Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

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Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps
Gene Vincent's studio album

Publication
(s)

1957

Label (s) Capitol Records

Format (s)

LP, CD (RR)

Genre (s)

Rockabilly

Title (number)

12

occupation
  • Vocals, guitar: Gene Vincent
  • Guitar: Cliff Gallup, Willie Williams, Paul Peek
  • Double bass: Jack Neal
  • Drums: Dickie Harrell
  • Singing: The Jordanaires

production

Ken Nelson

Studio (s)

Capitol Tower Studios, Hollywood , California

chronology
Blue Jean Bop!
(1956) 		Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Gene Vincent rocks and the Blue Caps roll
(1958)

Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent from 1957 .

It was his second studio album, after “Blue Jean Bop!”, And the second with his backing band, the Blue Caps. The Blue Caps were Cliff Gallup on lead guitar , Willie Williams and Paul Peek on rhythm guitar , Jack Neal on bass , Dickie Harrell on drums and The Jordanaires as backing vocalist .

The album was produced by Ken Nelson .

publication

The original album was released on Capitol Records in March 1957. In 2002 Capitol released the album on CD with five additional bonus tracks. However, the record could not repeat the success of its predecessor ( Blue Jean Bop! Reached number 16 on the pop charts).

Track List (Original Album)

  1. "Red Blue Jeans And A Ponytail" (Rhodes / Bill Davis) 2:15
  2. "Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me" ( Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) 2:15
  3. " Unchained Melody " ( Hy Zaret / Alex North ) 2:38
  4. "You Told A Fib" ( Cliff Gallup / Gene Vincent) 2:21
  5. "Cat Man" (Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) 2:18
  6. "You Better Believe" (Cliff Gallup / Bill Davis) 2:01
  7. "Cruisin '" (Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) 2:12
  8. "Double Talkin 'Baby" ( Danny Wolfe ) 2:12
  9. "Blues Stay Away From Me" ( Delmore / Delmore / Raney / Glover) 2:16
  10. "Pink Thunderbird" ( Paul Peek / Bill Davis) 2:32
  11. "I Sure Miss You" (Bill Davis / Bryan) 2:38
  12. "Pretty, Pretty Baby" (Danny Wolfe) 2:27

Bonus tracks from the re-release

  1. "Important Words (Version One)" (Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) 2:21
  2. "BI-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go" (Carter / Nallo / Rhodes) 2:16
  3. "Five Days, Five Days" (Rhodes / Willie / Franks) 2:37
  4. "Teenager Partner (Version One)" (Gene Vincent / Bill Davis) 2:14
  5. "Five Feet Of Lovin '(Version One)" (Peddy / Tillis) 2:06

Trivia

Years later, the track “Cat Man” was to be covered by the band The Birthday Party on their debut EP .

Jeff Beck , who also wrote the liner notes for the re-release, announced in a Mojo interview that "Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps" was the album that had influenced him the most.