Is this a real photo of The Shadows?

[Iain Purdon]

Would it have been possible to have these specific four Shadows in the same photo?

Very much so Donna. Brian joined in October and Jet didn't leave until April.
Half of the Out of The Shadows album features that line-up, as does Stars Fell on Stockton, the B side of Wonderful Land.
You can also hear the same four on stage at the ABC Kingston in a CD release of that gig. It's very good indeed.

Iain

[Tone]

.......and Tales Of A Raggy Tramline from that album credits Jet and Brian as composers.

Cheers.

Tony

[donna plasky]

Hello. If anyone wants to see it, here is the video to which Mart gave us the link. If interested, kindly look at the 0:35 mark where Cliff holds the camera to take a group photo of the Shadows. You will see Tony on the end furthest from our view. Tony's been in the entire video up until now. And then at at 0:37 seconds, Tony magically turns into Brian Bennett, apparently through some good film editing.

Now that I see that both Tony and Brian were in attendance at the event, that is what I have concluded they did. They spliced the film and edited it, so you didn't see Tony step away after the first photo and then Brian take his place for another photo. That makes perfect sense, and now it's no big deal. But the first time I viewed the video, I felt like I had one drink too many, watching Tony and then I could've sworn Tony morphed into Brian, like Mart said. It was the weirdest thing. Here is the video:

Kind regards,
Donna

PS: Thank you to the folks who posted info about when Jet, Tony, and Brian were in the Shadows. It was very helpful and much appreciated.

[GoldenStreet]

One of the photographers at the front of the assembled group looks very much like the late comedy actor, Peter Jones, star of the sitcom The Rag Trade, and, subsequently, a regular panellist on Radio 4's Just A Minute...

Bill

[Uncle Fiesta]

One of the photographers at the front of the assembled group looks very much like the late comedy actor, Peter Jones, star of the sitcom The Rag Trade, and, subsequently, a regular panellist on Radio 4's Just A Minute...

Bill

And, don't forget, the original voice of the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[Iain Purdon]

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