GENE VINCENT
Gene Vincent - The Gene Vincent Box Set, Complete Capitol and Columbia recordings 1956-1964 [1990] (66 x CDs)
The first thing that stays with you on The Gene Vincent Box Set Complete Capitol and Columbia Recordings 1956–1964 is the voice, not just how it sounds, but how little it changes even as everything around it shifts. Issued in 1990 by EMI Records (Capitol/EMI), the set gathers the full run across six discs, and that centre holds throughout.
A few tracks in, the pattern becomes clear. The early recordings arrive sharp and contained, guitar cutting through, rhythm set firmly underneath. As the discs move forward, the arrangements open out slightly. There’s more space, a different balance in the backing, but the phrasing remains steady, the delivery still anchored in the same approach.
The alternates settle in naturally. They don’t interrupt the flow, they deepen it. A line lands a fraction differently, a tempo shifts just enough to change the feel, and the contrast builds quietly over time. Heard in sequence, those small changes begin to connect, showing how the material was shaped rather than simply recorded.
There isn’t a point where one period gives way to another. The transition happens gradually, one session leaning into the next, the same voice carrying through different settings without needing to adjust to them.
By the end the sound has broadened, but it hasn’t drifted. It still circles back to that direct, grounded delivery. Left to play, the set feels like a continuous run rather than a retrospective, one voice moving through time, steady, recognisable, and always close to where it began. (B)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Gene Vincent - Race With The Devil 2:04
02 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula (take 12) 2:37
03 Gene Vincent - Woman Love (take 12) 2:34
04 Gene Vincent - I Sure Miss You 2:40
05 Gene Vincent - Jezebel 2:26
06 Gene Vincent - Crazy Legs 2:12
07 Gene Vincent - Prg O' My Heart 2:38
08 Gene Vincent - Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) 2:34
09 Gene Vincent - Waltz of The Mind 2:44
10 Gene Vincent - Up A Lazy River 2:24
11 Gene Vincent - Ain't She Sweet 2:31
12 Gene Vincent - Gonna Back Up Baby 2:26
13 Gene Vincent - Who Slapped John? 1:59
14 Gene Vincent - Jumps, Giggles & Shouts 2:52
15 Gene Vincent - Bluejean Bop 2:24
16 Gene Vincent - I Flipped 2:27
17 Gene Vincent - Bop Street 2:26
18 Gene Vincent - Well, I Knocked Bim Bam 2:15
19 Gene Vincent - You Told A Fib 2:22
20 Gene Vincent - Jump Back, Honey Jump Back 2:03
21 Gene Vincent - Teenage Partner ('56 version) 2:17
22 Gene Vincent - Blues Stay Away From Me 2:17
23 Gene Vincent - Five Feet of Lovin' ('56 version) 2:08
24 Gene Vincent - Cat Man 2:21
25 Gene Vincent - Double Talkin' Baby 2:14
26 Gene Vincent - Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me 2:18
27 Gene Vincent - Unchained Melody 2:40
28 Gene Vincent - B-i-Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go 2:20
CD2
01 Gene Vincent - Pink Thunderbird 2:34
02 Gene Vincent - Pretty Pretty Baby 2:28
03 Gene Vincent - Cruisin' 2:15
04 Gene Vincent - Important Words ('56) 2:22
05 Gene Vincent - You Better Believe 2:03
06 Gene Vincent - Red Bluejeans & A Ponytail 2:18
