Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - The Lost Dallas Sessions, 1957-'58

Tracklist

1	My Love (In Love Again)
2	Hey Mama (Say Mama) Featuring Ronnie Dawson
3	Lonesome Boy
4	In My Dreams (studio version ?)
5	Lotta Lovin' (studio version)
6	Lady Bug
7	The Night Is So Lonely (version 1)
8	The Night Is So Lonely (version 2)
9	Bluejean Bop (live '58)
10	Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (live '58)
11	Dance To The Bop (live '58)
12	Lotta Lovin' (live '58)
13	In My Dreams (home version)
14	Lotta Lovin' (home version)
15	Nervous (home version)
16	On My Mind (home version)
17	Who's Pushing Your Swing ? - Darrell Glenn
18	Git It - Bob Kelly
19	Somebody Help Me - Bob Kelly
20	I Don't Feel Like Rockin' Tonight - Grady Owen
21	Lotta Lovin' - Norton Johnson

Notes

A major find in rockabilly history, the tapes and acetates comprising The Lost Dallas Sessions 1957-1958 provide a missing piece of the puzzle to one of the genre's most inspired and prolific performers, Gene Vincent. After a year of whirlwind touring behind his hit, "Be Bop a Lula," Vincent moved his band from Norfolk, VA, to Dallas, TX, and hooked up with the Big D Jamboree and Ed McLemore as his new manager. Ace guitarist Cliff Gallup had already left the fold, and Vincent was also assembling a new revamped version of the band. Replacing Gallup was guitarist Johnny Meeks, and these demo recordings from Sellers Company Recording Studio in Dallas feature him and the new Blue Caps lineup. The original version of "In My Dreams" is aboard, along with original stabs at "The Night Is So Lonely," "Lady Bug," and "Lonesome Boy." There are also home recordings of Vincent & His Blue Caps taking three swipes at "Lotta Lovin'" and another one of "In My Dreams," buttressed with demo versions of "On My Mind" and "Nervous," the latter two featuring only Vincent and Meeks. To flesh things out, there's a rip-roaring live performance of Vincent & His Blue Caps on the Big D Jamboree from the same period doing "Bluejean Bop," "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On," "Dance to the Bop," and "Lotta Lovin'." As if this wasn't enough, there's also material from other '50s Vincent-connected artists who also left unreleased material behind at the Sellers studio, with tracks from Norton Johnson, Darrell Glenn, Bob Kelly, and Grady Owen completing this very essential package for the true rockabilly fanatic. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

Housed in a cardboard sleeve

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 012814 030314

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DCD 70198	Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	The Lost Dallas Sessions, 1957-'58 ‎(CD)	Dragon Street Records	DCD 70198	US	1998