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The Swinging Blue Jeans were near the top of Liverpool's rock & roll bands, although those who've only heard their pile-driver-textured Top 30 version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" (utterly unrepresentative of their sound or range) might wonder at that statement. This album provides the evidence -- ironically, with a little better choice of material, it would rate very close behind the With the Beatles LP as a fresh and brilliant piece of music-making, and even as it stands, it's not too far behind. In order to fully appreciate Blue Jeans a' Swinging, you have to put yourself back in 1964. Liverpool and the rest of the north are filled with acts that can thump away hard, or harmonize pleasingly, but only a handful that can do both, and even fewer that can do both well, and most of those, apart from the Beatles, can't decide if they want to be the Everly Brothers or Chuck Berry. The Beatles knew that with a little care, they could be both -- and based on the evidence on this album, the Swinging Blue Jeans were of the same mind and had the talent to pull it off. Blue Jeans a' Swinging features punchy, crunchy rhythm guitar, jangling lead guitar, some pretty raw singing by all four bandmembers alternating with decent harmonizing. There are also a few offbeat song choices, starting with the opening track, "Ol' Man Mose." Their cover of "Save the Last Dance for Me" is a credible rendition of a contemporary Drifters hit, and their versions of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Long Tall Sally" are solid pieces of rock & roll. Their Buddy Holly-like versions of the Hank Marvin-Bruce Welch songs "That's the Way It Goes" and "Don't It Make You Feel Good" have enough hooks that either could've been a single and a hit; the ballad "All I Want Is You," dominated by the quartet's harmony vocals, sounding even more like Holly. The band reaches back further than the Shadows, covering, "It's All Over Now," an offbeat lament written by Wally Whyton of the Vipers Skiffle Group-this is their "Ringo Starr number, " slightly goofy, with a vague country-ish tint. Even the one original here, a group composition called "It So Right," is a good rock & roll number with acceptably clever wordplay. This is one of the best rock & roll albums of its era to come out of Liverpool.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Armstrong, Composer - Randolph, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Doc Pomus, Composer - Mort Shuman, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Bruce Welch, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Chuck Berry, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Sunny Skylar, Composer - Don Marcotte, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Enotris Johnson, Composer - Robert Blackwell, Composer - Richard Penniman, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Lloyd Price, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Felice Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Raymond Ennis, Composer - Ralph Ellis, Composer - Norman Kuhlke, Composer - Les Braid, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist - Walter J. Ridley, Producer
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Bruce Welch, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
John Chilton, Composer - Jim Ireland, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Richard Penniman, Composer - Joe Lubin, Composer - Dorothy La Bostri, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist - Walter J. Ridley, Producer
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Armstrong, Composer - Randolph, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Doc Pomus, Composer - Mort Shuman, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Bruce Welch, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Chuck Berry, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Sunny Skylar, Composer - Don Marcotte, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Enotris Johnson, Composer - Robert Blackwell, Composer - Richard Penniman, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Lloyd Price, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Felice Bryant, Composer - Boudleaux Bryant, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Raymond Ennis, Composer - Ralph Ellis, Composer - Norman Kuhlke, Composer - Les Braid, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist - Walter J. Ridley, Producer
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Bruce Welch, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
John Chilton, Composer - Jim Ireland, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Richard Penniman, Composer - Joe Lubin, Composer - Dorothy La Bostri, Composer - The Swinging Blue Jeans, MainArtist - Walter J. Ridley, Producer
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
Presentación del Álbum
The Swinging Blue Jeans were near the top of Liverpool's rock & roll bands, although those who've only heard their pile-driver-textured Top 30 version of "Hippy Hippy Shake" (utterly unrepresentative of their sound or range) might wonder at that statement. This album provides the evidence -- ironically, with a little better choice of material, it would rate very close behind the With the Beatles LP as a fresh and brilliant piece of music-making, and even as it stands, it's not too far behind. In order to fully appreciate Blue Jeans a' Swinging, you have to put yourself back in 1964. Liverpool and the rest of the north are filled with acts that can thump away hard, or harmonize pleasingly, but only a handful that can do both, and even fewer that can do both well, and most of those, apart from the Beatles, can't decide if they want to be the Everly Brothers or Chuck Berry. The Beatles knew that with a little care, they could be both -- and based on the evidence on this album, the Swinging Blue Jeans were of the same mind and had the talent to pull it off. Blue Jeans a' Swinging features punchy, crunchy rhythm guitar, jangling lead guitar, some pretty raw singing by all four bandmembers alternating with decent harmonizing. There are also a few offbeat song choices, starting with the opening track, "Ol' Man Mose." Their cover of "Save the Last Dance for Me" is a credible rendition of a contemporary Drifters hit, and their versions of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Long Tall Sally" are solid pieces of rock & roll. Their Buddy Holly-like versions of the Hank Marvin-Bruce Welch songs "That's the Way It Goes" and "Don't It Make You Feel Good" have enough hooks that either could've been a single and a hit; the ballad "All I Want Is You," dominated by the quartet's harmony vocals, sounding even more like Holly. The band reaches back further than the Shadows, covering, "It's All Over Now," an offbeat lament written by Wally Whyton of the Vipers Skiffle Group-this is their "Ringo Starr number, " slightly goofy, with a vague country-ish tint. Even the one original here, a group composition called "It So Right," is a good rock & roll number with acceptably clever wordplay. This is one of the best rock & roll albums of its era to come out of Liverpool.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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- 1 disco(s) - 24 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:53:25
- Artistas principales: The Swinging Blue-Jeans
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Chrysalis Records
- Género Pop/Rock Pop
1964 Chrysalis Records Limited 1964 Chrysalis Records Limited
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