07 Gene Vincent - Five Days, Five Days 2:47
08 Gene Vincent - I Got It 2:07
09 Gene Vincent - Wear My Ring 2:46
10 Gene Vincent - Lotta Lovin' 2:12
11 Gene Vincent - Rollin' Danny 2:09
12 Gene Vincent - Time Will Bring You Everything 2:15
13 Gene Vincent - True to You 2:15
14 Gene Vincent - In My Dreams 2:39
15 Gene Vincent - Dance to The Bop 2:16
16 Gene Vincent - Your Cheatin' Heart 2:11
17 Gene Vincent - Baby Blue 2:38
18 Gene Vincent - Walkin' Home From School 2:41
19 Gene Vincent - It's No Lie 2:02
20 Gene Vincent - Should I Ever Love Again 2:48
21 Gene Vincent - Flea Brain 2:06
22 Gene Vincent - Brand New Beat 2:32
23 Gene Vincent - Frankie & Johnnie 2:40
24 Gene Vincent - You Belong to Me 2:29
25 Gene Vincent - Keep it A Secret 2:05
26 Gene Vincent - Yes I Love You Baby 2:06
27 Gene Vincent - By The Light of The Silvery Moon 2:05
28 Gene Vincent - Right Now 2:15
29 Gene Vincent - You'll Never Walk Alone 2:35
CD3
01 Gene Vincent - I Got A Baby 2:24
02 Gene Vincent - Dance in The Street 2:11
03 Gene Vincent - Git It 2:26
04 Gene Vincent - I Love You 1:50
05 Gene Vincent - Teenage Partner ('58) 2:19
06 Gene Vincent - Peace of Mind 2:25
07 Gene Vincent - Lovely Loretta 2:05
08 Gene Vincent - Little Lover 2:01
09 Gene Vincent - Rocky Road Blues 2:10
10 Gene Vincent - Somebody Help Me 2:12
11 Gene Vincent - Five Feet of Lovin' ('58) 2:14
12 Gene Vincent - Look What You've Gone and Done to Me 2:06
13 Gene Vincent - Hey Good Looking 2:32
14 Gene Vincent - Summertime 2:54
15 Gene Vincent - I Can't Help it (If I'm Still in Love With You) 2:52
16 Gene Vincent - The Wayward Wind 2:46
17 Gene Vincent - Now is The Hour 3:02
18 Gene Vincent - Lonesome Boy (out take) 3:11
19 Gene Vincent - Lonesome Boy 3:01
20 Gene Vincent - You Are The One for Me (out take) 2:22
21 Gene Vincent - You Are The One for Me 2:30
22 Gene Vincent - Maybe 2:24
23 Gene Vincent - I've Got to Get You Yet 2:12
24 Gene Vincent - My Heart 2:30
25 Gene Vincent - The Night is So Lonely 2:31
26 Gene Vincent - Beautiful Brown Eyes (out takes) 4:20
27 Gene Vincent - Beautiful Brown Eyes 3:12
28 Gene Vincent - Rip it Up (out take) 0:33
29 Gene Vincent - Rip it Up 2:23
CD4
01 Gene Vincent - Maybelline (out takes) 2:49
02 Gene Vincent - Maybelline 2:39
03 Gene Vincent - High Blood Pressure (out take) 1:23
04 Gene Vincent - High Blood Pressure 2:49
05 Gene Vincent - In Love Again 2:32
06 Gene Vincent - Say Mama 2:12
07 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop Boogie Boy 1:50
08 Gene Vincent - I Can't Believe You Wanna Leave 2:47
09 Gene Vincent - Who's Pushin' Your Swing 2:08
10 Gene Vincent - Anna-Annabelle 1:45
11 Gene Vincent - Gone Gone Gone 2:08
12 Gene Vincent - I Might Have Known (out take) 0:36
13 Gene Vincent - I Might Have Known 2:18
14 Gene Vincent - Important Words (out take) 0:44
15 Gene Vincent - Important Words 2:53
16 Gene Vincent - My Baby Don't 'Low 2:36
17 Gene Vincent - Over The Rainbow 2:55
18 Gene Vincent - Ready Teddy 1:59
19 Gene Vincent - Vincent's Blues 2:22
20 Gene Vincent - Pretty Pearly 2:25
21 Gene Vincent - Accentuate The Positive 2:01
22 Gene Vincent - She She Little Sheila 2:28
23 Gene Vincent - Darlene (mono) 2:47
24 Gene Vincent - Darlene (stereo) 2:48
25 Gene Vincent - Why Don't You People Learn to Drive 2:00
