] 4. I Cried Last Night
[2:58] 5. A Woman Is A Five Letter Word
[2:57] 6. So Long (Baby I'm Gone)
[3:12] 7. Going Back To New Orleans
[2:54] 8. Morning, Noon And Night
[4:13] 9. Angel City Blues
[3:00] 10. Natural Born Lover
[4:16] 11. Sassy Cassy
[3:27] 12. Blues For Pleasure
[3:16] 13. Greenbacks
[4:04] 14. Blue Mood
[3:29] 15. Wakin' Up Baby
[3:53] 16. Applejack
[5:30] 17. Going To California

Recorded at Ronnie Scott's Birmingham by The Mobile Studio Limited, February 25, 26 and 27th 1993.

Live At Ronnie Scott's mc
Live At Ronnie Scott's zippy

Monday, December 29, 2014

King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys - 2 albums: Live At Last / Blues & Rhythm Revue Vol. 1

King Pleasure-Vocal & Baritone Saxophone; Boysie Battrum-Alto & Tenor Saxophone; Bullmoose K Shirley-Guitar; Mighty Matt Foundling-Piano; Shark Van Schtoop-Double Bass; Gary The enforcer Barber-Drums.

King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing band, they are an institution! The band have been on the road for two decades playing every European country as well as the USA and Russia and recording ten CDs. Dazzling musicianship, riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances (including, somewhat bizarrely, five episodes of Teletubbies) and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing.

Album: Live At Last
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:31
Size: 134.0 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Swing
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Wake It Up Baby
[2:42] 2. I'll Be Satisfied
[2:35] 3. Big Girl
[2:48] 4. You Upset Me Baby
[2:51] 5. Let 'em Roll
[3:47] 6. Can't Get Enough
[5:38] 7. Jump For Joy
[8:15] 8. Tequila
[4:02] 9. All Or Nothing
[3:23] 10. Oh, Marie
[4:44] 11. Roll With My Baby
[4:33] 12. Goin' To California
[9:25] 13. Walkin' Mr B

Live At Last mc
Live At Last zippy

Album: Blues & Rhythm Revue Vol 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:56
Size: 109.7 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Swing
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:33] 1. Kidney Stew Blues
[2:44] 2. What More Do You Want Me To Do
[5:22] 3. Blues For My Baby
[3:12] 4. That's The Way To Treat Your Woman
[5:25] 5. Since I Fell For You
[3:04] 6. Let The Good Times Roll
[5:07] 7. Fools Paradise
[2:33] 8. What Can I Do
[3:46] 9. Harvard Blues
[3:07] 10. Now Baby Or Never
[2:59] 11. So Tired
[2:46] 12. Tear Drops From My Eyes
[5:12] 13. Goin' To Chicago

Blues & Rhythm Revue Vol 1 mc
Blues & Rhythm Revue Vol 1 zippy