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Gene Vincent: Born To Be A Rolling Stone (Topline Records)
Review by Tom Graves, Rock and Roll Disc, December 1987
TO SEE JUST how far a former great rock and roller can sink, check out the 12 pieces of aural excrement that comprise Gene Vincent's Born ...

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Gene Vincent Cuts A New LP: John Peel’s Label Gets A New Version of ‘Be-Bop-a-Lula’
Interview by Charlie Gillett, Record Mirror, September 1969
ROCK'N'ROLL, WHICH HAS NEVER been far away since it made its first appearance in the early fifties, is without much doubt about to become all-powerful once ...

Gene Vincent’s Greatest (Capitol); I’m Back And I’m Proud (Dandelion) and more
Review by Simon Frith, Rolling Stone, March 1970
GENE VINCENT was the most tortured of the Fifties rock stars. I only saw him in concert once and that was weird. He was in pain ...

Gene Vincent: Po' White Punk from the Pool Hall
Retrospective by Mick Farren, NME, February 1975
MICK FARREN traces the career of GENE VINCENT, the Rock 'n' Roll star who didn't sell out his audience or his ...

A Record Collector's Guide To Gene Vincent
Retrospective by Dave Thompson, Goldmine, 1999
IT WAS IAN DURY, himself the creator of some of the greatest records of his era, who hit the nail on the head, in one of ...

Hell's Angel: Gene Vincent
Retrospective by Mick Farren, Mojo, February 2000
He looked for all the world like a man in the grip of some dark, wrenching religious experience. The contorted figure in the black leather suit ...

The Enforcer: Peter Grant
Book Excerpt by Chris Welch, from 'The Man Who Led Zeppelin', Omnibus Books, 2001
An extract from Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin by Chris Welch, first published by Omnibus Press in 2001. (256pp, currently available in softback at ...

Last Night A Record Changed My Life: Jeff Beck on Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps (Capitol, 1957)
Interview by Phil Sutcliffe, Mojo, March 2001
"I FIRST HEARD IT sitting in an armchair in our living room. 1957. I was 12. My sister Annetta, who's four years older, had bought it ...