40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
| 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve | ||||
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| Studio album by Chicken Shack | ||||
| Released | June 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 5–7 February 1968 CBS Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 36:50 | |||
| Label | Blue Horizon | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
| Chicken Shack chronology | ||||
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40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve is the debut album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1968.[1] The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[2][3]
This album has three Freddy King covers; "Lonesome Whistle Blues" (written by Rudolph Toombs), and "See See Baby" from Freddy King Sings; and "San-Ho-Zay" from Let's Hide Away and Dance Away.[1]
Track listing
| Side One | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "The Letter" | Jules Taub, B. B. King | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Lonesome Whistle Blues" | Rudolph Toombs | 3:02 |
| 3. | "When the Train Comes Back" | Christine Perfect | 3:32 |
| 4. | "San-Ho-Zay" | Freddie King, Sonny Thompson | 3:02 |
| 5. | "King of the World" | John Lee Hooker | 4:59 |
| Side Two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "See See Baby" | Freddie King, Sonny Thompson | 2:22 |
| 2. | "First Time I Met the Blues" | Eurreal (Little Brother Montgomery) Montgomery | 6:24 |
| 3. | "Webbed Feet" | Stan Webb | 2:53 |
| 4. | "You Ain't No Good" | Perfect | 3:35 |
| 5. | "What You Did Last Night" | Webb | 4:36 |
Personnel
Chicken Shack
- Stan Webb – guitar, vocals
- Christine Perfect – organ, vocals, piano
- Andy Silvester – bass
- Dave Bidwell – drums[4]
Additional personnel
- Alan Ellis – trumpet
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
- Johnny Almond – alto saxophone[4]
Production
- Producer – Mike Vernon[4]
- Engineer – Mike Ross
- Studio – CBS
- Photography and design – Terence Ibbott
References
- 1 2 3 Dan Forte. "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 104. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- 1 2 3 "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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