The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

by Chicken Shack
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions

by Chicken Shack

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Overview

Formed and led by guitarist/vocalist Stan Webb, Chicken Shack were one of the first bands to be signed to the Blue Horizon label in the mid-'60s. As of this compilation's release in 2006, Webb was still fronting a version of the group. While never attaining any success in the States, Chicken Shack were well known in the U.K., with fleeting success second only to John Mayall and labelmates Fleetwood Mac. Webb's Freddie King-styled guitar and vocalist/pianist Christine Perfect's (later McVie) singing were the major draws to this second-tier British blues band, but neither were strong enough to carry the group's success to the U.S. market. This three-disc set collects the band's entire output for the imprint from 1967-1969 and includes alternate takes, singles, and B-sides (56 tracks in all), and also features terrific liner notes by label head/producer Mike Vernon. Perfect stayed for two of four releases for the label, exiting before the recording of 1969's 100 Ton Chicken. Hence she appears on about half of this disc, leaving after the U.K. hit single "I'd Rather Go Blind." Webb's often wobbly but amiable singing is an acquired taste, so Perfect's husky, smooth vocals and classy blues piano runs were major contributions to the band, and strong points they never adequately replaced. Occasional use of horns distinguished Chicken Shack from both Mac and Savoy Brown, another band very much in the Shack style and one with whom they swapped members. These three discs include the contents of four albums and assorted singles, with much of this music hard to obtain. The remastering is excellent, too, and it's safe to say that Chicken Shack have never sounded better. But the band wasn't strong or innovative enough to maintain interest over these four albums, making this all-inclusive set essential only for fans, collectors, and those looking to research the roots of Christine Perfect's pre-Fleetwood Mac sultry blues-tinged pop. Everyone else can make due with 2004's The Very Best of Chicken Shack, a single disc that cherry-picks the better tunes from the Blue Horizon era. ~ Hal Horowitz

Product Details

Release Date: 03/07/2006
Label: Blue Horizon / Bmg
UPC: 0828767349428

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. It's Okay with Me Baby
  2. When My Left Eye Jumps
  3. The Letter
  4. Lonesome Whistle Blues
  5. When the Train Comes Back
  6. San-Ho-Zay
  7. King of the World
  8. See See Baby
  9. First Time I Met the Blues
  10. Webbed Feet
  11. You Ain't No Good
  12. What You Did Last Night
  13. Hey Baby
  14. Baby's Got Me Crying
  15. The Right Way Is My Way
  16. Get Like You Used to Be
  17. Pony and Trap
  18. Tell Me
  19. A Woman Is the Blues
  20. When the Train Comes Back

Disc 2

  1. Worried About My Woman
  2. Six Nights in Seven
  3. I Wanna See My Baby
  4. Remington Ride
  5. Fishing in Your River
  6. Mean Old World
  7. Sweet Sixteen
  8. I'd Rather Go Blind
  9. Night Life
  10. The Road of Love
  11. Look Ma, I'm Cryin'
  12. Evelyn
  13. Reconsider Baby
  14. Weekend Love
  15. Midnight Hour
  16. Tears in the Wind
  17. Horse & Cart
  18. The Way It Is
  19. Still Worried About My Woman
  20. Anji

Disc 3

  1. Smartest Girl in Town
  2. Hideaway
  3. The Things You Put Me Through
  4. Diary of Your Life
  5. Pocket
  6. Never Ever
  7. Sad Clown
  8. Maudie
  9. Telling Your Fortune
  10. Tired Eyes
  11. Some Other Time
  12. Going Round
  13. Andalucian Blues
  14. You Knew You Did You Did
  15. She Didn't Use Her Loaf
  16. Maudie

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chicken Shack   Primary Artist
Christine Perfect   Keyboards,Organ,Piano,Vocals
Bud Beadle   Sax (Baritone),Sax (Alto)
Big Walter Horton   Harmonica
Allison Young   Vocals (Background)
Geoff Condon   Trumpet
Don Fey   Sax (Tenor)
Alan Ellis   Trumpet
Stan Webb   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Mike Vernon   Finger Cymbals
John Almond   Soloist,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
Dave Bidwell   Drums,Congas,Cowbell,Tambourine
Andy Silvester   Bass,Organ,Bass Pedals,6-String Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Dick Heckstall-Smith   Sax (Tenor)
Terry Noonan   Trumpet,Director
Roderick M Lee   Trumpet
Paul Raymond   Organ,Piano,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Bill Foster   Composer
Terry Noonan   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Arranger
Willie Dixon   Composer
Terence Ibbott   Artwork,Photography,Original Photography
Robert Dowling   Photography
D.M. Graham   Composer
Alberta Perkins   Composer
Simon Cantwell   Art Direction
Peter Moody   Photo Courtesy
Billy Foster   Composer
Stan Webb   Composer
Christine Perfect   Composer
Clarence Carter   Composer
Ellington Jordan   Composer
Freddie King   Composer
Rob Keyloch   Mixing
Roger Quested   Remixing
Lowell Fulson   Composer
Rudy Toombs   Composer
Jules Taub   Composer
Roy Baker   Engineer,Remixing
Mike Vernon   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Photo Courtesy,Reissue Producer
Mike Bobak   Mixing,Engineer
Duncan Cowell   Editing,Tape Transfer,Digital Mastering
Aaron Walker   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Richard Vernon   Release Coordinator
Ahmet Ertegun   Composer
Herb Remington   Composer
Andy Silvester   Photo Courtesy
Eurreal Montgomery   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Jonathan Frost   Photography
Paul Buskirk   Composer
Paul Raymond   Composer,Cover Photo
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