Shake It Records

{{short description|American record label and store}}

Shake It Records (often stylized Shake It! Records) is a record label and record store in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is co-owned by brothers Jim and Darren Blase.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/30/record-haul-how-shakeit-nabbed-coveted-collection-lps/91174266/ |title=How Shake It nabbed a coveted collection of classic records |website=Cincinnati.com |language=en |access-date=2017-07-07}} As of 2010, their record store had almost 20,000 CDs and 50,000 vinyl records for sale.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/the-best-record-stores-in-the-usa-20100916/shake-it-records-9987970 |title=The Country's Best Record Stores |website=Rolling Stone|date=16 September 2010 |publication-date=2010-09-16 |access-date=2017-07-07}}

History

Shake It Records was founded in 1979 by Jess Hirbe and Daryl "Doc" Kalmus, to release albums by Cincinnati-area bands like the Customs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shakeitrecords.com/Shakeit-store.php |title=Welcome to Shake It Records |website=www.shakeitrecords.com |access-date=2017-07-07}} In the early 1990s, Darren Blase called Hirbe, who had by then sold the record store, to ask if he could revive the label. Hirbe said yes, and in 1992, Blase acquired the label in return for a copy of the Jack Dupree album Blues from the Gutter. By 1999, the label had become the most active one dedicated to punk rock and roots rock in Cincinnati.{{Cite web |url=http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/08/01/loc_music_store_and.html |title=Music store and label small, personal |website=enquirer.com |access-date=2017-07-07|author=Nager, Larry}} In 1999, Blase re-opened the Shake It record store.{{Cite magazine |last=Farkas |first=Jamie |date=2003-02-10 |title=Counter Culture: Shake It Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjvGFinfJsYC |magazine=CMJ New Music Report |language=en |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|page=33}} Jim and Darren Blase opened up their current location on 4156 Hamilton Ave on September 11, 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://cincymusic.com/blog/2017/04/record-store-day-in-cincinnati-shake-it-records|title = Record Store Day in Cincinnati: Shake it Records}}

Compilations

In 2009, Shake It released the Eddie Hinton tribute album Dangerous Highway: A Tribute To The Songs Of Eddie Hinton, which features covers of Hinton's songs by artists such as Dan Auerbach and Greg Dulli.{{Cite magazine |last=Varias |first=Chris |date=April 2009 |title=Hard Luck Guy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcFFVqlDfakC&pg=PA34 |magazine=Cincinnati Magazine |language=en |publisher=Emmis Communications |page=34}} The label has also released multiple compilations of soul songs by Cincinnati-area artists.{{Cite magazine |last=Sontag |first=Katherine L. |date=May 2006 |title=The Soul Searchers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9oNjUk2yg4EC&pg=RA1-PA94 |magazine=Cincinnati Magazine |language=en |publisher=Emmis Communications |volume=39 |issue=8 |pages=94–8}}

Artists

Notable artists who have released one or more albums on Shake It include:

  • Wussy, who had released all of their albums through the label as of 2016{{Cite web |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/02/23/local-indie-band-wussy-ready-shake-up/80770652/ |title=Local indie band Wussy ready to Shake It up? |website=Cincinnati.com |language=en |access-date=2017-07-07}}
  • Glue, a collaborative hip hop project between Adeem, Maker, and djdq of the Animal Crackers{{Cite web |url=http://www.citybeat.com/music/article/13005006/glue-with-durazzo-and-af-the-naysayer |title=Glue with Durazzo and AF the Naysayer |website=CityBeat Cincinnati |language=en |access-date=2017-07-07}}
  • The Cowslingers, a punkabilly band{{Cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Kathy Y. |date=October 2007 |title=The Blase Brothers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhJHObM-l_IC&pg=PA138 |magazine=Cincinnati Magazine |page=138}}

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