Chicken Shack

 

Artist:  Chicken Shack

Origin:  UK

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, British Blues, R&B, Regional Blues

Original line-up:

Stan Webb:  Guitar, Vocals

Andy Silvester:  Bass

Alan Morley:  Drums

Chicken Shack are a British Blues Band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb (Guitar, Vocals), Andy Silvester (Bass), and Alan Morley (Drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (later McVie) (Vocals, Keyboards) in 1967.  Chicken Shack has performed with various line-up, Stan Webb being the only constant member.

Title:  Crying Won't Help You Now - The Deram Years 1971-1974 (Clamshell Box Set 3 CD) (2022)

Genre:  Blues, Blues Rock, Hard Rock, British Blues, R&B, Regional Blues

Label:  Esoteric Recordings

Rating:   ****

Format:   CD

Disc 1: 

Title:  Imagination Lady (1972)

Label:   Deram Records

Tracks:

 1.  Crying Won't Help You Now (5:10)

 2.  Daughter Of The Hillside (3:53)

 3.  If I Were A Carpenter (6:35)

 4.  Going Down (3:32)

 5.  Poor Boy (5:10)

 6.  Telling Your Fortune (11:10)

 7.  The Loser (2:37)

Bonus Tracks:

 8.  Poor Boy (Single Version) (4:12)

 9.  Telling Your Fortune(Single Version) (2:08)

Personnel:

Stan Webb:  Guitar, Vocals

John Glasscock:  Bass

Paul Hancox:  Drums

Disc 2:

Title:   Unlucky Boy (1973)

Label:  Deram Records

Tracks:

 1.  You KnowYou Could Be Right (3:48)

 2.  Revelation (5:13)

 3.  Prudence's Party (3:13)

 4.  Too Late To Cry (3:10)

 5.  Stan The Man (4:26)

 6.  Unlucky Boy (2:35)

 7.  As Time Goes Passing By (4:48)

 8.  Jammin' With The Ash (7:04)

 9.  He Knows To Rules (3:59)

Bonus Track:

10. As Time Goes Passing By (Single Version) (3:30)

Personnel:

Stan Webb:  Guitar, Vocals

Bob Daisley:  Bass

Tony Ashton:  Piano

Paul Hancox:  Drums, Percussion

Chris Mercer:  Saxophone

Disc 3:

Title:  Goodbye Chicken Shack  (Live) (1974)

Label:  Deram Records

Tracks:

 1.  Everyday I Have The Blues (5:42)

 2.  Thrill Is Gone (5:43)

 3.  Going Down (5:57)

 4. You Take Me Down (5:18)

 5.  Webb's Boogie (6:13)

 6.  You're Mean (6:23)

 7.  Poor Boy (7:55)

 8.  Webb's Guitar Shuffle (3:14)

 9.  Tutti Frutti (2:29)

Personnel:

Stan Webb:  Guitar, Vocals

Bob Hull:  Bass

David Wilkinson:  Keyboards

Alan Powell:  Drums

Crying Won't Help You Now - The Deram Years 1971-1974 is the compilation Box Set by Chicken Shack, released on July 10, 2022 by Esoteric Recordings.  3 CD Clamshell Box Set of the classic albums recordings between 1971-1974.