Click or hover over image to zoom in

Billy Hawks - O Baby (I Do Believe I'm Losing You) - BGP EP

Name: Billy Hawks - O Baby (I Do Believe I'm Losing You) - BGP EP
SKU: 461
Price: 9.99 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Price: £9.99 + £11.55 shipping (see below)

O'Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You)

Whip It On Me

Condition: Brand new

Billy Hawks - O Baby (I Do Believe I'm Losing You) - BGP EP

Billy Hawks - O Baby (I Do Believe I'm Losing You) - BGP EP

Side 1

01 O'Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You)

02 You've Been A Bad Girl

Side 2

01 Whip It On Me

02 What More Can I Do?

BGP

LTDEP 020

Release Date: 30th September 2016

Four key titles from the R&B organist’s “Heavy Soul!” album of 1967.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Billy Hawks was based in Philadelphia and worked with his trio up and down the Eastern seaboard. He was discovered playing in one of the area’s many clubs and lounges and recorded his first album, “The New Genius Of The Blues”, for Prestige in 1966. “Heavy Soul!”, an organ-heavy mod R&B masterpiece, followed a year later. Produced by Cal Lampley at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, “Heavy Soul!” included the latter-day London club favourite ‘O’Baby (I Believe I’m Losing You)’, the lead track on this latest release in our limited edition 7-inch EP range. Beautifully packaged in the classic London American style, the cover features the only known photographs of Billy, provided by his brother Leroy, a singer in his own right who recorded two rare 45s for Philly labels. Introduced to the UK’s jazz scene by Baz Fe Jazz and Gilles Peterson in the mid-1980s, ‘O’Baby’ become a staple of the more discerning clubs, a clarion call to the dancefloor. Unfortunately, Billy died in the early 80s, a little too early to enjoy the album’s rediscovery.

Dean Rudland

In store and available right now via our fast first class same working day shipping service

Can listen to two tracks above

Shipping Options

Shipping options and prices may vary depending on the total value of your order. Your final shipping price will be determined at checkout.

Same Day Shipping. We will try our best to dispatch orders on the same day for all orders placed before 3 pm (UK time) on working days.

Letterbox friendly shipping/postage

All 45s will be sent via brand new 7 inch mailers

2 x cardboard stiffeners to protect the 45s in each package

Uk Shipping Charges

Are calculated as per the current Royal Mail charges for Royal Mail First Class Delivery plus a £0.35 charge added to cover the cost of packing materials

Our New Royal Mail First Class Shipping rates for 1 or 2 or 3 items are now £2.40 (£2.05 postage + £0.35 packing)

Shipping refunds – due to the varying weight of 45s, if there are found to be any major (over 10% of the fee) excess shipping charges, these charges will be refunded asp via method of payment.