I heard this long before the original Johnny Kidd and The Pirates' version and always loved it, used to be a must for the local garage bands. The band was actually Chad Allen and the Expressions, Chad Allen on vocals, this was before Burton Cummings had joined.
Shakin' All Over, Guess Who
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Re: Shakin' All Over, Guess Who
I too really love the Johnny Kidd version.
I asked Randy Bachman about the recording of this song via his CBC radio show (http://www.randysvinyltap.com), and he played both versions and told the story of how they recorded it late at night at a local Winnipeg TV station in 1964.... All of the band members played and Chad Allan sang "live off the floor" around a single microphone. In order to alter the mix they had to physically move close or father away from the one mike.
Bachman had a cousin who would send them a reel to reel tape of UK pop hits every 4 months or so. He figures that is how they learned the song before anyone else in North America. To them it sounded like a Beatles track.
And to keep it RIC content - Chad Allen played a "John Lennon" Rickenbacker on it. Bachman his Gretsch 6120
I asked Randy Bachman about the recording of this song via his CBC radio show (http://www.randysvinyltap.com), and he played both versions and told the story of how they recorded it late at night at a local Winnipeg TV station in 1964.... All of the band members played and Chad Allan sang "live off the floor" around a single microphone. In order to alter the mix they had to physically move close or father away from the one mike.
Bachman had a cousin who would send them a reel to reel tape of UK pop hits every 4 months or so. He figures that is how they learned the song before anyone else in North America. To them it sounded like a Beatles track.
And to keep it RIC content - Chad Allen played a "John Lennon" Rickenbacker on it. Bachman his Gretsch 6120
Brian Morton
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A Rickenbacker Fan
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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67 FG 625
74 JG 4000
76 JG 430
77 JG 620
77 JG 320
79 MG 450
79 JG 4001
80 FG 620/12
81 BG 480
91 JG 610
02 BG 620
78 TR7
83 TR25
Re: Shakin' All Over, Guess Who
Sorry George, didn't realize this was a repeat.