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Released
  
April 1966

Gloria (1966)
  
Back Door Men (1966)

Release date
  
April 1966

Genre
  
Garage rock

Length
  
38:06

Artist
  
The Shadows of Knight

Label
  
Dunwich

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Recorded
  
March 1966 Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, Illinois

Garage rock albums
  
Back Door Men, The Story of Them Featuring, Nuggets: Original Artyfacts f, Emotional Mugger, Dual Mono

Gloria the shadows of knight


Gloria is the first album by the Shadows of Knight, released in 1966 on Dunwich Records 666. The Shadows of Knight are primarily known for their hit version of the Van Morrison penned Them band's "Gloria", but the band today is regarded as one of the original punk bands.

Contents

The band's association with "Gloria" has caused some to miscategorize them as one-hit wonders. One reviewer points out that their first album, and its follow-up, Back Door Men, represent far greater diversity: "(The Gloria album) positively rocks with a raw energy of a band straight out of the teen clubs, playing with a total abandon and an energy level that seems to explode out of the speakers. Equal parts Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Who, and snotty little Chicago-suburb bad boys, the Shadows of Knight could easily put the torch to Chess blues classics, which make up the majority of the songs included here. Their wild takes on "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Oh Yeah," and "I Got My Mojo Working" rank right up there with any British Invasion band's version from the same time period."

Background

The band released the Gloria album in the summer of 1966, after releasing "Gloria" as a single backed by "Darkside" in December 1965. The single charted at #10 according to Billboard. Later in the year, "Oh Yeah" was released from the same album as a single backed by "Light Bulb Blues", and charted as high as #39. The album liner notes credit the album as "Produced for Dunwich Records" instead of crediting a specific producer.

Track listing

  1. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 2:34
  2. "Light Bulb Blues" (Jerry McGeorge, James Alan Sohns) – 2:32
  3. "I Got My Mojo Working" (McKinley Morganfield) – 3:28
  4. "Darkside" (Warren Rogers, James Alan Sohns) – 2:00
  5. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 2:28
  6. "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry) – 1:52
  7. "Oh Yeah" (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:45
  8. "It Always Happens That Way" (Rogers, Sohns) – 1:52
  9. "You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover" (Willie Dixon) – 2:37
  10. "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) – 3:52
  11. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Dixon) – 3:49

Bonus tracks on LP and CD reissue, 1998

  1. "Oh Yeah" (alternate version); (McDaniel) – 2:45
  2. "I Got My Mojo Working" (alternate version); (Morganfield) – 3:14
  3. "Someone Like Me" (single release not on original album); (David MacDowell, Rich Novak) – 2:18

Musicians

  • Jim Sohns – vocals
  • Warren Rogers – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jerry McGeorge – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Kelley – bass guitar
  • Tom Schiffour – drums

    • Technical

  • Bob Kidder – engineer
  • Jerry DeClercq – mastering
  • Ron Fratell – art direction

    • Songs

    1Gloria2:39
    2Light Bulb Blues2:34
    3I Got My Mojo Working3:32

    References

    Gloria (Shadows of Knight album) Wikipedia
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