boba Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 So for like the last 6 months i have been seeing lots of records on ebay listed as "tittyshaker" ... like some sort of funky early 60s R&B records, often instrumental? Can anyone tell me what a "tittyshaker" is exactly? Is there some specific place that the term came from recently that made people start using it all of a sudden? Like do people say this on the R&B scene? Is it the new "sister funk" where every other record on ebay will soon be described as "tittyshaker"? what's the deal?
Guest stonedsoul Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 So for like the last 6 months i have been seeing lots of records on ebay listed as "tittyshaker" ... like some sort of funky early 60s R&B records, often instrumental? Can anyone tell me what a "tittyshaker" is exactly? Is there some specific place that the term came from recently that made people start using it all of a sudden? Like do people say this on the R&B scene? Is it the new "sister funk" where every other record on ebay will soon be described as "tittyshaker"? what's the deal? https://www.tittyshakers.com/
boba Posted September 10, 2008 Author Posted September 10, 2008 https://www.tittyshakers.com/ ok thanks, this was the definition page: https://www.tittyshakers.com/writtenword.htm
Weingarden Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 ok thanks, this was the definition page: https://www.tittyshakers.com/writtenword.htm here was the top ten tittyshaker list i provided martin's website some time ago (it would look slightly different now). think 50-year-old american suit in las vegas for a business convention circa 1963 eyeing go-go dancer's twirling-tassel-adorned pasties as he drools into his eleventh beer of the night: 1. SAXIE RUSSELL, EL MONKEY (RAN-DEE) 2. BLOCKBUSTERS, MUDDY PT. 1 (ROCKIN) 3. JACK LA FORGE, THE CLEOPATRA KICK (REGINA) 4. UNCLE FESTER'S BLUES (HOCTOR) 5. JON THOMAS, TIZZY (JUNIOR) 6. SIR STAN & THE COUNTS, SOULIN' (MAGNUM) 7. TWISTIN' KINGS, CONGO (MOTOWN) 8. GEORGE YOUNG, MECHANIC FROM HAMTRAMCK (PACESETTER) 9. SIMTEC SIMMONS, COOLING IT NOW/LIMBER UP (MAURCI) 10 ANDRE WILLIAMS, SWEET LITTLE PUSSYCAT (WINGATE)
michael-j Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 https://www.tittyshakers.com/ before someone gets in trouble, ought to point out that that site is a bit NSFW !
michael-j Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 (edited) not sure i'd classify the George Young or Jon Thomas as 'shakers, they sound a bit too straight mod/soul jazz to me...? both nice tracks tho i think my list would include things like Ernie Fields Orchestra 'Workin' Out', The Page Boys 'Barracuda', The Gee Cees 'Buzz Saw Twist', Jimmy Gordon 'Buzzzzzz', The Four Instants 'Discoteque', JC Davis 'The Splib', probably some twist tracks as well... *plug* Londoners can come and hear some tonight at Jukebox Jam! alongside the R&B, early soul, blues rockers, etc *plug* Edited September 12, 2008 by michael-j
Guest k3starr Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 So for like the last 6 months i have been seeing lots of records on ebay listed as "tittyshaker" ... like some sort of funky early 60s R&B records, often instrumental? Can anyone tell me what a "tittyshaker" is exactly? Is there some specific place that the term came from recently that made people start using it all of a sudden? Like do people say this on the R&B scene? Is it the new "sister funk" where every other record on ebay will soon be described as "tittyshaker"? what's the deal? Just came across to this message when I was looking through Sir Stan & the counts. Lots of tracks which are classified as 'tittyshaker' come from the great Strip Record releases: Jungle Exotica comps (vol.1&2) and Las Vegas Grind comps on vinyl & CDs. The US label no-longer seem to exists (they did release really brilliant comps in the early 90s when I was in college), but it'ss worth gettin'! Some tracks are more towards r&r, the rest are sleezy / funky r&bs. I hope classifying under 'tittyshaker' won't be a way to sell some not-so-in-demand records more expensive...loos like it is to me...my imagination, perhaps? ***k***
Guest posstot Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 ....A LOAD OF OLD TOSH THEN!! A LOAD OF BOUNCING BOLLOCKS IMHO.
