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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
Studio album by Gene Vincent
ReleasedMarch 4, 1957
RecordedOctober 1956
GenreRock and roll
Length28:07
39:43 (reissue)
LabelCapitol
ProducerKen Nelson
Gene Vincent chronology
Bluejean Bop!
(1956) 		Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
(1957) 		Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll!
(1958)
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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. It was originally released in 1957, four months after its predecessor, Bluejean Bop!. It was released on the Capitol label. It was re-released on CD in 2002. Cliff Gallup and rhythm guitarist Willie Williams had left the Blue Caps in the fall of 1956. Gallup was persuaded by producer, Ken Nelson, to temporarily rejoin for the sessions that resulted in the album.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Red Blue Jeans and a Pony Tail" (Jack Rhodes, Bill "Tex" Davis) – 2:14
  2. "Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me" (Gene Vincent, Davis) – 2:15
  3. "Unchained Melody" (Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 2:37
  4. "You Told a Fib" (Vincent, Cliff Gallup) – 2:21
  5. "Cat Man" (Vincent, Davis) – 2:18
  6. "You Better Believe" (Gallup) – 2:01

Side 2

  2. "Cruisin'" (Vincent, Davis) – 2:12
  3. "Double Talkin' Baby" (Danny Wolfe) – 2:12
  4. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Henry Glover, Wayne Raney, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore) – 2:16
  5. "Pink Thunderbird" (Paul Peek, Davis) – 2:32
  6. "I Sure Miss You" (Charles Matthews) – 2:38
  7. "Pretty, Pretty Baby" (Wolfe) – 2:27

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

  2. "Important Words" (Vincent, Davis) – 2:21
  3. "B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go" (Don Carter, Dub Nalls, Jack Rhodes) – 2:16
  4. "Five Days, Five Days" (Rhodes, Willey, Franks) – 2:37
  5. "Teenager Partner" (Vincent, Davis) – 2:14
  6. "Five Feet of Lovin'" (Buck Peddy, Melvin Tillis) – 2:06

Personnel

The Blue Caps

References

  1. Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (6th ed.). Penguin. p. 2265. ISBN 978-1-4402-2916-9. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. Eder, Bruce. "Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

External links

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