THE SHADOWS THE SHADOWS COLUMBIA UK 1961 ORIG LP EX.
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Shadows, The - The Shadows
Label: EMI Columbia Catalog#: 33SX 1374 Format: Vinyl, LPCountry: UK Released: 1961 Genre: Rock Style: Rock & Roll
Tracklist
A1 Shadoogie A2 Blue Star A3 Nivram A4 Baby My Heart A5 See You In My Drums A6 All My Sorrows A7 Stand Up And Say That! B1 Gonzales B2 Find Me A Golden Street B3 Theme From A Filleted Place B4 That's My Desire B5 My Resistance Is Low B6 Sleepwalk B7 Big BoyNotes
Mono.The following matrix numbers are stamped in the run-out groove:
Side A: XAX 2181-1N
Side B: XAX 2182-2N
E.M.I. Records Limited (Controlled by Electric & Musical Industries Limited).
Made and Printed in Great Britain. ORIG UK RELEASE COVER IS LAMINATED ON THE FRONT WITH FLIPBACK EDGES. IN EX COND RECORD HAS BLACK LABELS WITH BLUE WRITING. MONO. IN EX COND The Shadows, a 1961 Rock album by British group The Shadows, was the first instrumental LP by a British group to reach #1 in the UK charts.
This is the only Shadows album that features the original Shadows line up with Tony Meehan and Jet Harris. Meehan was sacked for persistent lateness in 1961 and Harris was constructively dismissed (resigned) in 1962. The only other early album featuring Harris and Meehan of note is the South African "Rockin Guitars" Shadows special compilation album.
The British public in 1960-61 anticipated an all instrumental debut album but the Shadows and Paramor wanted to produce an album showcasing their numerous diverse talents instead. It suffers only from the unnecessary intrusion of 2 solos: a bass solo (nivram) and a drum solo (see you in my drums) together with 3 below-par vocals which might have been better served by more instrumentals. By contrast the Ventures ' debut album was an all instrumental one.
This album reached the no.1 slot in the UK album charts in 1961. No singles were ripped from it though 2 EPs were ripped from it viz: "The Shadows no.2" and "The Shadows no.3" both in mono only. The EP titled "The Shadows" (mono and stereo) was previously used for 4 original tracks: Mustang, Shotgun, Theme from Giant, Theme from Shane.
However, notwithstanding the minor criticisms, this fabulous debut album heavily features 7 (out of 14) all new original compositions written by all members of the Shadows in various permutations thus contradicting many British authors (with a pro-Beatles agenda) who all erroneously claim that this period of British pop music "Before-Beatles" history was 100% influenced and dominated by "tin-pan alley" song writers who wrote their material at offices in London's fashionable west end.
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