What's Shakin'

by

Various Artists

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First let me give a piece of advice or warning. I bought this CD from another page here on Amazon that stated the CD was no longer available new and could only be obtained from third-party sellers. And those sellers were offering it for 35.88. And I bought it, hook, line, and sinker and now I am 24.02 poorer and wiser. Make sure, if you're going to buy this CD, to get it from this page. And before buying anything that seller-created pages state is not available from Amazon, do some more searching first.

Now, about the CD and the music. I found this CD accidentally while searching for more Lovin' Spoonful titles. I guess how easily I was taken in to pay 35.88 for it shows how impressed I was by the lineup here. And can you believe that in 1966, the Lovin' Spoonful, as great as they are, received bigger billing on the cover than Clapton and Butterfield? And Butterfield has 5 tracks while the Spoonful only have 4.

This is such a unique combination of talent with the pop-ish Lovin Spoonful and count them, not one... but two of the top blues acts in history - ok.. THE top blues act, Eric Clapton, performing with one of the finest male vocal instruments in the history of rock, Steve Winwood. The second blues act, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, is one of the top also-rans. Add Al Kooper, the perpetual also-ran but a good talent and a good eye for talent who later produced many great artists and then finish the list with the great folk artist, Tom Rush.

All-in-all, this CD is pure genius. No label today would ever think to create compilation with so much breadth. This CD should be one of the top sellers for Amazon ever. Every 50-something, like myself, should have one and should buy more for each of their children. Then our children would understand why we just never could get into Motley Crue.