CLEAN 1968 Orig CHICKEN SHACK "OK KEN" HARD UK BLUES BOOM Fleetwood Mac LP
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1968 ORIGINAL "Blue Horizon" RARE FIRST PRESSING
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CHICKEN SHACK
O.K. KEN
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USA - BLUE HORIZON - BH 7706
PLAYS CLEAN
SCARCE 1968 first pressing on the legendary Blue Horizon label ...The very first Chicken Shack cooks up a blues rock storm, includes the equally outrageous Christine Perfect on organ/vocals who performs thrilling tracks in the vein of her '69 solo classic...of course the album is highlighted by Chicken Shack leader Stan Webb and his blues with feeling electrified guitar leads ...
Standing next to Peter Green & Eric Clapton, the UK Blues Boom was a happening scene with Stan Webb's Chicken Shack up there in the top of the heap... In keeping with the times, the album was basically recorded on two days in October 1968, with the Stan and Christine duet, 'A Woman Is The Blues', and her 'Get Like You Used To Be' coming from the previous June. As ever, Christine's songs provide a distinct contrast to Stan's pyrotechnic displays, including a manic version of Howlln' Wolf's 'Tell Me'. But it was still brave for Christine to sing Littie Walter's 'Mean Old World' with another harmonica virtuoso, Walter Horton, in the studio. (from Stan Webb:) So why did you call the album 'O.K. Ken?' then, Stan? "It came from Chris wood, when we had Sounds Of Blue together. He told me, I can never remember people's names, so I call all the boys 'Ken' and all the girls 'Doris'. He used to have this mythical family that he'd talk about. He'd say, Sorry I'm late but Doris had a quinsy on the ironing-board and Ken had to look after her. And he'd say, 'OK Ken?' to everybody." The most notable thing about 'O.K. Ken?' is the impressions of sundry popular icons of the day which introduce each track. Today, they are a source of embarrassment for Stan, who prides himself on his ability as a mimic, which has improved since 1968. "That was just mucking about. I did them one after the other, without stopping. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing in the studio, after euerybody had 7,000 gallons of lager. I started mucking about and Mike Vernon said, Why don't you do them on the record? At the time I thought, Oh, all right. However long they are, that's how long they took. It still quite amazed everyone, including me." "Nobody else was putting blues together in the way that the songs on 'O.K. Ken?' were written. I had these sounds in my head but I wasn't mature enough to put them into action. I knew what I wanted but I couldn't explain it musically. I tried to avoid cliches because I didn't want to get into that rut of becoming just another blues player. And it stood me in good stead, because that's why people are coming to see me now. Some people say, you should be on stage at the Albert Hall, not Eric Clapton. And I think, Well, I don't agree with that but I should certainly be able to go on there as well. But I'm happy with what's happening now. I've done the years and I'm getting more respect than I ever did then. It's worked for me.
Baby's Got Me Cryin'
Right Way Is My Way
Get Like You Used To Be
Poney And Trap
Tell Me
A Woman Is The Blues
I Wanna See My Baby
Remmington Ride
Fishing In Your River
Meen Old World
Sweet Sixteen
CONDITION: The cover: very collectible and solid looking, rated "EX" (excellent) nice orig colors, strong seams (no splits), no delete, no bends and no writing...looks fine as a collection keeper with no upgrade necessary!
The vinyl: is all glossy both sides, M- TOP COPY loads of clear shine -best copy around - plays very minty clean all the way through both sides with no audio problems... clean BLUE HORIZON too
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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