cover notes....
From 2014, Belmar Records released The Pearly Shells, Flip! with 10 tracks from Melbourne’s Jump blues and Hot jazz maestros.
Flip! features the Pearly Shells in mainly small band mode playing new
tunes by the band as well as selected covers from their extensive repertoire of renown.
Special guests on the new album include Belmar Records
recording artists Hetty Kate, Yvette Johansson, Kimba
Griffith and Paul Williamson on baritone sax!
This the The Pearly Shells 7th album over the last 15 years and their 3rd with Belmar records.
The Pearly Shells – Flip!
Track listing
1. Buckdance Rhythm 02:37
2. Devil in the Blue Dress 04:18
3. Grow up Properly 02:29
4. Staggerlee 03:57
5. C’mon, Let the Goodtimes Roll 04:04
6. Always brush my Teeth 02:22
7. Lonesome Shuffle 02:49
8. Flip! 02:16
9. Memo to Deano 03:23
10. The Best Things in Life are Free 02:10
On these recordings the Pearly Shells are:
Dai Jones ( guitar, piano and vocals)
Andy Swann ( drums, piano and vocals )
Steve Purcell (double bass, leccy bass and vocals)
Dave Allardice (piano and organ)
Rob Gleasemann ( Tenor sax )
Dean Hilson (Tenor sax)
with special guest players…….
Sharky Ramos ( drums tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9)
Paul Williamson (Baritone sax tracks 2, 3 and 4)
Andy Reid ( guitar track 1)
Alex Howryod ( trumpet track 5 )
John Borg ( Baritone track 5)
and guest vocalists………..
Yvette Johansson ( tracks 6 and 10 )
Hetty Kate ( track 3 )
Kimba Griffith ( track 8 )
The Belmar Hummingbirds-Paul Winterbine,
Gavin Gray and Andy Reid (tracks 2 and 6)
The Trick-Me-Ups
Jody Bell and Lucy Eames (track 4)