CHICKEN SHACK 40 Blue Fingers Freshly LP CBS 1968 ITA 1st press+stereo STAN WEBB
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CHICKEN SHACK
STAN WEBB, CHRISTINE PERFECT, ANDY SILVESTER, DAVE BIDWELL
plus DICK HECKSTALL-SMITH, JOHNNY ALMOND, ALAN ELLIS
This British blues-rock group is remembered mostly for their keyboard player, Christine Perfect, who would join
Fleetwood Mac after marrying John McVie and changing her last name. Chicken Shack was quite popular for
a time in the late '60s, placing two albums in the British Top 20. The frontperson of Chicken was not Perfect/McVie,
but guitarist Stan Webb, who would excite British audiences by entering the crowds at performances, courtesy of his
100-meter-long guitar lead. They were signed to Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label,
a British blues pillar that had its biggest success with early Fleetwood Mac
"40 BLUE FINGERS FRESHLY PACKED AND READY TO SERVE"
<Published in UK in 1968 but first released in Italy only in 1969>
Produced by Mike Vernon
1968 LP CBS RECORDS S 7-63203
MADE IN ITALY ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
on CBS 'Orange' LABEL
LAMINATED SLEEVE (on front) + FLIPBACKS
WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
This version: Italian original pressing with different cover than UK version.
Front cover as the US version. Back cover different than UK/US versions
First published in Italy: 1969
on front cover the original sticker reads:
<Questo disco partecipa al referendum "UNO SLOGAN PER UN SOUND"
CGD CBS TWA giovani TV ITT SCHAUB-LORENZ CON NOI L'AMERICA!>
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: CBS - ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front) 7-63203 (spine & rear) S 7-63203
Catalog on labels: S 7-63203 (CI XSB 137844) / S 7-63203 (CI XSB 137845)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): XSB137844-1B 1(lightly stamped)
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): XSB137845-1A 1(lightly stamped)
On labels: rim text reads "Riservati tutti i diritti...........di questo disco"
STEREOMONO
? 1969
Prod. Mike Vernon
Original Recording by Blue Horizon
Made in Italy
Rights Society: DR
On Front Sleeve: Stereo può essere suonato su giradischi Mono
On Back Sleeve: Prodotto da Mike Vernon per Blue Horizon Records
Formazione: Stan Webb: canto, chitarra / Christine Perfect: canto, pianoforte, organo
Andy Sylvester: contrabbasso / Dave Bidwell: batteria
Musicisti aggiunti: Dick Heckstall-Smith: sax tenore / Johnny Almond: sax alto / Alan Ellis: tromba
CBS is a Trademark of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. - CBS Italiana S.p.A. - Milano -
Distribuzione Messaggerie Musicali - Milano - Roma.
Stampa Reparto Grafico C.G.D.
tracklisting
Side 1: THE LETTER - LONESOME WHISTLE BLUES
WHEN THE TRAIN COMES BACK - SAN HO ZAY - KING OF THE WORLD
Side 2: SEE SEE BABY - FIRST TIME I MET THE BLUES - WEBBED FEET
YOU AIN'T NO GOOD - WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT
grading
RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
If one can overlook Stan Webb's hyperventilating vocal excesses (which ain't easy), this is a promising debut,
especially noteworthy for Webb's Freddie King-inspired guitar sting and Christine Perfect's understated vocals
(only two, unfortunately compared to Webb's six). Webb does justice to his mentor with two instrumentals,
King's "San-Ho-Zay" and his own "Webbed Feet," and Perfect proves the ideal counterpart -- one of the few pianists
paying homage to King's longtime collaborator Sonny Thompson. Nice spare sound, typical of Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label
...(AllMusic)
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