Ice Cream, Chris Barber 1954.

[@davidwheeldon8193]

My life,my music.thank-you Chris for preserving the genre of Trad,the members of your band/bands have given me pleasure no other music could ever achieve,a real fulfilment.keep on trucking .I'm 75,but still a youngster thanks to your music.

[@alanhunter-craig8041]

Brings back so many happy memories of my time at Bromley College of Art.

[@dieternorbertfreyberg8458]

das war unsere Musik in Borgmanns Keller ....eine schöne Zeit.

[@lordpetrolhead477]

Just read in the Telegraph obituaries that Chris Barber has just sadly passed away. I’ve also got a copy of this 7” vinyl of Chris Barber at the Royal Festival Hall, handed down. RIP Chris, great times and great music.

[@kbb9045]

*RIP Chris Barber*

[@Derethevil]

As i were very young, there was a ice cream machine in an entertainment park called "Bayern Park". It is pretty much a big entertainment park with animals, petting zoos and all that jazz. But yeah. There was an icecream machine that played a part of that song while it dispensed the icecream. Hearing this randomly now kinda makes me cry.. i want to go back in time.

[@1510Ronald]

best version forever, no other!!!! Thank you, Ronny Germany

[@chrishunt3296]

Monty Sunshine made this performance . Fantastic clarinet playing.

[@RomanAdar]

Outstanding performance and I love this earlier version of Ice Cream by Chris Barber et all. As usual many thanks for sharing this precious tune.

[@alicepohl7846]

Leider 90 jährig verstorben......Ruhe in Frieden.....

[@wolfganghupp7249]

Icecream durfte auf keiner Party fehlen. Es war eine goldene Zeit❤❤

[@howardgoy9568]

That was one hell of a band!

[@OldDogNewTrick]

Thanks for sharing this. I have heard and enjoyed Chris Barber over the years. However, I have never heard this piece before until now.

[@969DENNIS]

I heard it first on a jukebox ,13 years old..never forgotten.Later dance and more (Zutphen,1954...Baudartius!)

[@jphar]

Glad to oblige, it's one of my favourites too. I went to that concert. jphar

[@jphar]

Thanks for that corksand, I was there too. As the record jacket shows it was at the Royal Festival Hall. It is the genuine EP, well used over the years. My software is Audacity, the record deck having a USB output. John

[@bstrutt]

i also have this record and helps me relive my youth.We used to go to the hot club of london in Woolwich when Chris had Lonnie Donegon in his band Does any one remember this place

[@philipe1985]

I need that LP.

[@jphar]

@gte2000 Yes, thanks for the comment, I think it's the best ever version. My copy is from the 'Festival' EP No.DFE 6344. Great days, I was at the concert. John

[@rexgeorg7324]

Love this British Music

[@MartinPadderborn]

Brings back great memories of the young guys I used to knock around with when Barber and the gang were at their best. I actually preferred British traditional jazz to American because it seemed more spontaneous and was just a bunch of guys having a good time. No drugs or self-loathing; lots of booze though. I still have this original record stashed away in the house somewhere.

[@jesper2610]

G R E A T....Thanks for upload. :-)

[@love1country88]

...mit Chris Barber und seinem *Ice cream* kam immer Stimmung in die Bude. wenn der British Forces Network die Platte auflegte - so Ende der '50er Jahre. Seitdem liebe ich diesen Old Time Jazz, genau so wie Blues, Country + Rock 'n Roll... Norbert / Cologne, Germany

[@didischlebusch4200]

i have the Live LP from 1954 and its great, the complete Session

[@scruffymeles6221]

Great stuff, takes me back to my school days. There is another, completely different, ice cream song, every bit as good as this one. Search for 'Hokey Pokey' (the Ice Cream Song) by Richard and Linda Thompson. If you have never heard it before you are in for a real treat.

[@danielblanchon6093]

Souvenirs pleins de nostalgie.......BC Blues LYON......années 1965...1975

[@jphar]

Thanks for the comment, one of his classics. I used to go to his and Ken Colyer's clubs and concerts in the '50's. Check out t5he others on my site. All the best, John Harrison

[@969DENNIS]

Top favoriet in the fifties

[@lukemacmanus8894]

I also bought this EP and played it and played it and played it, and it still plays well! Weren't we lucky to have lived in those times?

[@thesceptic7968]

Music moves on, and every generation creates its own. That's how it should be. Those times were just different, not better.

[@rexgeorg7324]

I got the record..it got more life than digital

[@hanziwatdan5373]

My dad dance crazy on this record 🤣

[@wimharinck6381]

De beste band ooit

[@jphar]

Hi hapeverse, I agree, never been a better version than the 1954 Festival. Thanks for the comment. John

[@davidbaxter4910]

Venizia!

[@pietalpha2]

A Classic!

[@SamHarrisonMusic]

My copy's cover is ripped in EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE!

[@4frederik2]

@jesper2610 Yes it is Monty Sunshine

[@jphar]

Absolutely, it's sad that youngsters nowadays are so easily pleased by the junk pop stuff.!

[@Firebrand55]

I bought the LP then, learned Ice Cream off by heart and I've been playing it ever since. Try the earlier version by George Lewis for comparison....and his Burgundy Street Blues, both on YT.

[@jphar]

Hi, I don't have it, just the one EP, but I do have George Lewis's Climax Rag-coming soon jphar

[@evikeg66]

Utmärkt !!! :-))

[@MoleDFigg]

The band at their best (in my view), they really seemed to 'have the spirit' then.

[@corksand]

Either your cleaning software is better than mine or you have not played this too much. I think this was recorded at the National Jazz Federation Festival of Jazz. I was there I think didn't he ramble was next and last Item that night. Ah memories.

[@jesper2610]

I think it's Monty Sunshine on clarinet. Or..??

[@topcattopone]

Yeah thanks for that! I missed this set of EP's although I do have a couple of the Barber in Berlin set also 1954 with 12,000 people in the Deuchlande Hall(spelling?). The atmosphere can be felt even on a recording that old. Does this set have Climax Rag on it? Regards

[@staffanlindstrom576]

The band recorded an even better version of Ice Cream in Copenhagen, October 1954.

[@johnvanpelt8254]

Te gek nummer wil v pelt

[@Romulus238]

@jphar Which is by far the better version :-)

[@bidistone1]

POL'S ice cream version Belgique POL CLOSSET "la brabançonne" version jazz de la brabançonne(Belgique)

[@kieranohara3089]

still as hot as ice cream...