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Little Willie John 'i'm Shakin'

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need a good playout copy, doesnt need to be mint (but thats ok too)

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andy

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  lotusland said:
need a good playout copy, doesnt need to be mint (but thats ok too)

paypal waiting

tnoble777@yahoo.com

or PM

thanks

andy

Which one?

The one with or without the Jazz cymbals?

  pikeys dog said:
Which one?

The one with or without the Jazz cymbals?

didnt know there was 2 versions. is one shit? or is it a subtle difference?

the one on the soulclub site sounds good to me

a/

  lotusland said:
didnt know there was 2 versions. is one shit? or is it a subtle difference?

the one on the soulclub site sounds good to me

a/

The one with Person To Person on the flip as opposed to Cottage For Sale is the better version IMO as it has what Pikey refers to the jazz cymbals when Willie sings 'alone'. Soul Club has the other one.

  slimharpo said:
The one with Person To Person on the flip as opposed to Cottage For Sale is the better version IMO as it has what Pikey refers to the jazz cymbals when Willie sings 'alone'. Soul Club has the other one.

Yes, two different versions issued about three years apart:

Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' / Cottage For Sale - KING 5342 (1960)

Little Willie John - I'm Shakin' / Person To Person - KING 5823 (1963)

I agree with the above, the 1963 issue with "Person To Person" on the flip is in my opinion the best one and also the take which was comped on Kent's fabulous "King New Breed R&B" CD.

The two RAs of "I'm Shakin'" on SoulClub are of the KING 5823 version:

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Little_Will...Shakin'.ram

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Little_Will...39;m_Shakin.ram

Here is the earlier 5342 version (the "non jazz cymbals" one):

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/sounds/exists...itle=I_M_SHAKIN_

Superb tune!!! :D

Edited by Sebastian

Really gone off this song myself recently, as its a played a lot, and b no ones dances to it as its very 'stop-starty'. Never understood why b has led to a though! :yes::wicked: I guess being on a kent r'n'b cd has contributed to the awareness of it. last copy went for £70 odd pounds I think.

Edited by Guest

don't think i'd ever heard that later version. besides the cymbal, it has extra drum fills all over the place and that simple rhythm guitar stroke....i'm not convinced it's better!

people dance their asses off to the other version at my night and start whooping and hollering as soon as it starts, but this is the u.s.....

Edited by weingarden

i had "i'm shakin'" on the Delta label, maybe a canadian press (?) can't remember which version was. I sold it about a year ago, not my cup of tea. :yes: good R&B anyway

  weingarden said:
hey, GoodTaste...not too many copies of that record in your avatar floating around, are there....

hi Matt, how many? I picked up a copy recently, love both sides, no idea about rarity/value

  weingarden said:
don't think i'd ever heard that later version. besides the cymbal, it has extra drum fills all over the place and that simple rhythm guitar stroke....i'm not convinced it's better!

people dance their asses off to the other version at my night and start whooping and hollering as soon as it starts, but this is the u.s.....

yeah, still works really well with non-mod crowds, normally get people asking what it is. prefer the earlier version too, and that's the version on my copy of the Ace CD anyway!

edit - just checked, and Sebastian's right, it is the later version on the CD, but the booklet has the number of the earlier one...!

Edited by bongolia

  weingarden said:
GoodTaste: besides you, me, dante, and shadow, i don't know.

cool shades.gif

  weingarden said:
don't think i'd ever heard that later version. besides the cymbal, it has extra drum fills all over the place and that simple rhythm guitar stroke....i'm not convinced it's better!

That's because it isn't wink.gif

  LarsC said:
That's because it isn't :rolleyes:

i'm with you, lars! the drum fills and the rhythm guitar just add clutter to a pristine, stripped-down arrangement! the cymbal's okay, but it's better without!!

Edited by weingarden

The Version without the cymbals is deffo better...great tune

Bazza

Perhaps it's down to which version you started to love first? I heard the cymbals/etc. version first and I feel that the earlier one sounds a bit "empty". Oh well... biggrin.gif

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Was the person to person /I'm shakin (1963) ever booted if so what's the matrix numbers on it ?

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