40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve is the debut studio album by the blues band Chicken Shack, released in 1968.[2] The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart.[3][4]

40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve
Studio album by Chicken Shack
Released	June 1968
Recorded	5–7 February 1968 CBS Studios, London
Genre	Blues rock[1]
Length	36:50
Label	Blue Horizon
Producer	Mike Vernon
Chicken Shack chronology
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve (1968) O.K. Ken? (1969)

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.[2]

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

• Stan Webb – guitar, vocals
• Christine Perfect – organ, vocals, piano
• Andy Silvester – bass
• Dave Bidwell – drums[5]

Additional personnel

• Alan Ellis – trumpet
• Dick Heckstall-Smith – tenor saxophone
• Johnny Almond – alto saxophone[5]

Production

• Producer – Mike Vernon[5]
• Engineer – Mike Ross
• Studio – CBS
• Photography and design – Terence Ibbott

References

1. "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
2. Dan Forte. "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
3. "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 104. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
5. "40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-03-05.