CHICKEN SHACK 40 Blue Fingers Freshly... LP CBS 1968 ITALY orig 1st Press+Stereo
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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"

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: 

Different cover than UK version. Front cover as the US version. 

Back cover different than UK/US versions

First published in Italy: 1969

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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 / CI XSB 137845)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): XSB137844-1B 

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): XSB137845-1A

On labels: 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.

from my records collection

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  (Side A) VG+ but  (please, read above description)

(Side B) tracks 1, 3, 5 VG(+); tracks 2, 4 VG 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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