Cliff & The Shadows - 1962 Royal Variety Show

[Martin Page]

Licorice playing a Jazz Bass...

M.

[Didier]

And Hank is playing without echo, as his echo unit had just failed before the concert. I guess this why he later used to have a pair of echo units, one being spare, just in case...

Didier

[JimN]

Interestingly, on a special half-hour show The Shadows did for ATV in the autumn of the same year (1962), the live Shadows songs - Wonderful Land, Perfidia, Bo Diddley and Guitar Tango (played on electric guitars) were also played without echo, though with plenty of cavernous reverb on Perfidia and Wonderful Land.

Another equipment malfunction? Well, this one was a pre-recorded show - but timetables must have been tight!

JN

[Tone]

If we didn't know already, the clip emphasises what a difference echo makes to the sound. The muted sections of WL with those unique echoes are a major contribution to the magic of the recorded version and sound very poor without them.

Cheers.

Tony

[padmat78]

And Hank is playing without echo, as his echo unit had just failed before the concert. I guess this why he later used to have a pair of echo units, one being spare, just in case...

Didier

We have good reason thinking all guitarist discovering this film will want to have the new "THAT SOUND".
May be we will find huge echo box on the second hand market in a very short time!!! HA H A HA

[Paul Childs]

It sounds like Hank is not using an Echo here either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CiwVKcCW1U

[Lee Restarick]

Interesting how Bruce introduces Cliff as Cliff Richards

[Paul Childs]

During the muted section Bruce looks across appearing to be more concerned than Hank is.

[s4wgb]

Thank you for sharing the clip.

[JimN]

It sounds like Hank is not using an Echo here either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CiwVKcCW1U

There is a very small amount of single-repeat echo audible. But you have to listen hard for it - it is best heard at 1:12 - 1:14.

JN