BOOKS & BOOKLETS
| Brian A. Rushgrove | 50th Anniversay Gene Vincent Eddie Cochran Tour 9Teen60 (Unstapled folder of B & W photocopied press cuttings, posters, programmes, ticket stubs etc (40pp A4)) Private publication UK (undated 2010) |
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Jukebox France
No 270 (June 2009)
Un Americain à Paris Christian Nauwelaers
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Now Dig This UK
Edited by Trevor Cajiao
No 303 (June 2008)
Contains reprint of interview (pp12-14) from April 25th 1970 issue of UK magazine Music Now
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| Spencer Leigh (Illustrations by John Firminger) |
Things Do Go Wrong Finbarr International (2008) |
ISDN 0952950073 |
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ROCK #3 Norway (1987)
Contains 20pp on Gene Vincent
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| Rodolphe & Georges van Linthout | Gene Vincent, une légende du Rock’n'Roll (in French) DARGAUD France (2007) |
ISDN 978 2 205 05885 7 |
A 68 page book of cartoons on the life of Gene Vincent
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| Jerry Bloom | Black Knight RITCHIE BLACKMORE | ||
| (pp51-9 concern Gene Vincent) | |||
| Omnibus Press UK (2006) | ISDN 1 84609 266 3 |
…Vincent archivist Derek Henderson recalls a gig where it was impossible to ignore the onstage discord: “I’ve one clear memory although I can’t put an exact date to it. At the instrumental break in a song Gene was really goading Ritchie to ‘Go!’, whacking the mic stand near him and moving closer in an obviously aggressive manner, with Ritchie looking decidedly overwhelmed and disconsolate, not looking Gene in the face but watching his fingers…And I have to say, not playing in a very fluid manner.” (p53)
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ROCKIN’ 50s USA Issue #2 (October 1986)
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Greatest Hits UK No. 1 (February-March 1981)
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REVIVAL UK Issue Four (October 1979)
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let it rock UK (November 1974)
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FOREVER JAPAN No. 3 (1974) (In Japanese)
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Goldmine USA Vol 32 No 22 (27 October 2006)
Contains 2 page article Gene Vincent: How A One-Hit Wonder Achieved Mythic Status by Dan Moore
As Derek Henderson, record producer and writer of Gene Vincent A Companion recalls…
It was his appearance on the Boy Meets Girls TV show that had people’s mouths hanging open. This programme, we only had two channels of TV then, was compulsory viewing for all young people. We’d seen nothing like Vincent before. Bill Haley and then Comets’ tour of 1957 was a huge success and garnered wide publicity because, well let’s face it, he was pretty safe. Vincent on Boy Meets Girls was rock ‘n’ roll as we had imagined it listening to the early Elvis and Jerry Lee recordings, dangerous. The image appealed to the working-class boys and put off the girls, but his ability to sing like an angel, such as with ‘Summertime’ did appeal to them…
When Eddie was tragically killed on the last day of the tour and Gene injured again, he began to acquire mythic status. His ’shows’ were nothing like other performers, who posed and sang their songs. When he was on stage he was consumed by his music, utterly unpredictable. There was no pre-rehearsed act, he would smash mic stands, leap headlong onto the piano, collapse on his knees, hold the mic stand above his head, and never, ever look at the audience, gazing upwards in a sort of rapture. They were amazing performances for a crippled man.
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Now Dig This UK No 279 (June 2006)
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Jukebox France Fèvrier 2006
(See Bear Family Box Set wins award)
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Blue Suede News No 20 USA (Winter 2002/2003)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Scene UK (October 1970)
| Steven Myatt (ed) | The Rocker Years: Bikes, Birds & Music (Contains chapter Eddie and Gene) Mortons Media Group Ltd UK (2005) |
ISDN 0954244281 |
| Author | Title | ISDN |
|---|---|---|
| Yvonnick Guitton | Spectacular Documents |
Private publication France (2005)
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MOJO UK (Issue 28/March 1996)
