Gene Vincent:
Rebel Heart
Vol. 10(23 tracks) It is now three years since the release of Rebel Heart Vol. 9 but still the material keeps coming in. This time TKO-Magnum follows the full history of Gene's career beginning with Be-Bop-A-Lula from 1956 to his renaissance in 1959 on Boy Meets Girls to 1971 with a concert recorded not long before his sad demise in October of that year. Track 23 is Graham Fenton's tribute to Gene, "A Song for Gene" recorded with Mystery Train for Raw Records in 1978 just prior to Matcbox taking off onto the charts with "Rockabilly Rebel". Listen closely to the words and you will see why this track is a fitting close to this compilation spanning the whole 16 years of Gene's professional singing career.
Notice:"The June issue of Now Dig This (Issue No 303) has Gene on the cover and the contents page, and an illustrated "Retro Interview" reprinted (pp12-14) from the April 25th 1970 edition of UK magazine Music Now re-titled Ranting 'NO'S Ravin' Gene Vincent. There's also a rave review by Harry Dodds of Yvonnick Guitton's latest tome Gen Vincent The Boss '56.
Derek Henderson, Spent Brothers Productions - http://www.spentbrothers.com Things Do Go Wrong
THINGS DO GO WRONG tells the story of the 1960 rock'n'roll tour starring Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. It was the first 100% rock'n'roll tour to tour the UK and it played to packed houses, encouraging many young musicians who found success in the British beat boom. However, the tour ended in tragedy with the death of Eddie Cochran. THINGS DO GO WRONG provides an intimate, backstage picture of the tour, going into the hotels and coaches with the stars and speaking to the participants. THINGS DO GO WRONG is enhanced by press cuttings of the day assembled by the pop archivist, John Firminger.
THINGS DO GO WRONG is the fifth volume about the rock'n'roll era to be published by Finbarr International. It is a worthy successor to the histories, HALFWAY TO PARADISE and BABY, THAT IS ROCK AND ROLL and the biographies of Lonnie Donegan (PUTTIN' ON THE STYLE) and Billy Fury (WONDROUS FACE).
Although this is a tragic, almost Shakespearean, story, THINGS DO GO WRONG is also a very funny book, showing the problems that two Americans faced in trying to cope with the Britain of 1960.
Some reviews: "The story of the Gene Vincent/Eddie Cochran tour has been told many times, but never as completely as in this remarkable book." -
(Chris Woodford, Now Dig This, March 2008) "It's a great read, it's tremendous." -
(Frankie Connor, BBC Radio Merseyside) "It's a journey that Spencer Leigh recreates in amazing detail in a slender but thrilling book that captures not just the personalities of these prototype rock gods but the culture clash between their Technicolor lives and the black and white austerity of a post-war Britian they left in shock. A fabulous selection of period news cuttings add to the appeal of a complete must-have for rock'n'roll fans." -
(Douglas McPherson, Classic American, May 2008) More information
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Sujet: Gene Vincent (Updated) 
