GENE VINCENT&HIS BLUE CAPS-BLUEJEAN BOP 1ST LP OZ10"CAPITOL1956+CLIFF GALLUP VG+

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GENE VINCENT AND HIS BLUE CAPS - FIRST ALBUM " BLUEJEAN BOP "

ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN 33 RPM 10" LP 'MICROGROOVE' RELEASE 1956

LABEL  -  CAPITOL PURPLE 'DOME' LABEL. THE ONLY OTHER COPY I'VE SEEN OF THIS LP HAD THE USUAL TURQUOISE LABEL

CATALOGUE  #  H-764

UPC/EAN/BARCODE #  NONE

NOT LISTED ON 'DISCOGS'

Track Listing

SIDE 1

BLUEJEAN BOP by GENE VINCENT ; HAL LEVY
JEZEBEL - WAYNE SHANKLIN
WHO SLAPPED JOHN - GENE VINCENT ; SHERIFF TEX DAVIS
AIN'T SHE SWEET - MILTON AGER ; JACK YELLEN

SIDE 2
THAT OLD GANG OF MINE - FAIN ; KAHAL ; RASKIN
JUMPS, GIGGLES, AND SHOUTS - GENE VINCENT ; SHERIFF TEX DAVIS
UP A LAZY RIVER - HOAGY CARMICHAEL ; SIDNEY ARODIN
BOP STREET - CLIFF GALLUP ; SHERIFF TEX DAVIS

PERSONNELL

• Bass – Jumpin' Jack Neal
• Drums – Be-Bop Harrell
• Guitar, Vocals – Gene Vincent
• Lead Guitar – Galloping Cliff Gallup
• Rhythm Guitar – Wee Willie Williams

 

MATRIXES

·  Label Side 1: H - 764; H1-764; XCAP177  

·  Label Side 2: H - 764; H2-764; XCAP178 

·  Runout Side 1: H1- 764; XCAP 177 - ALL HAND-INSCRIBED

·  Runout Side 2: H2-764; XCAP 178 - ALL HAND-INSCRIBED

 

 

RECORD   IN VG+ CONDITION,  FEW MINOR SURFACE HAIRLINES / SCUFFS

LABELS  VG,  SOME SPINDLE MARKS;  SIDE 1 HAS A NAME STICKER

SLEEVE  (SEE PICS.) VG  

SUPERB  1950's  /  AUSTRALIA RELEASE  /  GENE VINCENT  /  BLUE CAPS   /  BLUEJEAN / BLUE JEAN BOP  /  VERY EARLY ROCK 'N' ROLL  /  ROCKABILLY  /  Jumpin' Jack Neal  /  Be-Bop Harrell  /  Galloping Cliff Gallup  /  Wee Willie Williams  /  CAPITOL  /  10"  /  33 RPM  /  LP  /    RECORD  /   COLLECTABLE  IN   EXTREMELY  NICE  SHAPE AFTER  56  (FIFTY SIX) YEARS

GENE VINCENT

" b. Eugene Vincent Craddock, 11 February 1935, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, d. 12 October 1971.

One of the original bad boys of rock 'n' roll, the self-destructive Vincent was involved in a motorcycle crash in 1955 and his left leg was permanently damaged.

Discharged from the US Navy, he began appearing on country music radio and came under the wing of disc jockey 'Sheriff Tex Davis, who supervised his recording of a demo of 'Be-Bop A-Lula'. In May 1956, the track was re-recorded at Capitol Records's Nashville studio, with backing by the Blue Caps.

The original line-up comprised: Cliff Gallup (lead guitar), Jack Neal (upright bass), Willie Williams (acoustic guitar) and Dickie Harrell (drums).

Weeks later, 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' stormed the charts, temporarily providing Capitol with their own version of Elvis Presley. The strength of the single lay in Vincent's engaging vocal and the loping guitar runs of the influential Cliff Gallup. Vincent's image was brooding, inarticulate and menacing and with such rock 'n' roll authenticity he was not easily marketable in the USA. His second single, 'Race With The Devil', failed to chart in his homeland, but proved successful in the UK, where he attracted a devoted following. Dogged by bad advice and often unsuitable material, Vincent rapidly lost the impetus that had thrust him to the centre stage as a rock 'n' roll icon. Even an appearance in the movie The Girl Can't Help It failed to arrest his commercial decline. A respite was offered by the million-selling 'Lotta Love', but line-up changes in the Blue Caps and a plethora of personal problems were conspiring against him. His damaged leg was perpetually threatening to end his singing career and renewed injuries resulted in the limb being supported by a metal brace. Vincent's alcoholism and buccaneering road life made him a liability to promoters and by the late 50s, his career seemed in ruins. He relocated to England, where Jack Good exacerbated his rebel image by dressing him in black leather and encouraging the star to accentuate his limp.

Although he failed to retrieve past glories on record, he toured frequently and survived the car crash which killed Eddie Cochran.

Thereafter, he appeared regularly in the UK and France, having come under the wing of the notoriously proprietorial manager Don Arden. Increasingly redundant during the beat group era, his lifestyle grew more erratic and uncontrollable and alcoholism made him a bloated and pathetic figure.

A comeback album of sorts, Im Back And I'm Proud, lacked sufficient punch to revitalize his career and he continued playing with pick-up groups, churning out his old repertoire. He often railed against old friends and grew increasingly disillusioned about the state of his career.

Still regarded as a legend of rock 'n' roll and a true original, he seemed frustratingly stuck in a time warp and lacked any sense of a career pattern. The often intolerable pain he suffered due to his festering leg merely exacerbated his alcoholism, which in turn devastated his health.

On 12 October 1971, his abused body finally succumbed to a fatal seizure and rock 'n' roll lost one of its genuinely great rebellious spirits.

Albums: Blue Jean Bop! (1956), ........  "

THE GUINNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC 1992

IN 1957 Gene Vincent toured the east coast of Australia with Little Richard and Eddie Cochran, drawing audiences totaling 72,000 to their Sydney Stadium concerts.

Rolling Stone magazine called Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps "the first rock 'n' roll band in the world."

CLIFF GALLUP

"Clifton E. "Cliff" Gallup (June 17, 1930 - October 9, 1988) was an American electric guitarist, who played rock and roll in the band Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps in the 1950s.

Gallup played on (only) 35 tracks with Vincent (here are 8 of them), including his biggest hit "Be-Bop-A-Lula", and established a reputation as one of the most technically proficient guitarists in early rock and roll. As a married man, Gallup was reluctant to tour with Vincent, and left the band in late 1956, returning only for some more studio sessions that same year for the second Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps LP. "

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