Shakin’ Stevens / Fire in the Blood: The Definitive Collection

Just got this set in the mail yesterday…just uploaded to my iTunes…big & heavy & each disc is in it’s own card wallet, nicely put together with the essay & booklet in the middle, and at the end is an envelope with all the other stuff…programs, photos, poster, sheet music and yes, a small autograph book with the first page handsigned by Shaky in black pen…you can tell…it’s cool that it has lots of rarities, the Track 1978 album, all B-sides & 12″s…totally worth the price…

So glad he’s made this got them on 7inch singles and Lps, some on cds but most on record. But be nice to have them in one place, ps love the new song shaky wild at heat its brilliant x x

Nice set again, but where is all the stuff from the Times with the Sunsets, specially the Dave Edmunds produced Album with such great tracks liek “Spirit of Woodstock” or “I’ll try”. And all the other early gems like “Manhattan Melodrama”, “Sugaree”, “Outlaw Man”, “Sexy Ways” and so on… These tracks was the soundtrack of my younger days, before the man was famous, the real rarities. I would like to hear a set with all of that, it would be made easily a nice little set…

another brillant box set of all of your new stiif and sounnds out of this world like you always do shaky lovely music nicey pick out and i have orderd all of the full collection of the new iten which comes out end of this monthcannt wait to get it shaky all the very best for your new album good luck to you shaky rockin all over the world non stop thankyoiu.

OMG, I overlooked this post. I was so angry that I missed out on the great Epic Masters Box Set before it went up in price. And this is sooooo much better. I immediately ordered it cause you know what they – Don´t make the same mistake twice

Have seen many good concerts and the latest concert is here as a bonus *
plus there is a concert from the early days .. fun to compare those 2 . Finally we get rare and new songs* I NEED YOU KNOW * and WILD AT HEART* those two songs sounds promising for the next new studio album.
Great Christmas Gift for your Mum & Dad , Brother & Sisters , Kids and Friends.
All together a very good box-set which covers what Shaky does the best ..
Sing and perform some brillant songs..
GOOD LUCK SHAKY & THE FAB BAND * YOU STILL DO A FAB JOB *

What’s all the fuss about this collection?
Shaky has released very little New material since the early 90’s and that’s what fans want not material that’s been out before. Why didn’t he release a CD of tracks that he performs at his bits like I ain’t never or True love travels down a travel road?
When or if he ever does then that’s were celebrating and making a fuss about but don’t all good your breath as it’s never gonna happen

Where´s the Shaky & the Sunsets complete boxset,that´s the one people are waiting,not this re-packaged stuff,but hey,the man himself almost refuses to admit he´d done any recordings before solocareer…absolutely would prefer 20 cd box by the Shaky & the Sunsets instead of this.

Fabulous as his Epic box set is hard to get now? Do we know Paul if this set has been remastered again? The last set suffered from brickwalling? Great job!

Just wanted to add one small correction here Paul – all formats are actually released November 27th and not 13th,

Cheers

Decided to get the EPIC MASTERS boxed set instead rather than wait for this. I know it doesn’t include the Christmas album but I only like Merry Christmas Everyone off that anyway. Also, it doesn’t take up so much room.

I put his Definitive Collection on Spotify as I was doing the batch cooking on Sunday – absolutely great! I had forgotten he had so many good songs. Boxset ordered! Fantastic value for the content and plenty of rare / unreleased stuff

Really great stuff! What a surprise!
But what about the live songs from the last tour (CD: Shaky Live
FIRST EVER OFFICIAL LIVE CONCERT RELEASE) like “It keeps rainin (tears from my eyes)”, “You never talked about me” or “Have you ever seen the rain” ?
And all the songs from Track-Records like “Rebound” or “Gotta lotta livin to do”.
My order of alle the new Shaky things are confirmed…I`m looking forward to the release date!
Can`t wait! Keep shakin` :-)

A real treasure box with a real good price… for all fans of rock and roll ! Like Shaky said, there are two kind of music : Rock and Roll

Like selling snow to Eskimos, you would think…the Shakey conundrum of selling someone a little too “obvious” to the States on the 80s reminds me of Capitol/Virgin trying to break Robbie Williams in the US in the 00s…or even the Manics in the 90s onward, you would think would be dead easy, music tailored for the US market, is not exactly the case…I guess Americanized British pop music is not an easy sell, so how do you do it?? Anyone??

