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Atlantis (instrumental)

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A-side
  
Atlantis

Format
  
45rpm 7" single

Label
  
Columbia 45-DB 7047

Released
  
May 1963

Genre
  
Instrumental Rock

Atlantis (instrumental)

B-side
  
I Want You To Want Me (Marvin)

"Atlantis" is an instrumental rock tune recorded by the British group The Shadows written by Jerry Lordan.

Contents

It was released by EMI as a single in May 1963 on the Columbia label with "I Want You to Want Me" (Marvin) as the B-side. It spent 17 weeks in the UK Top 40 pop chart reaching #2 and holding that position for two weeks in late June/early July 1963.

Personnel

  • Hank Marvin — Lead Guitar
  • Bruce Welch — Rhythm Guitar
  • Brian 'Licorice' Locking — Bass Guitar
  • Brian Bennett — Percussion

    • Covers

    Other cover versions are:

  • Bud Ashton and his Group — 45 rpm 7" single (1963) on the Embassy Records budget record label.
  • The Spartans — A-side, track 1 on a 1963 EP (XB005) on the Crossbow record label.
  • The Melody Makers — B-side, track 3 on a 1964 EP (EP013) on the Cannon record label.
  • Mark Knopfler — Track no. 8 on a 1996 album Twang! A tribute to Hank Marvin & The Shadows on the Pangea record ark21.

    • References

    Atlantis (instrumental) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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