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Gene Vincent: Born To Be A Rolling Stone (Topline Records)
Review by Tom Graves, Rock & 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 ...
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Gene Vincent: The original man in the black leather suit
Profile and Interview by Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard, 13 July 1963
THEY USED to call Gene Vincent The Screaming End. He started the others wearing black leather, he started them hollering and diving about the stage. ...
Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 29 September 2017
Music pioneer who led a revolution in television coverage of pop ...
Gene Vincent, Wild Angels, the Nashville Teens: Palladium, London
Live Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 29 November 1969
BACK 12 YEARS WITH ROCKER GENE VINCENT ...
Rumour About The Outlaws Made Their Disc Company Panic...
Profile by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 29 June 1963
THERE WAS a rumour last Christmas that the Outlaws were to break up. It was of course, untrue, but the rumour spread pretty quickly throughout ...
The Secret Fear of Gene Vincent
Comment by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 31 March 1962
GENE VINCENT flies back to London on March 28. Great news for his myriad fans, including me, who regard him as a truly great rock ...
Gene Vincent, Nashville Teens: Palladium, London
Live Review by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 29 November 1969
GENE VINCENT COULD DO NO WRONG ...
Eddie Cochran Tragedy — Body Flown to States
Report by uncredited writer, Disc, 23 April 1960
Gene Vincent's injuries are not serious ...
Profile by June Harris, Disc, 5 December 1959
RADIO AND TV, STAGE SHOWS IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE, A GERMAN TOUR, MORE STAGE SHOWS HERE ...
Gene Vincent, Jess Conrad: East Ham Granada, London
Live Review by June Harris, Disc, 18 February 1961
GENE VINCENT and Jess Conrad, heading the latest all-star rock package, are a knockout! ...
Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Heinz: Town Hall, Birmingham
Live Review by uncredited writer, New Musical Express, 10 May 1963
Two 'houses' shouted 'We want Jerry'! ...
Gene Vincent: Vincent, The Great Rock And Roller is Back
Interview by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 15 November 1969
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Gene Vincent: He Sounded Like Maybe He Was Testifying
Report by Todd Everett, Rolling Stone, 28 May 1970
THE MUSICIANS had all arrived and were standing patiently by the door at two o'clock, Sunday afternoon, March 8th. Three were official members of the ...
Obituary by Mick Farren, International Times, 21 October 1971
GENE VINCENT, after years of illhealth and injury, died this week of a perforated ulcer. ...
Primitive Texas Rockabilly & Honky Tonk: Gene Vincent Cut Our Songs
Review by Terry Staunton, Record Collector, December 2004
Not quite the Crossroads Robert Johnson had in mind… ...
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps: The Bop That Just Won't Stop
Review by Gene Sculatti, Zoo World, 1 August 1974
FOR THE MOST PART, the continuing "rock 'n roll revival" phenomenon we've been witnessing these past 5 years is a pretty shabby affair. What with ...
Gene Vincent: Born To Be A Rollin' Stone The Challenge Sessions 1966-68
Sleeve notes by Tim Tooher, Rev-Ola Records, July 2007
SOMETIMES THE BEST things in life are the simplest things. Gene Vincent kept things simple. He had no airs and graces. No pretensions. He sang ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gene Vincents Greatest (Capitol); Im Back And Im Proud (Dandelion) and more
Review by Simon Frith, Rolling Stone, 7 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 ...
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 ...
Gene Vincent: Po' White Punk from the Pool Hall
Retrospective by Mick Farren, New Musical Express, 15 February 1975
MICK FARREN traces the career of GENE VINCENT, the Rock 'n' Roll star who didn't sell out his audience or his origins. ...
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, 27 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 ...
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