Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!
{{Infobox album
| name = Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live!
| type = Live
| artist = Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
| cover = File:Hand_Clappin_Foot_Stompin.jpg
| alt =
| released = December 1966
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length =
| label = Piccadilly NSPL.38026
| producer = John Schroeder
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Hipsters, Flipsters, Finger-Poppin' Daddies!
| next_year = 1967
}}
Hand Clappin, Foot Stompin, Funky-Butt ... Live! is a live album by Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, released around December 1966.
Background
Released in 1966, the album was reviewed by Allen Evans in the December 3 issue of New Musical Express. The saxophone playing by Lionel Kingham on "Land of a Thousand Dances" was also noted.New Musical Express, December 3, 1966 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/1966/NME-1966-12-03.pdf Page 12 LPs By Allen Evans]
It was an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the group's live stage show. Straight away it registered in the UK charts, peaking at number five and staying in the top ten for three months.Mods: The New Religion, By Paul Anderson - [https://books.google.com/books?id=0yz3AwAAQBAJ&dq=Hand+Clappin%2C+Foot+Stompin%2C+Funky-Butt+...+Live%21&pg=PT284 -] It was still in the top 40 in July the following year.Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital, By Lloyd Bradley - [https://books.google.com/books?id=KZAkAAAAQBAJ&dq=Hand+Clappin%2C+Foot+Stompin%2C+Funky-Butt+...+Live%21&pg=PA181 Page 181 Chapter Five / Bass Lines, Brass Sections and All Things Equals] For three years the album remained the biggest selling album for Pye Records.For the Love of Music, By John Schroeder - [https://books.google.com/books?id=WJsEDAAAQBAJ&dq=Hand+Clappin%2C+Foot+Stompin%2C+Funky-Butt+...+Live%21&pg=PA129 Page 129]
In the United States, it was a Special Merit pick in the March 4, 1967 issue of Billboard.Billboard, March 4, 1967 - [https://books.google.com/books?id=CykEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Hand+Clappin%2C+Foot+Stompin%2C+Funky-Butt+...+Live%21+Billboard&pg=PA43 Page 40 ALBUM REVIEWS, R&B SPECIAL MERIT]
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Philly Dog
| title2 = Ride Your Pony
| title3 = Up Tight (Everything's Alright)
| title4 = (I'm A) Road Runner
| title5 = Hold On, I'm Comin'
| title6 = Don't Fight It
| title7 = Land of a Thousand Dances, Part 1
| title8 = Land of a Thousand Dances, Part 2
| title9 = Respect
| title10 = Willy Nilly
| title11 = Get Down With It
| title12 = Michael
| title13 = Que Sera Sera
| title14 = You Don't Know (Like I Know)
}}Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/Geno-Washington-The-Ram-Jam-Band-Hand-Clappin-Foot-Stompin-Funky-Butt-Live/release/1015680 Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band – Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Funky-Butt... Live!]