The Graham Bond Organisation

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The Graham Bond Organisation (GBO) was a British blues/blues-rock group of the mid-1960s led by Graham Bond (vocals, keyboards, alto-saxophone) (died 1974), and featuring Jack Bruce (bass) (died 2014), Ginger Baker (drums) (died 2019), Dick Heckstall-Smith (tenor/soprano saxophone) (died 2004), and John McLaughlin (guitar). The band recorded several albums and further recordings were issued when the group's members achieved fame in rock bands like Cream and Blind Faith, and also in jazz rock. On original releases, the spelling of the band's name varied between the British "Organisation" (with an S) and the American "Organization" (with a Z). Bond was the primary songwriter, and he also produced the group's two studio albums, The Sound of '65 and There's a Bond Between Us. The GBO is notable in popular music history for jump-starting the careers of two future Cream members, bassist/singer Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. One song Bruce and Baker originally recorded with Bond, "Train Time," later wound up in the repertoire of Cream. When Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker left the band, Jon Hiseman joined the GBO. In a sense, Bond was a catalyst in the formation of British groups Cream and Colosseum, as members of those groups came from Bond's group. Although highly influential within English music circles, the GBO never experienced the popular chart success of their peers. One factor for this could have been Bond's rough, growling singing voice, which was an acquired taste

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Live at Klooks Kleek

The Mod Scene

Live At Klooks Kleek '64 (Live at Klook's Kleek Club, London, 15th October 1964)

Maximum As & Bs

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And The Beat Goes On

The Graham Bond Organisation's Spanish Blues

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Gonks Go Beat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Sound Of 65

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The Graham Bond Organization - Wade in the Water – Classics, Origins & Oddities

There's A Bond Between Us

Legend (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Blues Rock 101

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