Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

{{Short description|Album by Gene Vincent}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

| type = studio

| artist = Gene Vincent

| cover = Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.jpeg

| alt =

| released = March 4, 1957

| recorded = October 1956

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock and roll

| length = 28:07
39:43 (reissue)

| label = Capitol{{cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|author-link=Martin Popoff|year=2009|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA2265|edition=6th|publisher=Penguin|page=2265|isbn=978-1-4402-2916-9|access-date=October 19, 2022}}

| producer = Ken Nelson

| prev_title = Bluejean Bop!

| prev_year = 1956

| next_title = Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll!

| next_year = 1958

}}{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Bruce|title=Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps Review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/gene-vincent-his-blue-caps-r52085/review |website=AllMusic|access-date=October 19, 2022}}|noprose=yes}}

Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps is an album by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps. It was originally released in 1957, four months after its predecessor, Bluejean Bop!. It was released on the Capitol label. It was re-released on CD in 2002. Cliff Gallup and rhythm guitarist Willie Williams had left the Blue Caps in the fall of 1956. Gallup was persuaded by producer, Ken Nelson, to temporarily rejoin for the sessions that resulted in the album.