Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation Vinyl LP Fire Orange Colour Due Out 07/08/26
Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation - Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation
Please note this is a pre-order item due for release 7th August 2026
Tracklist:
1. Mr. Lovin' Luggage Man
2. Rain Rain Go Away
3. Mrs. Wilson
4. Berimbau
5. One Little Packet of Cigarettes
6. The Story of My Life
7. The Last Time
8. Mr. Dyingly Sad
9. Tricky Soul
10. Mon Amour
This 1969 oddity goes for big bucks if you can find it for a couple of obvious reasons. First, the drum break on the cover of Alvin Toussaint’s classic “Rain Rain (Go Away)” has become legend among crate diggers and samplers. The other is that the version of the Stones’ “The Last Time” is astonishingly psychedelic, a delirium of fuzz guitar, electric sitar, rumbling piano, and throbbing bass punctuated by soaring, Left Banke-esque vocal choruses. But, those highlights aside, this one-off album from Egyptian vocalist Wadie George "Bob" Azzam and his merry band of pranksters is a refreshingly eclectic and highly listenable affair leavened with a hint of electronic weirdness a la Lothar and the Hand People or Silver Apples. “Mon Amour” pays tribute to Azzam’s Middle Eastern roots with a jaunty Arabic melody, while he brings a Beatle-esque sensibility to the two Les Reed covers, “Mr. Lovin’ Luggage Man” and “One Little Packet of Cigarettes”. And “Berimbau” offers an unexpected outburst of Tropicalismo. In short, not just a rarity, but a record to appeal to anybody with a warped pop sensibility…and ain’t that all of us? Remastered and pressed in fire orange vinyl for its first reissue in any format!Product DetailsArtist: Bob Azzam & The Great ExpectationTitle: Bob Azzam & The Great Expectation - Remastered (Fire Orange Vinyl)Catalogue Number: LPRGM2152CBarcode: 848064021520Label: REAL GONE MUSICTracklistingA1. Mr. Lovin' Luggage ManA2. Rain Rain Go AwayA3. Mrs. WilsonA4. BerimbauA5. One Little Packet Of CigarettesB1. The Story Of My LifeB2. The Last TimeB3. Mr. Dyingly SadB4. Tricky SoulB5. Mon Amour