[2018-02-23] Wynder K. Frog "Shook, Shimmy And Shake: The Complete Recordings 1966-1970" 3CD box set (RPM UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2017 4:57 am

Description
Essentially a vehicle for Hammond organ maestro Mick Weaver, late 60s British band WYNDER K. FROG specialised in funky club Soul/Jazz. Hailing from Bolton, Lancashire, but based in London for much of their career, Mick and the band made three albums for Island Records between 1966 and 1970. These have long been coveted by Mod collectors and fans of the prestigious Island label.

For the first time ever, all three LPs – Sunshine Super Frog (mono, 1966), Out Of The Frying Pan (stereo, 1968) and the US-only Into The Fire (stereo, 1970) – appear on one package, accompanied by a host of rare non-album tracks, previously unissued material, a track from a BBC radio session and two stereo mixes from the soundtrack to the 1968 film The Touchables.

SHOOK, SHIMMY & SHAKE is housed in a handsome clamshell box. Inside are miniatures of all three albums (featuring their original artwork), alongside a hefty booklet featuring extensive sleeve-notes in which Mick Weaver is heavily quoted, in which he finally tells the story of the mysterious Wynder K. Frog!

In addition to the albums, the package boasts all their relevant non-album tracks, an obscure 1966 advert flexidisc ‘Henry’s Panter’ and nine tracks from a hitherto undocumented nine-track acetate album which was probably cut in 1967 in the period between albums one and two.

Only Out Of The Frying Pan has been reissued officially on CD before! Most tracks make their debut here while others have been remastered.

Curated by the team who previously brought you definitive compendiums by The Artwoods, The Bo Street Runners, The Love Affair and many others.

Tracklist
[CD1: Sunshine Super Frog]
1. Sunshine Superman
2. I Feel So Bad
3. Oh Mary
4. Blues For A Frog
5. Somebody Help Me
6. Mercy
7. Hold On, I’m Coming
8. Shook, Shimmy And Shake
9. Incense
10. Walking To New Orleans
11. (Don’t Fight It) Feel It
12. Dancin’ Pain (alias Dancing Frog)
Bonus Tracks:
13. Turn On Your Lovelight
14. Zooming
15. Green Door
16. I’m A Man
17. Henry’s Panter
18. Wade In The Water (BBC Version) *

[CD2: Out Of The Frying Pan]
1. Jumping Jack Flash
2. Gasoline Alley
3. Willie And The Hand Jive
4. Harpsichord Shuffle
5. Baby I Love You
6. This Here
7. Green Door
8. Bad Eye
9. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
10. Tequila
11. The House That Jack Built
12. Hymn To Freedom
13. Hi-Heel Sneakers
Bonus Tracks:
14. Jumping Jack Flash (Mono Version)
15. Baldy
16. Dancing Frog (Stereo Version)
17. Blues For A Frog (Stereo Version)

[CD3: Into The Fire]
1. Into The Fire
2. Howl In Wolf’s Clothing
3. F In Blues
4. Cool Hand Stanley
5. Eddie’s Tune
6. Why Am I Treated So Bad
7. Hot Salt Beef
8. Warm And Tender Love
Bonus Tracks:
9. Happy Jack *
10. We Can Work It Out *
11. Funky Broadway *
12. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever *
13. A Memory Of Bruce *
14. The House That Jack Built *
15. I’ll Go Crazy *
16. Tequila *
17. Baldy (Alternative Version) *

* Previously Unissued

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0788XVFCW/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0788XVFCW/?tag=imwan-21

Willy Wilson · **Joined:** 22 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 939

Really looking forward to this one so I can retire my old vinyl copies - Hoping they put the unreleased tracks from the sessions he did with Dave Mason, Chris Wood and company

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:39 pm

Bump: Added the cover image, description and tracklist to the first post.

fiscus1baker · **Joined:** 02 Jun 2009 **Posts:** 24

Wish they'd add the Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog tracks

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

fiscus1baker wrote:

Wish they'd add the Mason, Capaldi, Wood & Frog tracks

I didn't know they still existed.

Willy Wilson · **Joined:** 22 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 939

I thought that there were some of those tracks on the Chris Wood box/anthology that came out a few years back

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

Willy Wilson wrote:

I thought that there were some of those tracks on the Chris Wood box/anthology that came out a few years back

You may be right. I never picked up that set though I wanted to.

Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

ARK wrote:

Willy Wilson wrote:

I thought that there were some of those tracks on the Chris Wood box/anthology that came out a few years back

You may be right. I never picked up that set though I wanted to.

The Wood box has 4 tracks by Mason, Capaldi, Wood and Frog. There are 2 studio tracks, and two live BBC tracks.

[2018-02-23] Wynder K. Frog "Shook, Shimmy And Shake: The Complete Recordings 1966-1970" 3CD box set (RPM UK)

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