Music CD - Various Artists: What's Shakin'

	Music CD: What's Shakin' Artist: Various Artists List Price: $7.98 Our Price: $8.99 Your Save: $ ( % ) Availability: Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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Tracks: 1. Good Time Music - Lovin' Spoonful 2. Almost Grown - Lovin' Spoonful 3. Spoonful - Paul Butterfield Blues Band 4. Off The Wall - Paul Butterfield Blues Band 5. Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes - Al Kooper 6. I Want To Know - Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse 7. Crossroads - Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse 8. Lovin' Cup - Paul Butterfield Blues Band 9. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Paul Butterfield Blues Band 10. Stepping Out - Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse 11. I'm In Love Again - Tom Rush 12. Don't Bank On It Baby - Lovin' Spoonful 13. Searchin' - Lovin' Spoonful 14. One More Time - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075596134323 Label: Elektra / Wea Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Elektra / Wea Release Date: 1993-05-11 Studio: Elektra / Wea
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Stepping Stone Comment: In 1966 I was 14 & had been reading about all these great bands. I wanted to hear their music but was afraid to spend my limited resources on 1/2 dozen albums. This album was a godsend. It had the songs by Paul Butterfield & others along side of songs by the Lovin' Spoonfull who I was already a fan of so I knew I'd at least like their songs. Funny thing is their's were my least favorite songs on the album. As soon as I played the album I was blown away and ran right back down to the record store to buy full length Paul Butterfield & Tom Rush albums with a whole months worth of my school lunch money. I may have had an empty stomach but my mind was on fire! It was the end of top 40 music for me. At least until groups like the Doors & Big Brother had hits. Customer Rating: Summary: an alltime great album Comment: A great album any BLUES fan must have. Al Kooper's "I Can't Keep From Cryin' " is listed as a Paul Butterfield song in the Amazon breakdown of cuts.That particular cut, w/Al on Paino is one of my alltime favorites.The rest of the album is superb also! A great compilation. Customer Rating: Summary: An Important Historical Timepiece Comment: "What's Shakin" is a mid-'60s blues-rock sampler, featuring rare tracks from several great bands - most prominent being Paul Butterfield and the Lovin' Spoonful. However, what makes this collection truly historic are the tracks by Eric Clapton & the Powerhouse, which included the young Stevie Winwood. This marked Clapton's first recorded collaboration with Winwood, and their only recorded collaboration outside of Blind Faith and Clapton's "Rainbow Concert" album. History was never this much fun. Customer Rating: Summary: Intriguing Nuggets From A Few 1960s Legends Comment: This album is almost obsolete, thanks to the recent (and much welcome) "The Lost Original Elektra Sessions" by the Butterfield Blues Band, which features every Butterfield cut on this album among the selections. But note we say "almost" - the cuts by Eric Clapton's one-off tweener (he was between stints in John Mayall's Blues Breakers, if I am not mistaken; one member of the group was billed then as Steve Anglo - in reality, Steve Winwood) and the Lovin' Spoonful are worth the ticket, especially Clapton's first known crack at "Crossroads". This was one of the better samplers of the mid-1960s and it still wears well. Customer Rating: Summary: A Great Album from the Past Comment: I purchased this album (vinyl record) as a Sophomore in college in 1966, still have it in good condition. It's a great album, but since my turntable no longer works, I need the CD. Incidentally, the record jacket has the Lovin' Spoonful on the front and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on the back. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Elektra released What's Shakin' in 1966 -- a smoking, various-artists foretaste of breakthroughs to come. Ultra-rare tracks by the Lovin' Spoonful rub shoulders with searing numbers by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Eric Clapton (with Steve Winwood), the Blues Project's Al Kooper and fabled Boston folkie Tom Rush. Available as a high definition replica of the ultra-rare LP, the album also includes a repro of the original liner note/photos insert.