Chakin'

Chakin'
Compilation album by Shit and Shine
Released 10 February 2015 (2015-02-10)
Genre Post-bop
Length 54:35
Label Astral Spirits
Shit and Shine chronology
Tropical
(2014)
Chakin'
(2015)
54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral
(2015)

Chakin' is a compilation album by Shit and Shine, released on 10 February 2015 by Astral Spirits. The album comprises improvised jazz sessions recorded for Clouse's Tuesday Jazz Chat on Youtube. The music is comparable to Sun Ra and Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis.[1]

Release and reception

The vinyl pressing was limited to four-hundrend and seven-copies, with five unique sleeve illustrations: Green background print, limited to one-hundred and forty-nine copies. Green/Grey background print, limited to three copies. Green/Yellow background print, limited to eight copies. Grey background print, limited to ninety-nine copies. Yellow background print, limited to one-hundred and forty-eight copies. It made seventh place on The Vinyl Factory's "The 10 Most Collectable Records of 2015" end of the year list, with the columnist saying, "the concept is charmingly shambolic, somewhat random and wonderfully egalitarian."[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Shit and Shine. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Denim Do's and Don'ts"   16:34
2. "TJC 16"   5:01
3. "TJC 13"   5:26
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "TJC 17"   6:51
2. "TJC 7"   3:04
3. "TJC 19"   5:20
4. "Jump on the Feeder"   9:10
5. "TJC 15"   3:08

Personnel

Adapted from the Chakin' liner notes.[3]

Musicians

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 2015 Astral Spirits CS AS009
Australia Rock Is Hell LP RIP64

References

  1. Bath, Tristan (11 March 2015). "Spool's Out: Tape Reviews for March: Shit & Shine - Chakin". The Quietus. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. "The 10 Most Collectable Records of 2015". The Vinyl Factory. The Vinyl Factory. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. Chakin' (booklet). Shit and Shine. Austin, Texas: Astral Spirits. 2015.

External links

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