What with this release, and the Donna Summer, Bob Mould and Manson sets, is it time, Paul, for you to ‘upgrade’ your site to UBE – Uber Deluxe Edition. This one has to be the greatest value ever offered to fans, though I have just noticed the Brick box set from Ben Folds at £52 for 13 cds. I recall Shaky on totp back in the day, where one of his trouser legs had got caught under the tongue of his boot, and I swear he was shakin that leg even more vigorously than usual, in a vain effort to release it. Keep up the good work mate.

The comments about him not making it in the States are interesting. I suppose that would be like selling snow to Eskimos; they invented Elvis so a perceived imitator was always going to be a hard sell. He did some great covers and original songs and I’ll always have a soft spot for his version of ‘It’s raining’.
It’s a shame the videos are missing, I seem to remember one that was an ‘homage’ to Mad Max 2 with an identical set and a vague memory of some of the same extras from the film? What was that song?

I decided to go for this. I’m only a casual fan but it’s quite cheap and one thing I learnt from this site is that when you keep an open mind, you will be positively surprised. Its a bit overkill but I have a feeling I will end up liking this. His singles are excellent. I doubt his album tracks are all crap. This guy carries a certain quality over his music. And I love that the 12”es are included!!

In terms of value and career coverage, I’d like to nominate this box set for one of your SDE awards.

Well done shakey.

And as I write this “it’s raining” …..

It is a dream of mine to see something similar from Jackie leven.

Admittedly a bit cheesy but there’s no denying the quality of some of his songs and performances. Because I Love You in particular is a genuinely superb song! May be a little bit too much Shaky for me but I love the idea of all the 12 inch mixes – i’m a sucker for 1980s 12 inch versions. And a mention about the three disc version – to include all of his singles is a great package. How annoying is it when greatest hits album are released lacking certain singles or worse still adding non-singles?!

What a great Christmas gift. That’s a very fine Collection wirh all the Singles and Alben. Also in Vinyl. This is his musical life’s work .
Thanks!
Joerg Zaenker from Germany

I bought one of his albums in the 80’s and loved the performance/songs, etc. but it was mastered so “hot” it distracted mightily from the experience/enjoyment.

looks like a great set especially with an autograph, I am probably not the only person to know that he is a massive tool, rude to fans and children, but hey, thats what happens when success goes to their heads.

Ordered; soundtrack to the 80s and many a school disco. Happy memories of seeing him live at the Empire in Liverpool. I love it when an artists gets it right – excellent boxed set at the right price.

I really can’t wait, i feel like a kid at Christmas even though this set is released in November. I would like to say a big thank you to Shaky and everyone involved in this amazing set.

Good price and great set if you’re a fan. Not for me though. My Dad spent the last three years of the 70s playing nothing but Elvis so a 50s throwback was the last thing I wanted to see in the 80s.

Have to say my heart used to sink when he came on the Television/Radio. Imagine being the PR person given the job of selling this to America. A nice guy and good luck to him for having such a successful career and what looks like an excellent package but this is a substandard 50’s impersonation with ghastly 80’s production. I deserve to make this comment for all the hours I lost waiting for the next record to come on.

Shakin Stevens is Undoubtedly One of The Greatest Rockers of All Time,

NOW FINALLY Here in Full form offering All Massive Hits plus Rarities, 12 Mixes etc Is an Absolute Must for ALL Die Hard Fans,

This is The Holy Grail Rockers Collection,

“Greatest Thanks” To All Who Made This Possible. Especially Paul Sinclair, and of Course to “SHAKIN STEVENS” Rockin My World 30 Years Strong.

This Truly Is The Greatest Blessing,

Much Love From Down Under

Holy crap… 19 CDs?!? I live in the US, so for me, Shakin’ Stevens was a guy we saw in one video on MTV.

I think the song was “You Drive Me Crazy”, and in it, Stevens was dancing around what looked like the abandoned gas works where Kubrick filmed the second half of “Full Metal Jacket”. He would go up on his toes like Michael Jackson. The only reason I remember this at all is because my brother mercilessly made fun of this video when we were kids, especially the toe dancing thing.

Anyway, for Shakin’ Stevens fans, this seems like one hell of an awesome set.

All the tracks that someone has done before him are much better in their original form. Just listen The Blasters original Marie Marie and you don’t never want to listen Shaky’s version anymore. Buy The Blasters Testament Complete Slash Recordings double cd instead of this!

