Mills Of Old St. Croix
Bill Fleming
Westindy Music Co., St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
ML 1002
1965
Here we have yet another flamboyant album cover featuring a fun play on words/visuals.
As I've said before, I could collect piles of these "island" albums simply for the cover art. Of course there are treasures to be found on the vinyl. On this album are a number of "lounge-styled" numbers that I find appealing over the standard "calypso".
This is a obscure album and there are only a few references to Bill Fleming to be found online. Musicians include Bill La Motta, piano - Frank Jarvis, drums - Leonard Creque, Guitar - Iggy Matthews, percussion - Aldis Samuel, conga - Errol Peterson, Bongos and Leyburn Watkins, Bass.
The April 17, 1965 issues of Billboard gave this album a listing with three stars.
WOW, what a title! Fabulous cover. Fun tune.
ReplyDeletePlease say you're going to post the rest of the album. I only know one song of his called "Lovin' Old Women Is Nice", which is a CLASSIC.
ReplyDeleteI was just doing some family research and came across this - Bill Fleming was my grandmother's brother.
ReplyDeleteWow. I used to hang out with Bill in 1965. He sang at the Pirates Parlor at Blue Beards with Bill Lamota on piano I did not know Fankie Marvis played drums. Sadly I was watching ABC one night and saw his sister describe how he was a crime victim. His #1 song was Yellow Bird.
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