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Cat. No. VV 1069: SHAKIN' STEVENS ~ THIS OLE HOUSE. EPIC ELPS 4226.
Cat. No. VV 1069: SHAKIN' STEVENS ~ THIS OLE HOUSE. EPIC ELPS 4226.

Cat. No. VV 1069: SHAKIN' STEVENS ~ THIS OLE HOUSE. EPIC ELPS 4226.

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

SHAKIN' STEVENS (REAL NAME MICHAEL BARRATT) IS A BRITISH SINGER SONGWRITER. HE WAS THE UK's BIGGEST-SELLING SINGLES ARTIST OF THE 1980s. ALTHOUGH HE ACHIEVED HIS COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IN THE '80s HE ACTUALLY BEGAN HIS RECORDING AND PERFORMING CAREER IN THE LATE 1960s WHEN HE TEAMED UP WITH FORMER 1950s BRITISH GROUP "THE BACKBEATS" AS LEAD SINGER. THE GROUP WAS SPOTTED BY SOUTH WALES IMPRESARIO PAUL "LEGS" BARRETT WHO PROPOSED REPACKAGING THE BAND AS A 1950s INFLUENCED ROCK'N'ROLL OUTFIT UNDER A NEW NAME. MICHAEL CHOSE THE NAME "SHAKIN' STEVENS" BORROWED FROM AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND STEVEN VANDERWALKER AND THE BAND BECAME KNOWN AS "SHAKIN' STEVENS AND THE SUNSETS". THE GROUP RELEASED SEVERAL HIT SINGLES IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND RELEASED THREE ALBUMS ON THE DUTCH PINK ELEPHANT LABEL. ALL THESE EARLY RECORDINGS ARE NOW HIGHLY PRICED COLLECTOR'S ITEMS.

IN 1977, AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF CONSTANT TOURING AND RECORDING, "SHAKY', AS HE WAS ALSO BEING CALLED, LANDED THE PART PLAYING ELVIS PRESLEY IN HIS PRIME IN THE NEW JACK GOOD PRODUCED WEST END MUSICAL ,"ELVIS!".  THIS LED TO "SHAKY" MAKING REGULAR TV APPEARANCES ON "OH BOY!" AND THE LATER PRODUCED "LET'S ROCK" THIS LED TO HIM RECORDING THE BUCK OWENS SONG "HOT DOG" WHICH BECAME HIS FIRST SOLO COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. IN 1979 HE SIGNED A NEW MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH FREYA MILLER WHO IMMEDIATELY ADVISED STEVENS TO SEVER HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE SUNSETS AND CONTINUE DEVELOPING A MORE LUCRATIVE SOLO CAREER. UNDER MILLER'S GUIDANCE HE RECORDED 'THIS OLE HOUSE" WHICH BECAME HIS FIRST #1 HIT.

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1980 AND THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF WEAR AND THE RECORD IS VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION. COPIES OF THE ALBUM IN FAR WORSE CONDITION THAN THIS COPY ARE BEING OFFERED FOR SALE UPWARD OF $30 AUD ON EBAY.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Hey Mae / Baby If We touch / Marie, Marie / Lonely Blue Boy / Make It Right Tonight / Move / You Drive Me Crazy. Side 2 - Slippin' And Slidin' / Shooting Gallery / Revenue Man / Make Me Know You're Mine / This Ole House / Nobody.

12" VINYL RECORD

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