Shake Down (album)

Shake Down
Studio album by Savoy Brown
Released	September 1967
Recorded	Mid 1967
Studio	Decca Studios, West Hampstead, North West London
Genre	Blues rock, psychedelic rock
Length	39:53
Label	Decca
Producer	Mike Vernon
Savoy Brown chronology
Shake Down (1967) Getting to the Point (1968)Getting to the Point1968
Singles from Shake Down
"Shake 'Em On Down" Released: October 1968 (US only)

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Shake Down is the debut studio album by the British blues rock band Savoy Brown. It was released in 1967 (on Decca SKL 4883) under the name of Savoy Brown Blues Band and is mainly an album of covers, featuring three songs penned by blues singer Willie Dixon. In addition to Dixon, the band covers John Lee Hooker and B.B. King. (The album was never issued in the US, but was easily available as an import.)

Track listing

1. "I Ain't Superstitious" (Willie Dixon) – 3:25
2. "Let Me Love You Baby" (Dixon) – 3:00
3. "Black Night" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 4:47
4. "High Rise" (Beverly Bridge, Sonny Thompson, Freddie King) – 2:44
5. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) – 2:56
6. "I Smell Trouble" (Deadric Malone) – 4:28
7. "Oh! Pretty Woman" (Albert King) – 2:28
8. "Little Girl" (Dixon) – 1:38
9. "The Doormouse Rides the Rails" (Martin Stone) – 3:32
10. "It's My Own Fault" (John Lee Hooker) – 4:55
11. "Shake 'Em On Down" (Traditional, arranged by Bob Hall & Savoy Brown) – 6:00

Personnel

References

External links

• Savoy Brown's Homepage
• "Shake Down" at discogs