Formed 1956 as The Blue Genes, playing skiffle and jazz full time up to the early sixties in home town Liverpool and at The Star Club in Hamburg. 1963 they changed name and musical direction to rock'n'roll, got a contract with HMV and became part of the first wave of "British invation" in the US. As many fellow groups they had their best period during the first half of the decade, having four UK hits 1963 - 64. Their only US LP from the period "Hippy Hippy Shake" (Imperial LP 9261/LP 12261) was mainly a collection of EP and single tracks, while the UK "Blue Jeans a'Swinging" (HMV CLP 1802/CSD 1570) mostly had original recordings. As far as I know this album is a re-issue of the UK 1964 stereo version, with same mixes and tracking, but in a different cover. Pressed in UK for export only, so it never had a domestic issue. All tracks are mixed about the same way with vocals and some occational instrument in one channel and the rest in the other. The cover tells it's a compatible, but that doesn't work 100%. Even if I'm not a fan of the mixing, the rest is just as I want it. Happy, catchy up-tempo rock with partly screamy vocals, simple intrumentation and top audio. Works as a fuel-injection for the geezer. (ÖXÄP*)(SXS*)
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