40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve

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

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.[1]

Track listing

Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Length
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
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
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

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Personnel

Chicken Shack

Additional personnel

Production

  • Producer – Mike Vernon[4]
  • Engineer – Mike Ross
  • Studio – CBS
  • Photography and design – Terence Ibbott

References

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