Album: KC and the Sunshine Band Part 3 (1976)Track: Shake, Shake, Shake
Introduction:
Here's another second hand record in my steadily growing collection. The track opens with drums, guitar, piano and bass. Initially the bass plays around the groove. As the first verse begins, the bass begins to emphasize beats 1 and 3 with the kick drum. The bass comes up in volume with this also. There is a piano slide that leads into the first verse that cannot be heard very easily which is unfortunate.
Groove reinforcement: The pace and groove is reinforced with a cowbell that plays each quarter note. The tone of snare drum is very much a 'pop'. It sounds quite unnatural for a snare drum. There is very little high frequency resonance in that snare, it also sounds dampened to reduce it's 'tail'.
The chorus and fade-out: With the opening words a reverb can be heard on the vocals giving them some space and extra resonance. The chorus arrives quickly and with it the horn section is introduced playing a 'call and response' with the lead vocals. There are multiple vocalists in the chorus creating a big chorus sing-along effect. This element of production encourages a sing-along response from the audience and in that way adds a lot to this song. The horns however, sound quite dry - there is no unnatural sounding decay at the end of each phrase. Shake, Shake, Shake ends with a long fade on a repeating chorus. Something I have learned about fade-outs is that when you use them you want to make it sound like the band are at a peak in energy. As this song ends you can hear that energy peak and fade.
Producers and writers:
The album was produced by Casey / Finch for Sunshine Sound Enterprises.inc.
All songs were written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch.
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