Guest soulmaguk Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Hi, Paypal me a fiver to:- ginaculling@hotmail.com and i will send you a tittyshakers CD with label scans an all of:- THE ROCK-A-FELLAS / EDDIE BELL & THE ROCK-A-FELLAS COED 512 NIGHT PARTY / COUNTIN' THE DAYS SIR WHITE & HIS SOUNDS REDBUG 0001 DOIN' THE SCRATCH / MOODY DREAMER THE NU-TRONS. ELDEE 85 BEAT / SEARCHIN' THE WOBBLERS KING 5585 THE WOBBLE / BLOW OUT DON MARKHAM & THE MARKSMEN. DONNA 1323 HULLY GULLY TRUMPETS / THE SHUCK THE TURBO-JETS FEDERAL 12353 FAR EAST CHA CHA CHA / SO SASSY THE PRECISIANS. NOMAD 12552 I'VE GOT TO HAVE (THE PRECISIAN SOUND) / DON'T LISTEN TO HIM THE ROYALTONES. JUBILEE 5338 WAIL! / POOR BOY TEDDY & THE ROUGH RIDERS TILT 778 TOMAHAWK / THUNDER HEAD TEDDY & THE CLOCK-WATCHERS WARNER BROTHERS 5626 KINKY / YOU WERE MADE FOR ME NOBLE WATTS CLAMIKE 501 TEEN-SCENE / JOHN FRIDAY'S SON BILL FOLAND & HIS SURFS. TISHMAN 903 JUST ANOTHER SIDE / SURFIN' TRUMPETS THE ORIGINALS JACKPOT 48007 THE WHIP / BLUE KAT FELIX SLATKIN LIBERTY 55232 TURKISH BATH / THE HAPPY HOBO THE FRATERNITY BROTHERS VERVE 10127 BULLDOZER / STUDY HALL THE CARNATIONS. FRATERNITY 863 CASUAL / RED WING THE CARNATIONS. TILT 780 SCORPION / FIREBALL MAIL SONNY FLAHARTY & THE YOUNG AMERICANS. P A Q 21 COCONUT STOMP PART 1 / COCONUT STOMP PART 2 TONY & JOE ERA 1075 THE FREEZE / GONNA GET A LITTLE KISSIN' TONIGHT NOBLE "THIN MAN" WATTS & HIS RHYTHM SPARKS BATON 254 THE SLIDE / SHAKIN' CLIFF DAVIS & THE TURBO-JETS FEDERAL 12359 LET IT ROLL (PART 1) / LET IT ROLL (PART 2) GEE GEE & HIS ORCH. MODERN SOUND 6904 CHILI LINDA (CIELITO LINDO) / TARA'S THEME TOMMY WILLS TERRY 106 MR. MOVIN' IS GROOVIN' / 3RD MAN THEME "ROCK" YOUNG WILLIAM & THE JAMAICANS DIMENSION 1005 LIMBO DRUM PART 1 / LIMBO DRUM PART 2 LITTLE WILLIE JOHN KING 5602 KATANGA / THE MASQUERADE IS OVER. PM me when completed. Jock.
KevH Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 ....A LOAD OF OLD TOSH THEN!! A LOAD OF BOUNCING BOLLOCKS IMHO. no..........bouncing tits.
John Elias Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 right then,gonna start me a thread ....the dog's b*ll*cks or maybe not!
Birder66 Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 ....A LOAD OF OLD TOSH THEN!! A LOAD OF BOUNCING BOLLOCKS IMHO. I'm with you on that - it's a bi-word for mediocre.
michael-j Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Just came across to this message when I was looking through Sir Stan & the counts. Lots of tracks which are classified as 'tittyshaker' come from the great Strip Record releases: Jungle Exotica comps (vol.1&2) and Las Vegas Grind comps on vinyl & CDs. The US label no-longer seem to exists (they did release really brilliant comps in the early 90s when I was in college), but it'ss worth gettin'! Some tracks are more towards r&r, the rest are sleezy / funky r&bs. I hope classifying under 'tittyshaker' won't be a way to sell some not-so-in-demand records more expensive...loos like it is to me...my imagination, perhaps? ***k*** the Strip label's releases are only bootlegs AFAIK. there was a third volume of Jungle Exotica btw released under the name 'The Lavender Jungle' (with made-up sleeve notes and a few tracks re-titled). not sure i'm a huge fan of the term (was it Jazzman Gerald who coined it?), but it's a useful one to categorise this style of (mostly) instrumental records.
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