What's Shakin' - Various Artists. LP. (Sundazed - LP 5167) Exact re-issue of legendary 1967 comp album featuring rare performances recorded by Elektra in the mid 60s. Artists include Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Lovin Spoonful, Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse and Tom Rush. Hideously rare as an original, this is now available on 180 gram vinyl from the original mastertapes.

What's Shakin' - Various. CD. (Collectors Choice - CCM0622) CD re-issue of this legendary 1966 rarities compilation, and it boasted a couple of big-name artists, the Lovin Spoonful and Eric Clapton, who were not known for their association with the label. The Lovin Spoonful tracks stem from the bands almost having signed with the label; Jac Holzman states in the notes that it was John Sebastian's way of making amends, and these four tracks-'Good Time Music' 'Almost Grown' 'Don't Bank on It Baby', and 'Searchin'-were never recorded by the band, not even in different versions. The Clapton tracks, meanwhile, feature him with Powerhouse, a supergroup composed of Jack Bruce, Stevie Winwood and Manfred Mann lead singer Paul Jones; produced by Joe Boyd, the tracks are 'I Want to Know; Crossroads', and 'Steppin Out'. Five Paul Butterfield Blues Band tracks appear here from their ill-fated debut recording session for Elektra: 'Lovin Cup; Good Morning Little Schoolgirl; Spoonful', and two that appear nowhere else, 'Off the Wall' and 'One More Mile'. Tom Rush's 'I'm in Love Again' is an outtake from his 1966 LP 'Take a Little Walk with Me', and Al Kooper's 'I Cant Keep from Crying Sometimes' is something of a rehearsal for the later, fuller Blues Project version.

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