Twistin’ Egyptians – “Shakin’ All Over/in The Sun” – 1987

1987

BAND: Twistin’ Egyptians

TITLE: Shakin’ All Over/In The Sun
FORMAT: 45 RPM Record (also included on COMPLETE CD compilation from 2019)
RECORDED AT: Dynamic Studios – Neenah, WI
PRODUCER: Eric “Griffy” Greif
RECORD CO: Boat Records TE 1024

MUSICIANS
David Geschke: Bass
Kurt Calder: Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocal on “Shakin’ All Over”)
Brad Hoffman: Drums
Stephen Trier: Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocal on “In The Sun”)

SONGS
Shakin’ All Over (Johnny Kidd)
In The Sun (Stephen Trier)

COMMENTS
Remember 45 RPM records? We only did this because we won the Lipsky’s battle of the bands – 1st prize was a 45 RPM record recorded FREE. Juke boxes at the time still played 45’s, so they came in handy for that and promotional use. I always liked this record, we did a cover so we could get Kurt Calder’s voice on record, Steve sang most of the recorded lead vocals as he wrote the original material for this band. Kurt had such a great voice, though, we really wanted to get something out with him singing. This song was one of our bigger live covers at the time, so that’s how we recorded a 45 RPM record with a cover on it. The other song was an original we weren’t going to use on the Electric Lady sessions coming up later in the year, so it wound up here. It’s a very light, poppy song that I enjoy very much, this was a fun recording to do. It was also our first time using a real producer.