26 Gene Vincent - Crazy Times 2:13
27 Gene Vincent - Greenback Dollar 2:22
28 Gene Vincent - Big Fat Saturday Night 1:59
CD5
01 Gene Vincent - Wild Cat (stereo) 2:23
02 Gene Vincent - Hot Dollar 2:23
03 Gene Vincent - Right Here on Earth (master - mono take 7) 2:34
04 Gene Vincent - Right Here on Earth (alternate stereo take) 2:27
05 Gene Vincent - Blue Eyes Crying in The Rain 2:14
06 Gene Vincent - Everybody's Got A Date But Me 2:07
07 Gene Vincent - Mitchiko From Tokyo 2:13
08 Gene Vincent - Pistol Packin' Mama 2:08
09 Gene Vincent - Weeping Willow 2:38
10 Gene Vincent - Crazy Beat (takes 6 and 7) 2:10
11 Gene Vincent - Crazy Beat (master - take 9) 2:14
12 Gene Vincent - I'm Gonna Catch Me A Rat (take 8) 0:35
13 Gene Vincent - I'm Gonna Catch Me A Rat (master - take 13) 2:11
14 Gene Vincent - It's Been Nice (take 1) 1:21
15 Gene Vincent - It's Been Nice (master - take 13) 2:01
16 Gene Vincent - That's The Trouble With Love (take 3) 0:43
17 Gene Vincent - That's The Trouble With Love (master - take 14) 2:20
18 Gene Vincent - Good Lovin' (take 13) 1:04
19 Gene Vincent - Good Lovin' (master - take 14) 2:01
20 Gene Vincent - Mister Loneliness (take 1) 0:58
21 Gene Vincent - Mister Loneliness (master - take 5) 2:04
22 Gene Vincent - Teardrops (take 17) 0:24
23 Gene Vincent - Teardrops (master - take 18) 2:34
24 Gene Vincent - If You Want My Lovin' (takes 7 and 8) 1:09
25 Gene Vincent - If You Want My Lovin' (master - take 15) 2:01
26 Gene Vincent - Spaceship to Mars (takes 1 and 2 stereo) 2:54
27 Gene Vincent - Spaceship to Mars (master - take 31-34) 2:04
28 Gene Vincent - There I Go Again (take 7) 1:28
29 Gene Vincent - There I Go Again (master - take 8) 2:34
30 Gene Vincent - I'm Goin' Home (To See My Baby) 2:37
31 Gene Vincent - Love of A Man 2:25
CD6
01 Gene Vincent - Baby Don't Believe Him 2:19
02 Gene Vincent - Lucky Star 2:15
03 Gene Vincent - King of Fools (take 1 stereo) 1:06
04 Gene Vincent - King of Fools (master - take 7 stereo) 2:38
05 Gene Vincent - You're Still in My Heart (take 10 stereo) 2:48
06 Gene Vincent - Held for Questioning (master - take 2 stereo) 2:25
07 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula '62 (take 1 stereo) 2:18
08 Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula '62 (master - take 2 stereo) 2:26
09 Gene Vincent - Where Have You Been All My Life ? (stereo) 2:55
10 Gene Vincent - Temptation Baby (stereo) 2:01
11 Gene Vincent - The Beginning of The End 2:31
12 Gene Vincent - La-Den-Da-Den-Da-Da 2:01
13 Gene Vincent - Humpity Dumpity 2:37
14 Gene Vincent - A Love 'Em and Leave 'Em Kinda Guy 2:16
15 Gene Vincent - Love Love Love 2:19
16 Gene Vincent - Lavender Blue 3:21
17 Gene Vincent - You Are My Sunshine 3:35
18 Gene Vincent - Slippin' & Slidin' 2:29
19 Gene Vincent - Private Dectective (stereo) 2:29
20 Gene Vincent - Shimmy Shammy Shingle 2:07
21 Gene Vincent - Long Tall Sally 1:59
22 Gene Vincent - Good Golly Miss Molly 2:19
23 Gene Vincent - Send Me Some Lovin' 2:29
24 Gene Vincent - Hey Hey Hey Hey 2:08
25 Gene Vincent - Another Saturday Night 1:44
26 Gene Vincent - Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 2:23
27 Gene Vincent - Baby Blues 2:35
28 Gene Vincent - Susie-Q 1:59
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