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40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve

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40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1968[1]
Recorded5–7 February 1968
StudioCBS Studios, London
GenreBlues rock[2]
Length36:50
LabelBlue Horizon
ProducerMike Vernon
Chicken Shack chronology
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
(1968)
O.K. Ken?
(1969)

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve is the debut studio album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1968.[3] The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[4][5]

This album has three Freddy King covers; "Lonesome Whistle Blues" (written by Rudolph Toombs), "See See Baby" from Freddy King Sings; and "San-Ho-Zay" from Let's Hide Away and Dance Away.[3]

Background

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Chicken Shack's first single “It's Okay With Me Baby / When My Left Eye Jumps” (BH 57-3135), was released in 1968 shortly before their first LP release 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve was released later that year. Christine Perfect composed and sang the song on side A of the first single and Stan Webb composed and sang the song on the flip side. Neither side of the first single was included on the first LP release. [6] The first non-album single and the debut LP attracted a lot of attention. 40 Blue Fingers… ended up having considerable chart success (No. 12 on the British Album Charts).[7]

Stan Webb and Christine Perfect both wrote two songs for the album and the rest of the songs were blues covers. Webb sang lead vocals on all of his compositions as well as all of the covers. Perfect sang lead only on her compositions.[7]

The entire album and the rest of the Chicken Shack sessions on Blue Horizon were made available on the CD compilation Chicken Shack – The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions in 2007.

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Letter"Jules Taub, B. B. King4:25
2."Lonesome Whistle Blues"Rudolph Toombs3:02
3."When the Train Comes Back"Christine Perfect3:32
4."San-Ho-Zay"Freddie King, Sonny Thompson3:02
5."King of the World"John Lee Hooker4:59
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."See See Baby"Freddie King, Sonny Thompson2:22
2."First Time I Met the Blues"Eurreal Montgomery6:24
3."Webbed Feet"Stan Webb2:53
4."You Ain't No Good"Perfect3:35
5."What You Did Last Night"Webb4:36

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Personnel

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Chicken Shack

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Additional personnel

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Production

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  • Producer – Mike Vernon[8]
  • Engineer – Mike Ross
  • Studio – CBS
  • Photography and design – Terence Ibbott

References

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  1. ^ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Melody Maker. June 22, 1968. p. 14. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Dan Forte. "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 104. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "Mike Vernon (2007) Chicken Shack - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, page 6"
  7. ^ a b "Mike Vernon (2007) Chicken Shack - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, page 9"
  8. ^ a b c "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.