Chicken Shack Crying Won'T Help You Now: Deram Years 1971-1974 CD

Three CD set containing the classic albums and recordings made by the legendary Chicken Shack between 1971 and 1974. Featuring the albums Imagination Lady, Unlucky boy, and Goodbye Chicken Shac'. With an illustrated booklet. Chicken Shack had come to prominence in the late 1960s as one of Britain's finest Blues bands, recording a series of albums for the Blue Horizon label. By 1971, the band had undergone changes to their line-up and guitarist/vocalist Stan Webb took the band in a harder rock direction. Signing to Decca's Deram label in 1971 under a production deal, Webb's band recorded the fine album Imagination Lady. John Glascock departed the band in 1972 and was replaced by Bob Daisley on bass. This line-up would record another excellent album, Unlucky Boy, which was released in early 1973 and featured a guest appearance by Chris Mercer on saxophones. Again, this line-up would prove to be short lived, with Stan Webb forming an entirely new line-up of the band in 1973 to head out on the road. The band's final album for Deram was the live set, Goodbye..., recorded at Brunel University on the 26th October 1973. This box set gathers together all of the albums and singles issued between 1971 and 1974 and is a splendid tribute to a fine band.

1. Crying Won't Help You Now 2. Daughter of the Hillside 3. If I Were a Carpenter 4. Going Down 5. Poor Boy 6. Telling Your Fortune 7. The Loser 8. Poor Boy (Single Version) 9. Telling Your Fortune (Single Version) 10. You Know Could Be Right 11. Revelation 12. Prudence's Party 13. Too Late to Cry 14. Stan the Man 15. Unlucky Boy 16. As Time Goes Passing By 17. Jammin' with the Ash 18. He Knows the Rules 19. As Time Goes Passing By (Single Version) 20. Everyday I Have the Blues 21. Thrill Is Gone 22. Going Down 23. You Take Me Down 24. Webb's Boogie 25. You're Mean 26. Poor Boy 27. Webb's Guitar Shuffle 28. Tutti Frutti