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Gene Vincent

Title: Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps + Blue Jean Bop!

Label: Hoodoo Records

Cat No:263404
Format:CD

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• This quintessential collector’s edition includes Vincent’s two first and finest albums: ‘Blue Jean Bop!’ (1956) and ‘Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps’ (1957). These two masterpieces helped define the exact nature of rock & roll and contain the cream of the crop from Gene Vincent’s hit-making stretch for Capitol Records during his early years.

• Highlights include the original hit recordings “Cruisin’”, “Who Slapped John?”, and “Ain’t She Sweet”, later covered by The Beatles. We have also added 8 bonus tracks (some of which are hard to find sides from the same period) - including ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’. This is as rousing, rebellious and lively as early rock & roll can sound.

• Vincent was one of the most engaging, if tragic, figures in rock & roll history, Gene Vincent personified the wild, lusty, lower class side of the music as a touring artist.

• Personnel : Gene Vincent, vocals and guitar, plus: The Blue Caps: Cliff Gallup, Johnny Meeks (lead guitar), Willie Williams (rhythm guitar), Jack Neal (upright bass), Bobby Jones (electric bass), Dickie Harrell (drums and screams), The Clapper Boys: Paul Peek and Bubba Facenda (backing vocals and hand claps), among others. Recorded in Nashville and Los Angeles, between 1956 and 1958.

• Total Time: 76:12 mins. - 32 tracks - also includes: 16-page booklet, rare photos, vintage visual memorabilia & detailed liner notes.

• “The first rock & roll band in the world.” - Rolling Stone magazine

Track Listing for Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps + Blue Jean Bop!
01. Red Bluejeans And A Ponytail 2:18
02. Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 2:18
03. Unchained Melody 2:41
04. You Told A Fib 2:24
05. Cat Man 2:21
06. You Better Believe 2:04
07. Cruisin’ 2:15
08. Double Talkin’ Baby 2:15
09. Blues Stay Way From Me 2:19
10. Pink Thunderbird 2:35
11. I Sure Miss You 2:41
12. Pretty, Pretty Baby 2:30

Blue Jean Bop!
13. Blue Jean Bop 2:26
14. Jezebel 2:28
15. Who Slapped John? 2:01
16. Ain’t She Sweet 2:33
17. I Flipped 2:29
18. The Waltz Of The Wind 2:45
19. Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back 2:03
20. Wedding Bells 2:36
21. Jumps, Giggles And Shouts 2:55
22. Up A Lazy River 2:25
23. Bop Street 2:28
24. Peg O’ My Heart 2:40

Bonus Tracks
25. Five Feet Of Lovin’ (Version One) 2:10
26. Be-Bop-A-Lula 2:40
27. Brand New Beat 2:33
28. Teenage Partner (Version One) 2:17
29. Flea Brain 2:07
30. Important Words 2:24
31. Rollin’ Danny 2:11
32. B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go 2:19

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