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To be fair, this six-CD set is really for completists only, since the price tag is likely to put off anyone else. But if you've been hooked on the beautiful guitar work of Hank Marvin and the surprisingly muscularity of the band, delving deeper is a very good idea. Not only do you get all the big hits -- like "Apache," "F.B.I.," and "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" (or even the wonderfully named "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Arthur") -- you get literally everything. There's the obscure "Quartermaster's Stores," the traditional tune that would have been their first single if "Apache" hadn't proved to be so popular (it was relegated to the B-side), and some stuff that might have been better off left in the vaults, like "Lonely Bull" or "That's the Way It Goes," which were really little more than album-filler from back in the days when albums consisted of a few hits and anything else to fill up 40 minutes. What's most astonishing, however, is the fact that the Shadows produced consistently high-quality material, moving beyond the twang to dip their feet in the waters of Spain ("Tres Carabeles") and even some early music ("Lute Number"). Quite how they found the time for it all while keeping up a busy schedule behind Cliff Richard is another matter. Marvin's guitar work is a joy throughout, and the British king of the whammy bar uses it wisely and well. He might not have been the fastest or most fluent player around, but he knew how to work and develop a melody and what not to play -- no wonder he was a major influence on an entire generation of guitar heroes, who learned to play by copying his records. Add on top a great sense of pun ("Theme From a Filleted Place" anyone?) and you have an enjoyable collection. Yes, it can get a bit samey if you play all six discs one after the other. But, like all things, this is to be enjoyed in moderation, to realize that during these seven years, even as rock changed around them, the Shadows remained at the height of their formidable powers.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
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The Drifters, MainArtist - Ian Samwell, Writer - Bill Fredericks, Vocals
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Drifters, MainArtist - Peter Chester, Writer - Bill Fredericks, Vocals
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Drifters, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Writer - Bill Fredericks, Vocals
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Rhythm Guitar - The Drifters, MainArtist - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Lead Vocals - Hank Marvin, Lead Guitar - Jet Harris, Bass Guitar, Writer - Tony Meehan, Drums
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Randy Starr, Writer - Dick Wolf, Writer - The Drifters, MainArtist - Bill Fredericks, Vocals
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Peter Chester, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Peter Chester, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1959 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Lordan, Writer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Trad arr Bill Shepherd, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Morgan Jones, Composer - Bill Crompton, Composer - Crompton, Jones, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Carr, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jerry Lordan, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Mould, Composer - J. Lordan, Mould, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Victor Young, Composer - Mack David, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - ALLEN, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dimitri Tiomkin, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Paul Francis Webster, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1960 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Harris, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Welch, Composer, Writer - Marvin, Composer, Writer - Hank Marvin, Composer - Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Norrie Paramor, Composer, Arranger, Writer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Jim Goff, Composer - Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Jet Harris, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
DISC 2
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Carr, Composer - M Carr, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Harris, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer - Meehan, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Harris, Composer, Writer - Hank Marvin, Composer - Meehan, Composer, Writer - J Harris, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Victor Young, Composer - Edward Heyman, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Harris, Composer, Writer - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Curtis, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Meehan, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bob Shane, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Reynolds, Composer - David Guard, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - McGlynn, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Petty, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Harris, Composer - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Loveday, Composer - Kresa, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - HOAGY CARMICHAEL, Composer - Harold Adamson, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Santo Farina, Composer - Ann Farina, Composer - D. Wolf, Composer - John Farina, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Norrie Paramor, Composer, Producer, Produced by - The Shadows, MainArtist - Malcolm Addey, Engineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Norrie Paramor, Composer, Producer - The Shadows, MainArtist - Malcolm Addey, Engineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1961 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Jerry Lordan, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Lordan, Composer, Writer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Brian Bennett, Composer - Jet Harris, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 3
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Norman Maine, Composer - Georges Lifermann, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Rostill, Composer, Writer - Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Welch, Composer, Writer - Marvin, Composer, Writer - Bennett, Composer, Writer - Hank Marvin, Composer - Brian Bennett, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Brian Bennett, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Welch, Composer, Writer - Marvin, Composer, Writer - Hank Marvin, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Bill McGuffie, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Brian Bennett, Composer - H. Marvin, B. Welch, B. Benett, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ike Isaacs, Composer, Writer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Michael Carr, Composer - John Turner, Composer - Alfredo Nascimento, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mort Garson, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Earl Shuman, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bruce Welch, Composer - The Shadows, Performance, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Composer - Brian Bennett, Composer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1962 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
To be fair, this six-CD set is really for completists only, since the price tag is likely to put off anyone else. But if you've been hooked on the beautiful guitar work of Hank Marvin and the surprisingly muscularity of the band, delving deeper is a very good idea. Not only do you get all the big hits -- like "Apache," "F.B.I.," and "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" (or even the wonderfully named "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Arthur") -- you get literally everything. There's the obscure "Quartermaster's Stores," the traditional tune that would have been their first single if "Apache" hadn't proved to be so popular (it was relegated to the B-side), and some stuff that might have been better off left in the vaults, like "Lonely Bull" or "That's the Way It Goes," which were really little more than album-filler from back in the days when albums consisted of a few hits and anything else to fill up 40 minutes. What's most astonishing, however, is the fact that the Shadows produced consistently high-quality material, moving beyond the twang to dip their feet in the waters of Spain ("Tres Carabeles") and even some early music ("Lute Number"). Quite how they found the time for it all while keeping up a busy schedule behind Cliff Richard is another matter. Marvin's guitar work is a joy throughout, and the British king of the whammy bar uses it wisely and well. He might not have been the fastest or most fluent player around, but he knew how to work and develop a melody and what not to play -- no wonder he was a major influence on an entire generation of guitar heroes, who learned to play by copying his records. Add on top a great sense of pun ("Theme From a Filleted Place" anyone?) and you have an enjoyable collection. Yes, it can get a bit samey if you play all six discs one after the other. But, like all things, this is to be enjoyed in moderation, to realize that during these seven years, even as rock changed around them, the Shadows remained at the height of their formidable powers.
© Chris Nickson /TiVo
About the album
- 6 disc(s) - 120 track(s)
- Total length: 04:55:43
- Main artists: The Shadows
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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