THE DUKES

TEARDROP EYES
SHIMMIES & THE SHAKES

Chess 1771

GRADE: VG+

DESCRIPTION: Here's a group that doesn't show up very often in auctions. They were a quintet from Oklahoma, and that's about all I know of their existence. There were several other groups called the Dukes, but they had no relationship with the group that recorded on the Imperial label and, contrary to what some people think, they had no relationship with the Dukes that recorded on Specialty about the same time. This record was the first of two disks issued in 1956 by the Dukes. There were three much later releases of the group's unissued sides, but they had only two legitimate records in their name from 1956. Teardrop Eyes is a terrific ballad with a super tenor lead singer. It's a song you don't even see often on CDs, so its rarity is definitely a fact! My favorite side, however, is the jump song, Shimmies & the Shakes, with a great baritone singing lead. This rocker features the rest of the group doing a killer backup job--the tenor alone is worth the listen with his high-pitched humming. Sorry to disappoint you ballad lovers, but there are times I favor the jump tunes over the ballads. Don't get me wrong--the ballad on this disk is absolutely wonderful, but the rocker really does it for me! Better buy this rarity now!

CONDITION: The disk has a light gradual warp that doesn't affect the play in any way whatsoever. There are a couple of scuffs that cause a tiny bit of barely discernable crackling, but it still plays beautifully! The record looks like a new disk with the A side showing very slight label rubbing just on the I and the A in the IMPERIAL logo (the mark on the scanned photo at the top of the label is a shadow and not a scuff). The record still has all its bright luster, and, as I said earlier, it plays beautifully despite the very slight bit of crackling. Excellent record!

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