The Shadows On TV Vol.4 1967-1968 (CD)

(Dusty Tapes) 25 tracks, digisleeve

A real treat for fans of the most famous guitar group in the history of pop music!!!

Here's another fantastic edition of Dusty Tapes for The Shadows fans. After the recordings with radio edits, it's now time for British TV edits. These have been collected on 4 CDs, containing a total of 95 (!!!) recordings from 1961 to 1968 that have never been released before. The series is entitled The Shadows on TV. Countless versions of the most popular hits as well as compositions that were never intended for release can be found there, e.g. Never On A Sunday, All Through The Night, You've Gotta Have Heart, The Shoop Shoop Song, Memories Are Made Of This, Puttin' On A Style or Chicago. All recordings are from off-air sources, as the original tapes have long since been lost or deleted. The quality is, with a few exceptions, very good, if not perfect, while some of the tracks are truly excellent. Given the archival and collector value of this material and its extreme rarity, we have decided to collect the material in its entirety regardless of quality. The entire collection has been very carefully remastered and restored, with the speed corrected. The CDs have been issued in luxury gatefold sleeves with laminated card covers, including professional sleeve notes on the material and detailed source notes for each recording. The records are in special colored inserts. The design of the labels matches the style of the band's vinyl records from the 60s. It is an excellent addition to the official discography and an absolute must-have for The Shadows fans.

The Shadows

Als Begleitgruppe für Cliff Richard schlossen sich 1958 Gitarrist Hank Marvin, Gitarrist Bruce Welch, Bassist Jet Harris und Drummer Tony Meeham zu einer Gruppe zusammen, die sich The Drifters nannte. Wegen Namensstreitigkeiten mit der amerikanischen Gruppe Drifters tauften sie sich später in Shadows um.

1961 kam für Tony Meeham Brian Bennet ans Schlagzeug und Jet Harris wurde durch Brian Locking und John Rostill ersetzt. Die Shadows ernteten sowohl durch ihre Instrumental-Songs wie „Apache', „Atlantis“ oder „Frightened City' als auch als Studio-Gruppe Cliff Richards beträchtliche Erfolge. 1970 trennten sich die Shadows, um sich im November 1973 in der Besetzung Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Brian Bennet und Neuzugang John Farrar wieder zusammenzufinden. ln dieser Formation spielten sie auch ihre letzte LP „Rockin' with curly leads' ein, außerdem vertraten sie 1975 Großbritannien beim „Grand Prix de la Chanson' in Stockholm, wo sie den zweiten Platz belegten.

Original Presse-Info: EMI Electrola GmbH