Adapted from a previous piece, this was prepared as a chapter for my long-threatened (and maybe even eventual) book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Shake Some Action
Written by Cyril Jordan and Chris Wilson
Produced by Dave Edmunds
From the album Shake Some Action, Sire Records, 1976
The original post has been unpublished for bookkeeping purposes. It can be seen as a chapter in my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1)
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ReplyDelete"First Plane Home" is my other top go-to Groovies track, but I have a lot of go-to Groovies tracks.
DeleteI would argue that the song is too long and there are too many unnecessary instrumental fills. There is a cover by Liverpool band, The Ruby Tears which remedies this and cuts it down to a perfect 3 ½ minutes https://therubytears.bandcamp.com/track/shake-some-action-from-the-bunker-session Check it out and you'll surely agree.
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