Yes, an absolute bargain indeed…I never owned a Shaky record in my life (I’m in the US…I do recall Epic trying to promote him here but it didn’t take…I guess 50s rockabilly revival in the 80s was just slotted for the Stray Cats)…a friend of mine loves his stuff though & has tons of his records so this box does have me curious…if he’s like Chris Isaak, I’m game…if any copies left by end of October, I’ll go for it (cruise payment, Prince, Bob Mould, TFF & Elton John come first)…but yes I do agree that a DVD of his vidclips & TOTP appearances shoulda been included…with a name like Shakin’ Stevens, part of the appeal is visual yes…I’m glad he’s getting respect because he easily coulda been considered quite corny or a joke…but he musta been considered quite sincere and “4Real” & loved his fans, it’s obvious, so it’s 2-way

Yes Paul,but I would say it comes down to who looked better in a denim jacket,both commited the cardinal sin of double denim,my votes with the Welsh guy!

When can it be ordered … and what has to be done because I don’t see any page that has it for sale …

Great to see all these comments, which, as someone has said below, I hope turn into sales and Shaky makes a few bob.

Again, see below, I saw him a number of times pre 80s fame in a tiny venue and he was great AND seemed like a really nice bloke too.

Pete

I’m not a fan, but what a fantastic deal for fans of his music, shame other artists/record companies don’t take note of the pricing on this set.

Shakey (and King Crimson) showing the Prince and Zappa estates how to give value on the super deluxe front.

A whole lot of Shaky Going on! He was big in the 80’s and wisely held off the release of Merry Christmas Everyone for 12 months so it didn’t clash with Band Aid. That was probably his biggest hit, although he did have approx 5 number ones in total. I’m still searching for the withdrawn edition of his first solo Greatest Hits (Ole House, Green Door etc) and some of his albums with the sunsets fetch a decent price. I had WDYWMTEAMF? on a signed 7″ that I sold for £10 so this set is more for the loyal fans, not the collector I feel.

Shakin’ Stevens’ only-ecer U.S.A. release was a 10″ E.P of Rockabilly music released by EPIC Records in 1980. He is totally unknown here. But, then again, Marc Bolan had only one hit in America, and Cliff Richard had only 6 hits (versus more than 100 in the UK)

I always thought Neil Young was known as Shaky. I didn’t know he had a competitor Shaky to think about.

I can but only applaud you for track listing 19 cd’s / 266 Shakin Stevens tracks clap clap clap

Sony didn’t see this coming

Is this going to available to general retail such as HMV and amazon or is it only going to be available via Shaky’s official store

He’s one notch below “national treasure”. This is a bargain and I hope he shifts loads and makes a decent payday. Plus, it must be very satisfying to have his legacy collected like that in one huge box. Fair play all round.

Nice to see some reasonably priced ‘big’ box sets coming through…the Mansun set at 26-discs and this one are both reasonably priced (although the Mansun set is a fair wadge dearer than Shaky!) but both offer wonderful amounts of content for a price that doesn’t make the eyes water too much…!

Is he still in the business?

Lovely stuff.

Shakin Stevens on top of the pops. I wasn’t a fan yet the songs were catchy.
And I have strong memories of thinking that he was a nice, decent guy.
What a great fans edition. I sincerely wish him luck.
And yes, another post touches on the truth when he says that shakey deserves some airplay.

Maybe it will be up to Liza tarbuck on BBC radio two. It’s the best show on at the moment and leaves the two so-called morning and drive time flagship shows standing still.

Now what was that thing behind the green door?

£80 is an absolute bargain. Worth buying a copy and squirrelling away somewhere for a few years, surely.

Interesting to read about the number of hits he had in the UK during the 1980s. I’m guessing he must have never had one here in the U.S., as I had never heard of him. Not interested in the box, but seems like a great set for fans – certainly a great career retrospective at a reasonable price.

No, no, no. Where is the blu ray containing all of Shaky’s digitally remastered promo videos?
Soooo disappointed that this isn’t really much better than box set I previously purchased containing all his CDs with bonus tracks and all enclosed in a slipcase.
We want to relive our memories with vision as well as sound.
Get Shaking Shaky and insert at least the greatest videos dvd from
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Please complete this new awesome boxset with a dvd.