It was a last-minute affair. Just as the final drought-ridden days of August were slipping away, the powers that be at Quinn’s—the groovy ramen noodle bar in Beacon, NY—looked at a calendar and noted that Sunday September 4 was the day before Labor Day and perhaps some sort of excitement should take place. A call was made to Hudson Valley’s top reet music DJ Pete Pop and he was asked to bring in a night of boss sounds. Mr. Pop accordingly gave the night a name: Shakin’ All Over; drew up a poster; and rounded up some local DJ action, including the reliable DJ Hardly Quinn and the functional Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus. The three of them arrived on time and laid down some sounds that went out of bounds!

Pete Pop had the joint set up as if it were another Do The 45, only better—he moved the DJ booth to the stage to give the DJs a bit more room. He had some cool new videos and new posters and well, he just brought the magic, that’s what! Did I mention he has great records and knows how to play them?

DJ Hardly Quinn has spent the summer DJing at local surf music events and car shows. She’s got some pretty good records and when she runs out, she borrows some from Pete Pop!!

Miss Nancy G made some spicy vegan brownies and chocolate fudge for the event and it was all devoured accordingly!

Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus, thinking he was only going to play a set or two, brought a small box of records and ended up playing all but about five of them! Here’s a list of all the ones that were played at Pete Pop’s Shakin’ All Over:

• Roy Lee Johnson and His Band–Boogaloo #3 (Josie)
• Billy Stewart–Scramble (Chess)
• Angela Martin with the Hash Brown Orchestra–Dip Da Dip (I Want to Be His Girl) (Atco)
• Ike & Tina Turner–Tina’s Dilemma (Sue)
• Don Hosea–Uh Huh Unh (Sun)
• Muddy Waters–You Need Love (Chess)
• Roy Lee Johnson–Busybody (OKeh)
• Eddie Holland–Baby Shake (Motown)
• Ramona King—Run, Johnny Run (Warner Bros.)
• Tom Jones–Not Responsible (Parrot)
• Los Belking’s–Negro es Negro (Virrey; Peru)
• Evolution–Fresh Garbage (Dimension; Spain)
• Ray Barretto–Watusi ’65 (United Artists)
• The Isley Bros.–Whatcha’ Gonna Do (United Artists)
• The Bats–Un Ragazzo di Strada (Fonola; Italy)
• Billy Boy–I Wish You Would (Vivid)
• The Ron Thompson Trio–I’m Shakin’ (Fingerpoppin Records of California)
• The Jewells–Smokie Joe’s (King)
• Jeanne & the Darlings–Hang Me Now (Volt)
• Jeanne Hatfield–Busy Signal (Atco)
• Jessica James–We’ll Be Makin’ Out (DynoVoice)
• The Dave Clark Five–Chaquita (Epic)
• The Roamers–I Want Candy (Hit)
• The Satelites–We Like Birdland (Palace)
• Elvis Presley–Do the Clam (RCA Victor)
• The Crickets–I Fought the Law (Coral; UK)
• The L.A. Power & Light–Let’s Spend Some Time Together (Warner Bros.)
• The Ronettes–Be My Baby (Philles)
• Davy ‘Bang Bang’ Jones and the Voodoo Funk Machine–Sookie Sookie (Philips; France)
• Julian Covey & the Machine–A Little Bit Hurt (Philips)
• The Who–Daddy Rolling Stone (Brunswick; UK)
• Lee Dorsey–Four Corners – Part 1 (Amy)
• Prince Buster’s All Stars–One Step Beyond (Blue Beat; UK)
• The Wailers–Simmer Down (CoxSone; Jamaica)
• The Aces–Reggae Motion (The Loco-Motion) (Sire)
• Ricardo Ray–Mony Mony (Roulette UK)
• The Four Tops–Piangono Gli Uomini (Tamla/Motown; Italy)
• The Duke of Burlington–I Want You Back (Maxi; France)
• Roosevelt Matthews with Billy Ball & the Upsetters–Tighten Up (King)
• The Sherwoods–Ice Cream (Kapp)
• Tony Clarke–Landslide (Chess)
• The Pin-Ups–Looking For Boys (Stork)
• Dorothy Berry–Shindig City (Planetary)
• The Contours–Can You Jerk Like Me (Gordy)
• The Isley Brothers–Move Over and Let Me Dance (Atlantic)
• Lavell Hardy–Soul Fever (Rojac)
• Jr. Walker & the All Stars–Shake and Fingerpop (Soul)
• Willie Mitchell–That Driving Beat (Hi)
• Willie Hutch–Can’t Fight the Power (Soul City)
• The Marvelettes–I’ll Keep Holding On (Tamla)
• The Liberty Belles–Shing-A-Ling Time (Shout)
• The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band–Help I’m a Rock (Reprise)

None of these records are for sale.