Shake That Thing! The Blues in Britain 1963-1978

3CD compilation that focuses on all facets of the blues in the UK during the genre’s most popular era. Key British artists run the stylistic gamut of R&B, electric blues, country blues, folk blues, blues rock, jug band music, Gospel, hokum, and ragtime.

The set features such pioneers as Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Cyril Davies, as well as those who would become worldwide superstars with Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and many more contributing.

Blues was in the DNA of the new genres being developed in the UK such as hard rock, psychedelia, and folk rock, as can be evidenced by the inclusion in this set of The Animals, Jethro Tull, Pentangle, The Incredible String Band, Humble Pie, Chicken Shack, Savoy Brown, Jellybread, Taste, and Ten Years After.

Alongside these more progressive acts, we have those that cherished the work of their blues heroes too much to alter it anyway. These purists toiled away to approach the feel and replicate the sound heard on those treasured, well-worn albums that were studied so closely, long into the night. Among this number, we count Jo-Ann Kelly, her brother Dave, Ian A. Anderson, Roger Hubbard, and Mike Cooper, among others.

DISC ONE

Cyril Davies And His Rhythm And Blues All Stars – "Country Line Special"
Long John Baldry & The Hoochie Coochie Men – "Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air"
Rod Stewart – "Good Morning Little School Girl"
Davy Graham – "Goin’ Down Slow"
Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated – "Preachin’ The Blues"
Alex Harvey – "Honey Bee"
John Renbourn – "Louisiana Blues"
Beverley Martyn – "Me & My Gin"
John Mayall with Eric Clapton – "Ramblin’ On My Mind"
The Animals – "See See Rider"
The Purple Gang – "Boot Leg Whisky"
Ten Years After – "Don’t Want You Woman"
Ian A. Anderson – "Cottonfield Blues"
Ian A. Anderson & Elliot Jackson – "Shake ‘Em On Down"
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – "The World Keep On Turning"
Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – "Hellhound On My Trail"
Savoy Brown – "Vicksburg Blues"
Simon & Steve – "Say No To The Devil"
The Panama Limited Jug Band – "Cocaine Habit"
Mike Cooper & Ian A. Anderson – "The Inverted World"
The Missouri Compromise – "Dark Road Blues"
Chicken Shack – "See See Baby"
Wizz Jones – "Spoonful"
Dave Kelly – "A Few Short Lines"
Al Jones – "Searchin’ The Desert For The Blues"
Alexis Korner – "Steal Away"

DISC TWO

Jethro Tull – "Some Day the Sun Won’t Shine for You"
John Martyn – "Goin’ Down To Memphis"
The Deviants – "Blind Joe McTurk’s Last Session"
Pentangle – "Turn Your Money Green"
John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – "Laurel Canyon Home"
Dr. K’s Blues Band – "Crippled Clarence"
Bert Jansch – "Blues"
Shakey Vick – "Come On In My Kitchen"
Jellybread – "Driving Wheel"
Jo-Ann Kelly – "Moon Goin’ Down"
Ralph McTell – "(My) Baby Keeps Staying Out All Night Long"
Killing Floor – "Lou’s Blues"
Clague – "Bottle Up & Go"
Steve Rye – "Bread of Heaven"
Fran McGillivray – "It Hurts Me Too"
Prager, Rye & Hall – "Stop Breakin"