Bluejean Bop!/Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Oldies  »  Rock 'N' Roll
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Label: Collectables
• UPC: 090431271223
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106085355
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #21014 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #328 in Oldies (See Top 100 Oldies Bestsellers)
• #41 in Rock 'N' Roll (See Top 100 Rock 'N' Roll Bestsellers)

2 LPS on 1 CD: BLUEJEAN BOP!(1956)/GENE VINCENT & THE BLUE CAPS(1957).

Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont.

In May 1956, the two-and-a-half minutes of 'Be Bop A Lula' marked the astonishing recording debut of Gene Vincent, and the following month Gene was back in Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville for his first album, Bluejean Bop. Producer Ken Nelson flipped the echo switch to maximum and created a space-age sound for 'Who Slapped John?', in particular. Gene's voice was softer than most rock 'n' rollers and his tender versions of 'Ain't She Sweet?' and 'Up A Lazy River' display an inkling to become an all-round entertainer. His country roots are covered in 'Waltz Of The Wind' but it is the extraordinary rock 'n' roll numbers such as 'Bluejean Bop' and 'Bop Street' (don't be fooled by the slow start!) that make the album so remarkable and created a guitar hero out of Cliff Gallup. Gene Vincent rocks, the Bluecaps roll and the result is uninhibited magic.

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