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Chicken Shack Featuring Stan Webb (2)Unlucky Boy

Genre:

Rock, Blues

Style:

Blues Rock

Year:

Tracklist

You Know Could Be Right
Revelation
Prudence's Party
Too Late To Cry
Stan The Man
Unlucky Boy
As Time Goes Passing By
Jammin' With The Ash
He Knows The Rules

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    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo
    Deram – SML 1100UK1973UK1973
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    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo
    London Records – XPS 632US1973US1973
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album
    London Records – XPS 632Canada1973Canada1973
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album
    Deram – SML 1100Germany1973Germany1973
    Recently Edited
    Unlucky Boy
    Cassette
    Deram – SML 1100UK1973UK1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973-07-06, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Test Pressing
    Deram – SML 1100UK1973UK1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album
    London Records – XPS 632Canada1973Canada1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo, W - Waddell Pressing
    London Records – XPS 632US1973US1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    2×LP, Single Sided, Album, Test Pressing, White Label
    Deram – SML 1100Germany1973Germany1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Promo
    Deram – SML 1100Germany1973Germany1973
    Recently Edited
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo
    Deram – SML 1100UK1973UK1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo
    Deram – SML 1100New Zealand1973New Zealand1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1973, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Stereo
    Deram – SML 1100UK1973UK1973
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1976, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album
    Deram – SLC 817Japan1976Japan1976
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1994, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Remastered
    Deram – 844 239-2Germany1994Germany1994
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 1999, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Reissue
    Indigo Delux – IGOXCD 520 Z, Indigo Delux – IGOXCD 520UK1999UK1999
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 2003, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Castle Music – 06076 81275-2, Sanctuary – 06076 81275-2US2003US2003
    New Submission
    Unlucky Boy
    CDr, Album, Unofficial Release
    COE Records (2) – COE152Russia2004Russia2004
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 2007-06-13, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Papersleeve
    Air Mail Archive – AIRAC-1362Japan2007Japan2007
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 2013, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Esoteric Recordings – ECLEC2378UK2013UK2013
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 2016, CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release
    Esoteric Recordings (4) – ECLEC2378Russia2016Russia2016
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, 2022-02-25, VinylUnlucky Boy
    LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo
    Klimt Records – MJJ422CBFrance2022France2022
    New Submission
    Cover of Unlucky Boy, , CDUnlucky Boy
    CD, Album, Unofficial Release
    Not On Label – noneRussiaRussia
    New Submission

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    • d.znobischev's avatar
      d.znobischev
      The record is new, but there are clicks and sand. The music of that time is very authentic! The recording itself is uneven, apparently so mixed, not all songs with a dense sound (rhythm section)
      • liquefaction75's avatar
        liquefaction75
        Unlucky Boy is the second Chicken Shack album with Deram label. After the heavier Imagination Lady, Stan decided to set the pace for this album, adding tony ashton on piano and chris mercer on sax. I'm very fond about this album because was the very first Chicken Shack album I ever owned.
        The opener "You Know Could Be Right" is my personal all time favourite Stan composition, rock blues at its best, quite slow and well stable rhythm, with the guitar standing as the backbone of the track. "Revelation" is A minor blues, "my face is young but my body is old" sings Stan, another calm number with sax in the background and the roaring Stan guitar in place. "Prudence's Party" is a kind of a pastiche, instrumental with piano and guitar duelling, a nice track. "Too Late To Cry" is a guitar and bass tune, you can hear Stan playing chords alternated with solos, more intimate song. "Stan The Man" close the A side, a dirty blues played with ability by Stan and the band. The title says it all.
        The title track "Unlucky Boy" opens the B side, the song is originally by Big Mama Thornton, Unlucky Girl, it has the typical rock blues feeling of Chicken Shack of early 70's, great work on sax by Mercer, along with Daisley and Hancox rhythm section.
        it's time for a mellow ballad called "As Time Goes Passing By" it was released as a single in 1973, with an edit version. Strings arrangement punctuated by Stan's voice and guitar and the drum sounds that I personally love in this song. "He Knows The Rules" and "Jammin with the Ash" close the album, there's a bit of a mess in the last track mixing, Neil Slaven, the producer, apologies for this. "Jammin" is very astute rock blues, with Stan's guitar and Ashton piano who drives the song. On the cd version "As Time Goes Passing By" (edit) was added, nothing very different from the original version. The last Chicken Shack studio album before Stan disbanded the group. Then the Go Live Goodbye was released the following year. To me this album is a real gem.

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