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Shakin' Stevens: Take One!

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Label: Epic Records
Released: 1980.02.01
Time:
 31:24
Category: Rock and Roll
Producer(s): Mike Hurst
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.shakinstevens.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Lovestruck (Ernie Barton) - 3:06
[2] Hot Dog (Buck Owens, Denny Dedmon) - 2:48
[3] Is a Bluebird Blue? (Dan Penn) - 3:11
[4] That's All Right (Gerald Nelson, Fred Burch) - 2:10
[5] Without a Love (Jimmy Isle, Ronnie Isle) - 3:21
[6] Shame Shame Shame (Jimmy McCracklin, Bob Geddins) - 2:09
[7] Shotgun Boogie (Tennessee Ernie Ford) - 2:57
[8] I Got Burned (Ral Donner) - 2:17
[9] I Guess I Was a Fool (Buddy Holly) - 2:17
[10] Ah, Poor Little Baby (Rex Koury, Ruth Falk) - 2:20
[11] Little Pigeon (Ray Whit) - 2:43
[12] Do What You Did (Thurston Harris) - 2:05

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Shakin' Stevens - Vocals

Stuart Colman - Bass
Howard Tibble - Drums
Albert Lee - Lead Guitar
B.J. Cole - Pedal Steel Guitar
Roger McHugh - Rhythm Guitar
Geraint Watkins - Piano
Sid Phillips - Baritone Saxophone
Tony Hall - Tenor Saxophone

Mike Hurst - Producer

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Shakin' Stevens' first album following his solo shift to Epic Records, Take One finds him still taking tentative steps towards the pop mainstream, seemingly uncertain just how far away from his roots he was willing to journey in pursuit of his first major hits. But a rollicking cover of Buck Owens' "Hot Dog" squeaked him into the U.K. Top 30 in February 1980; Take One followed a month later; and the decision was made for him. It's a vibrant album, still oozing the rockabilly licks that set Stevens shaking in the first place, and blessed with some of his best ever major-label performances: "Shame Shame Shame," "Shotgun Boogie," and the closing "Do What You Did" are all vintage Shaky classics, and if the super clean production doesn't exactly line Take One up alongside his earlier Sunsets-era recordings, still it's one of the finest rock & roll revival albums of the 1980s.

Dave Thompson - All Music Guide



Take One! is a 1980 album by British rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens. It was his first release on Epic Records and his first album to enter the UK charts. The album featured Stevens' debut hit single "Hot Dog".

Often erroneously dated as being released in October 1979, Take One! wasn't in fact released until February 1980, after the "Hot Dog" single had become Stevens' first UK hit single. Produced by Mike Hurst, the album contained a host of experienced session men, including lead guitarist Albert Lee, pianist Geraint Watkins, steel guitarist B.J. Cole and bassist and arranger Stuart Colman. The album charted at No.62 in March 1980 and remained on the UK albums chart for two weeks.

In April 1982 the album was re-released under the new title of Hot Dog with "That's All Right" and "Ah, Poor Little Baby" being replaced by "You and I Were Meant to Be" and "Make it Right Tonight" respectively.

In 2009, Sony Music released a box set of Stevens' original albums called The Epic Masters. This was the first time the album was released on compact disc and contained bonus tracks of his first three non-album singles recorded for Epic in 1978 and 1979.

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