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 | 42:22 | |||
| Label | Blue Horizon | |||
| Producer | Mike Vernon | |||
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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. The album reached number 12 in the UK charts.[1] This album has three Freddy King covers; Lonesome Whistle Blues and See See Baby from Freddy King Sings; and San-Ho-Zay from Let's Hide Away and Dance Away.
Track listing
| Side One | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 – keyboards, vocals
- Andy Silvester – bass guitar
- Dave Bidwell – drums
Additional Personnel
- Alan Ellis – trumpet
- Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
- Johnny Almond – alto saxophone
Production
- Producer – Mike Vernon
- Engineer – Mike Ross
- Studio – CBS
- Photography and design – Terence Ibbott
References
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