King Size Taylor Dominoes Shakers Beat Rare LP "Twist Club"
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Description
Shakers by Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, released on Polydor in 1964.
Ultra rare LP pressed in Germany by Polydor, sleeve worn and has split to top and generally rubbed/worn.
Label VG+, Vinyl minor marks scratches but nothing major a comfortable VG
HERE'S A CONUNDRUM: What's the greatest British rock'n'roll album?
No contest.
It's Shakers by Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes, released on Polydor in 1964.
Let's be clear. The Holy Trinity of early English rock'n'roll records are 'Move It' (Cliff Richard), 'Brand New Cadillac' (Vince Taylor) and 'Shakin' All Over' (Johnny Kidd). That's it. Original, sizzling, blood-stirring stuff that proved that English musicians could rock'n'roll, if not quite as good as the Americans, then good enough to pass muster.
However Kingsize Taylor was a different kind of beast altogether. He had a powerhouse voice that was lacking in those first generation English rockers. A perfect voice for wringing the bollocks out of any hardcore American rock'n'roll song.
Simply, he was the best English rock'n'roll singer there has ever been. He had an original voice that oozed personality and commitment and, most pertinently, he was a stylist who imbued every song he performed with an urgent authority.
He was also the first rock'n'roll singer in that hotbed of beat groups, Liverpool. Later, his band The Dominoes endured a ferocious regime of rehearsals during their Star Club days in Hamburg that would have taxed The Magic Band under Captain Beefheart.
There are a couple of milquetoast vocals on the Shakers album provided by other band members. But those tracks featuring Kingsize and his second lead vocalist Bobby Thompson cut any competition he had with The Beatles, those Star Club rivals of the period. Two great tracks from the album—definitive versions of 'Money' and 'Hippy, Hippy Shake'—are as perfect as early rock records get. 'Mashed Potatoes And Hot Pastrami', featuring the call and response of Taylor and Thompson, are strict lessons in the art of conjuring frenzy.
Liverpool's original rocker
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