Chicken Shack - 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed & Ready to Serve (Full album 1968)

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

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

“40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Pack and Ready to Serve” este albumul de studio de debut al trupei de blues Chicken Shack, lansat in 1968. Albumul a atins locul 12 in clasamentul britanic al albumelor.
Acest album are trei preluari dupa Fredddy King: “Lonesome Whistle Blues” *scris de Rudolph Toombs) si “See See Baby” de pe albumul “Freddy King Sings” si “San-Ho-Zay” de pe albumul “Lei’s Hide Away and Dance Away”.

List of tracks

Side 1

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

Side2

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 – organ, vocals, piano

Andy Silvester – bass

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