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Gene Vincent - Shakin' Up a Storm

Primary Artist
Gene Vincent
Album Title
Shakin' Up a Storm
Release Date
October, 1964 
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Review by Bruce Eder
Virtually everything on Gene Vincent's final EMI album, Shakin' Up A Storm, is superb, representing some of his best rock & roll from a decade in which he went years between albums. Cut with the backing group the Shouts and released only in England, Shakin' Up A Storm is an unusual record, containing elements of the burgeoning Merseybeat sound and soft-rock covers of country songs. The album (which has been reissued as part of EMI's 100th Anniversary series, in glittering 24-bit sound) starts off well with a raucous "Hey Hey Hey," fueled by the fiery saxwork of Jim FieldRead More
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