Dark Sides: The Best of the Shadows of Knight

The Shadows Of Knight

Rhino 71723

Compilation of tracks from all the labels the group recorded for between 1966 and 1970 though concentrating on the early Dunwich period.

Tracks

• Gloria (Morrison)
• Darkside (Rogers/Sohns)
• Oh Yeah (McDaniel)
• Light Bulb Blues (Kelley/McGeorge/Sohns)
• It Always Happens That Way (Rogers/Sohns)
• I Got My Mojo Working (Morganfield)
• You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover (Dixon)
• Bad Little Woman (Armstrong/Catling/Demick/Rosbotham/Tinsley)
• Gospel Zone (Schiffour)
• I'll Make You Sorry (Kelly)
• I'm Gonna Make You Mine (Carr/Derrico/Sager)
• Peepin' and Hidin' (Reed)
• Willie Jean (Traditional)
• The Behemoth (Pye)
• Someone Like Me (MacDowell/Novak)
• Three for Love (Kelley)
• Shake (Levine/Resnick)
• My Fire Department Needs a Fireman (Kasentz/Katz)
• Alone (Feldman/Levine)
• I Am the Hunter (Fisher/Sohns)

Tracks 1 to 16;

• Jim Sohns - percussion, vocals
• Joe Kelley - lead guitar, bass, harmonica, vocals
• Jerry McGeorge - rhythm guitar
• Warren Rogers - lead guitar, bass
• Tom Schiffour - drums, vocals
• Dave "The Hawk" Wolinski - organ (Bad Little Woman), electric piano (Peepin' And Hidin'), bass (Someone Like Me)

• Jim Sohns - vocals
• Woody Woodruff - guitar
• Dan Baughman - guitar
• John Fisher - bass
• Kenny Turkin - drums

• Jack "Hawkeye" Daniels - lead guitar (I Am The Hunter)

• Original producer (tracks 1 to 16 and track 20) - Bill Traut, George Badinsky
• Original producer (other tracks) - Joe Levine, Arthur Resnick, Jerry Kasenetz, Jeff Katz
• Original engineer (tracks 1 to 16 and track 20) - Bob Kidder
• Compilation producer - Bill Inglot, David McLees
• Compilation - Jeff Jarema, Bill Inglot, David McLees
• Discographical annotation - Gary Peterson
• Research - Harry Young, Jerry Schollenberger
• Remastering - Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
• Jeff Jarema - liner notes
• Art direction - Monster X
• Design - Julie Vlasak
• Photos - Michael Ochs Archive
• Project assistance - Bill Traut, Craig Kamins, Amanda Snyder

The tracks on this compilation are from the following sources.

• Gloria and Dark Side - Dunwich single, January 1966
• Oh Yeah and Light Bulb Blues - Dunwich single, May 1966
• It Always Happens That Way, I Got My Mojo Working and You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover - Dunwich LP Gloria, April 1966
• Bad Little Woman and Gospel Zone - Dunwich single, August 1966
• I'll Make You Sorry and I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Dunwich single, October 1966
• Peepin' and Hidin' - Dunwich LP Back Door Men, October 1966
• Willie Jean and The Behemoth - Dunwich single, February 1967
• Someone Like Me and Three for Love - Dunwich single, August 1967
• Shake - Team single, October 1968
• My Fire Department Needs a Fireman - Super K single, 1969
• Alone - Super K single, 1969
• I Am the Hunter - Acto single, August 1970