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on drums. As a trio, Bond, Heckstall-Smith and Hiseman recorded the single "You’ve Gotta Have Love Babe" / "I Love You" (both by Graham Bond) on 18 January 1967 for Page One records. Bond left for the USA, releasing two albums there in 1969 with well-known session players. Hiseman and Heckstall-Smith
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boom the Graham Bond Organisation earned a reputation for playing aggressive R & B with prominent jazz and blues. Bond was the primary songwriter but encouraged the other musicians to contribute material, including Dick Heckstall-Smith's "Dick's Instrumental" and Ginger Baker's "Camels and
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on trumpet. He already had a degree of star status by the early 1960s. Falana, sometimes spelt as Mike Felana was with Bond in 1963 and at some stage, replaced Jack Bruce with Bond then playing bass on the pedals.
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The first commercial recording by the original lineup of the Graham Bond Organisation was released under the name of singer Winston G. (real name Winston Gork). A protégé of expatriate Australian impresario
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and was reportedly off drugs by this time, although he was becoming increasingly obsessed with black magic. Bond died in May 1974, when he was hit by a train at London's Finsbury Park underground station.
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The Graham Bond Organisation's lack of commercial success, internal struggles and drug problems brought the band to an end in 1967, but its importance was soon recognised with the vogue for blues and
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single "Please Don't Say" / "Like A Baby"; the A-side was credited "Arrangement directed by Graham Bond" and the B-side "Arrangement directed by Ginger Baker". The band signed for
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The band's fourth 45 featured the single-only tracks "Lease on Love" / "My Heart's in Little Pieces" (July 1965). The A-side is noteworthy for its pioneering use of the
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is the last surviving member of the band, following the death of Baker. Baker was the last surviving member of the band who had performed on any release by the band.
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composition "Long Tall Shorty" in 1964, backed with "Long Legged Girl" ("Long Tall Shorty" had been popularised by US singer/organist
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and Baker's ongoing feud with Bruce. Retrospectives of Cream indicate that Bond deputised Baker to fire Bruce, who joined
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The band gained minor attention after their "Waltz For a Pig" (originally titled "Ode to a Toad") was issued as the
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and also spending a short time touring with Jack Bruce's band. He subsequently signed a contract with
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Elephants", in which the drummer explored ideas he eventually developed into his signature piece "
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Graham Bond reunited with his former bandmates in the early 1970s, playing with
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in the summer of 1968, with Tony Reeves on bass and Dave Greenslade keyboards.
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for a short time until July 1966 when Baker formed Cream with Bruce and
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in 1970, compiled live tracks recorded in 1963 by the
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In 1965, the band appeared as themselves in the film
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and the increased sales of albums. The double album
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Index

Rock
rhythm and blues
beat
jazz
Decca
Page One
Columbia
Graham Bond
Jack Bruce
Dick Heckstall-Smith
Ginger Baker
Jon Hiseman
John McLaughlin
jazz
rhythm and blues
Graham Bond
Jack Bruce
Ginger Baker
Dick Heckstall-Smith
John McLaughlin
progressive rock
jazz fusion
British rhythm and blues
Toad
Peter Chatman
Cream
Robert Stigwood
Chuck Berry
Parlophone
Decca Records

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