Blue Jeans A’ Swinging – THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS***

Ol’ Man Mose/Save The Last Dance For Me/That’s The Way It Goes/Around & Around/Its All Over Now/Long Tall Sally/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Some Sweet Day/Its So Right/Don’t It Make You Feel Good/All I Want Is You/Tutti Frutti

Blue Jeans A’ Swinging was the follow up album from the Merseybeat group The Swinging Blue Jeans. They are best remembered for their raucous beat hit The Hippy Hippy Shake, not included here.

“This is still one of the SBJ's best records - outstanding tracks are Ole Man Mose and Save The Last Dance For Me. They do wild and frantic versions of rock standards like Tutti Frutti, Long Tall Sally and Lawdy Miss Clawdy. Great harmonies, superb pounding rhythm section and some real belting vocals. Lovely stuff.”

“Apparently their live act was something to behold, but it did not translate well to vinyl, nor did they ever come up with anything original that was able to catch the public's attention on any significant scale. The fact is that they were a very average band.”

“The Swinging Blue Jeans had some big hits in the UK and some minor ones in the US. Their biggest was Hippy Hippy Shake. They had pretty much the same style as the early Beatles. In the US, you'd say they were part of the British Invasion. It's all high-powered rock 'n' roll in early sixties style. They give new life to some old favourites. If you like music from the early/mid sixties, you may enjoy this LP.”

“The SBJ had a reputation as one of the most exciting live acts of the Merseybeat era and of being unable to translate that excitement onto record. They had a great rock & roll lead vocalist, yet the production is often light on the instrumentation. There are some covers that are better known by other artists, including Little Richard songs and two of them are fairly well done. Nevertheless, this is a very good collection of largely upbeat, uptempo music.”

“They were one of the best live bands back in the early days at the Cavern. They were very popular at the lunchtime and evening gigs at that hole in the ground.”

“While the group played great music, they didn't write their own songs and this may explain their brief run in the charts. If you enjoy British pop music of the sixties, particularly the Merseybeat groups, you will enjoy this.”