Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Artist: Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Label: Capitol
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724354068423
EAN: 0724354068423
ASIN: B00006I0D8


Release Date: 2002-09-17

Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps


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Tracks:

  1. Red Blue Jeans And A Ponytail
  2. Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me
  3. Unchained Melody
  4. You Told A Fib
  5. Cat Man
  6. You Better Believe
  7. Crusin'
  8. Double Talkin' Baby
  9. Blues Stay Away From Me
  10. Pink Thunderbird
  11. I Sure Miss You
  12. Pretty, Pretty Baby
  13. Important Words (Version One)
  14. B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go
  15. Five Days, Five Days
  16. Teenager Partner (Version One)
  17. Five Feet Of Lovin' (Version One)

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  1. Blue Jean Bop
  2. The Screaming End: The Best Of Gene Vincent
  3. Capitol Collectors Series
  4. Wray's Three Track Shack
  5. After School Session

Album Details

Remastered Reissue of his 1957 Release. In the UK Magazine's Mojo, Jeff Beck Named this Album "gene Vincent and his Blue Caps" as the Album that Has Influenced Him the Most. Includes Liner Notes by Jeff Beck.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I "git it", Vincent deserved more recognition!.......2004-02-28

This man and his these blue caps rocked circles around Elvis, bad leg or not! Elvis was deeply loved and rightfully so, but upon spinning this disc one can't help but wonder, where was all the recognition Gene Vincent and his "blue caps" so richly deserved?
"Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps" and his first release ("Blue Jean Bop")are the most high energy, ballsy rockabilly imaginable. Gene's voice is at least equal to Presley and his delivery and range are superior. The songs are strong and Cliff Gallup's guitar work will absolutely pull you into listening to this disc, time after time. It's fresh and gutsy stuff to this day, even if almost a half-century old.
After this one, the band's line-up fell apart and Gallup left. Vincent's stuff there after was not quite as good, and perhaps that is why his popularity did not soar, at least not here in the U.S. Or maybe it was just that he didn't have the "love me tender" looks so many folks say Elvis initially had. It's too bad Amazon doesn't show the excellent cover photo for this one. It's a great pic' of Gene and the Caps and shows he had a very powerful edge and energy about his music "The King" could not match. The artwork throughout is very good and with 17 great tracks, this one plays for a decent 40 minutes. It's music that is just too incredible to be little-known. Git it and git ready to ask yourself how music this good and this original, can also be so obscure.

5 out of 5 stars

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