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marți, 4 august 2026

Jimi Hendrix - Bleeding Heart

marți, 28 iulie 2026

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

miercuri, 10 iunie 2026

Buddy Guy-I Left My Blues in San Francisco (Full album 1967)

“I Left My Blues in San Francisco” is the debut studio album by American blues artist Buddy Guy. Future Rotary Connection producer and keyboardist Charles Stepney provided orchestration and drums on some tracks.

“I Left My Blues in San Francisco” este albumul de debut al bluesman-ului American Buddy Guy. Viitorul producator de la Rotary Connection si claparul Charles Stepney au furnizat orchestratia si tobele pe cateva dintre piese.

List of tracks

1. "Keep It to Myself" Sonny Boy Williamson 2:30

2. "Crazy Love" Willie Dixon 2:20

3. "I Suffer With the Blues" Guy 2:44

4. "When My Left Eye Jumps" Dixon, Al Perkins 3:53

5. "Buddy's Groove" Barge 3:42

6. "Goin' Home" Dixon 2:39

7. "She Suits Me to a Tee" Guy 2:14

8. "Leave My Girl Alone" Guy 3:25

9. "Too Many Ways" Dixon 2:14

10. "Mother-in-Law Blues" Barge 2:41

11. "Every Girl I See" Dixon, Michael M.P. Murphy 3:41

Personnel

Buddy Guy - vocals, guitar

Additional musicians and production

Gene Barge - producer, orchestration, Tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, 10 and 11

Lefty Bates - guitar on track 4

Milton Bland - tenor saxophone on track 8

Reggie Boyd - bass on tracks 2, 9, and 11

Malcolm Chisholm - editor

Jarrett Gibson - tenor saxophone on track 4

Jerry Griffith - cover photo and album design

Lafayette Leake - organ on track 4

Abe Locke - tenor saxophone on track 4

Ron Malo - supervising engineer

Jack Meyers - bass on track 4

Matt Murphy - guitar on tracks 2, 8, 9 and 11

Dave Purple - editor

A.C. Reed - tenor saxophone on track 8

Leroy Stewart - bass on track 8

Charles Stepney - orchestration, drums on tracks 1, 7, and 10

Phil Thomas - drums on tracks 2, 4, 9, and 11

Sonny Turner - trumpet on track 4

Bill Utterback - illustration

Phil Upchurch - bass on tracks 1, 7, and 10

Murray Watson - trumpet on track 4

Unknown - Baritone saxophone on tracks 1, 7 and 10; bass on tracks 3, 5 and 6; drums on tracks 3, 5, 6 and 8; guitar on tracks 1, 5, 7 and 10; organ on tracks 3 and 8; piano on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11; and tenor sax on tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 and 10