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The Shadows (album)

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Released
  
September 1961

Genre
  
Rock

Recorded
  
1961

Producer
  
Norrie Paramor

Label
  
Columbia (EMI) SX1374 (mono); SCX3414 (stereo) (UK)

The Shadows (1961)
  
Out of the Shadows (1962)

The Shadows is a 1961 rock album by British group The Shadows, which reached number one in the UK charts.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Shadoogie" (Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris, Tony Meehan)
  2. "Blue Star" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman)
  3. "Nivram" (Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin, Jet Harris)
  4. "Baby My Heart" (Sonny Curtis) – (Vocal: Hank Marvin)
  5. "See You in My Drums" (Tony Meehan) – Drum solo
  6. "All My Sorrows" (Dave Guard, Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds) – (Vocal: Jet Harris)
  7. "Stand Up and Say That" (Hank Marvin)
Side 2
  1. "Gonzales" (Jet Harris, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin)
  2. "Find Me a Golden Street" (Norman Petty)
  3. "Theme from a Filleted Place" (Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris)
  4. "That's My Desire" (Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday) – (Vocal: Bruce Welch)
  5. "My Resistance Is Low" (Hoagy Carmichael)
  6. "Sleepwalk" (Ann Farina, Santo Farina, Johnny Farina, Don Wolf)
  7. "Big Boy" (Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin)

Personnel

  • Hank Marvin – lead guitar, piano, vocals
  • Bruce Welch – rhythm guitar
  • Jet Harris – bass guitar
  • Tony Meehan – drums
  • Norrie Paramor – producer
  • Malcolm Addey – engineer

    • Instruments

  • Lead guitar: Fender Stratocaster (Fiesta Red), Gretsch Country Gentleman
  • Rhythm guitar: Fender Jazzmaster, Fender Stratocaster (Fiesta Red), Gretsch 6120, Gibson J-200
  • Bass guitar: Fender Precision Bass (4 string)
  • Drums: Gretsch, Trixnam
  • Amplifier: Vox AC30 × 3
  • Piano: from EMI Abbey Road studios

    • Recording

    The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) between 26 October 1960 and 21 June 1961. It was recorded on entirely analogue equipment in real time, with each track recorded on a one-track-per-day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine. Rather than having a stereo mix being mixed down into a mono version, both stereo and mono mixes were recorded simultaneously but separately within the same session. Mistakes made during recording necessitated immediate retakes, and for that reason, multiple versions for some (if not all) tracks exist in EMI's tape vaults.

    All of the tracks were recorded in several sessions over an eight-month period (nine session-days), during which singles were also recorded, including "Kon-Tiki", "She Wears Red Feathers" (unissued), "The Frightened City", "Wonderful Land", "36-24-36", "March of the Shadows" (unissued), "Peace Pipe", "The Savage", "Blues From an Unfurnished Flat" (unissued), "Happy Birthday to You" (unissued except in an overdubbed form on 21 Today), an LP by Cliff Richard.

    The songs from the album were recorded in this order:

  • Gonzales – recorded 26 October 1960
  • Baby My Heart – recorded 27 January 1961
  • Find Me a Golden Street – recorded 27 January 1961
  • Theme From a Filleted Place – recorded 1 June 1961
  • Blue Star – recorded 18 February 1961
  • Shadoogie – recorded 20 April 1961
  • Sleepwalk – recorded 20 April 1961
  • That's My Desire – recorded 20 April 1961
  • Big Boy – recorded 12 May 1961
  • See You in My Drums – recorded 1 June 1961
  • All My Sorrows – recorded 13 June 1961
  • Nivram – recorded 13 June 1961
  • Stand Up and Say That – recorded 13 June 1961
  • My Resistance is Low – recorded 21 June 1961

    • Formats

    Vinyl
  • 1961: 1st – (Stereo) Light Green, and (Mono) Dark Green Columbia label
  • 1963: 2nd – (Stereo) Blue/Black Green Columbia label
  • 1970: 3rd – (Stereo) Black/Silver EMI label
    • Tape
  • 1961: Reel to reel tape
  • 1973: Cassette and 8 Track cartridge 2-fer ("The Shadows As Was!"): The Shadows/Out of the Shadows. EMI Double Executive Series label
  • 1980: Cassette (MFP Label)
    • CD
  • 1991: Normal. 2-fer (2-4-1) CD: The Shadows/Out of the Shadows. Jewel case
  • 1997: Remastered. 2-fer (2-4-1) CD: (Mono and Stereo albums). Jewel case

    • References

    The Shadows (album) Wikipedia
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