Release date:24-06-2010 (original released in 1998)

2010 Dutch exclusive limited Music On Vinyl edition 10-track vinyl LP pressed on 180gram VIRGIN VINYL; Featuring Christine Perfect (better known as the futureChristine McVie of Fleetwood Mac) the British ensemble Chicken Shack offers up a solid set of blues-influenced rock on their 1968 LP, fully titled "40 Blue Fingers Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve"- sealed & stickered

Tracks:
01. Letter
02. Lonesome Whistle Blues
03. When The Train Comes Back
04. San Ho Zay
05. King Of The World
06. See See Baby
07. First Time I Met The Blues
08. Webbed Feet
09. You Ain't No Good
10. What You Did Last Night

This LP was a promising debut, especially noteworthy for Stan Webb's Freddie King-inspired guitar playing and Christine Perfect's vocals. Webb does justice to his mentor with two instrumentals, King's "San-Ho-Zay" and his own "Webbed Feet," and Christine proves the ideal counterpart: one of the few pianists paying homage to King's longtime collaborator Sonny Thompson.

It remains their finest work; Perfect left the band in 1969 when she married John McVie of Fleetwood Mac. Pianist Paul Raymond, bassist Andy Silvester, and drummer Dave Bidwell all left in 1971 to join Savoy Brown.

The album - with a nice spare sound, typical of Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label- will be enjoyed again, this time on audiophile vinyl.