40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
Studio album by Chicken Shack
Released June 1968 (1968-06)
Recorded 5–7 February 1968 CBS Studios, London
Genre Blues rock[1]
Length 36:50
Label Blue Horizon
Producer Mike 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.[2] The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[3][4]

This album has three Freddy King covers; "Lonesome Whistle Blues" (written by Rudolph Toombs), and "See See Baby" from Freddy King Sings; and "San-Ho-Zay" from Let's Hide Away and Dance Away.[2]

Track listing

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 (Little Brother Montgomery) Montgomery6:24
3."Webbed Feet"Stan Webb2:53
4."You Ain't No Good"Perfect3:35
5."What You Did Last Night"Webb4:36

[2]

Personnel

Chicken Shack

Additional personnel

Production

  • Producer – Mike Vernon[5]
  • Engineer – Mike Ross
  • Studio – CBS
  • Photography and design – Terence Ibbott

References

  1. ↑ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Dan Forte. "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ↑ "ChartArchive - The Chart Archive". Chartstats.com. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 104. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. 1 2 3 "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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