New Shadows Release due September

[George Geddes]

The September 23rd date was given on a press release from the company handling the PR but dealers will obviously get copies before that date.

George

[Arpeggio]

Thanks George. Which company is handling the PR on this one?

Rob

[George Geddes]

It's a company called Blackarts.

George

[Fenderman]

I received a message from Tim Chacksfield on Monday (9th) to say that he would be receiving 'proof' sets of the finished article (for a final check of the finished product) 'within a day or two'. That being the case & there being no problems then I would imagine that he will 'sign off' final approval for the set this week.

Roy - cancelling your order because an originally proposed release date has been put back for 14 days since it was originally announced? Well, it's your prerogative of course. All I can say is that months of hard work have gone into this. I know for 100% certain that Tim Chacksfield & myself were actually early on all of the various 'deadlines' imposed by Parlophone. Hence - any delays are genuinely caused by factors unknown personally to me and 'beyond our control'. The September 9th date was originally set by Parlophone - but was put back to September 16th quite a while ago. After waiting for quite a few weeks, another 7 days isn't going to make a lot of difference to me personally. I don't generally pay much attention to release dates for CDs that I'm interested in...because I find that so many proposed release dates do get changed - particualrly on the reissues scene. One of the worst recent examples was a proposed vinyl reissue LP of Joe Meek's legendary "I Hear A New World" album. Proposed dates came and went & it was over 6 months after the date which was first announced before it finally appeared. Now...that kind of delay is frustrating....

Bests....Rob

Don't worry i won't cancel, i was just annoyed at the delay, i just want to hear the finished product!

[Pinner Fan]

Current Amazon price is only £12.77 !!!

[The Midnight Special]

Sorry if I sound a bit thick but I take it this new 6 CD set easily makes the recent Real Gone Jazz '2 Classic Albums plus bonus singles' release redundant ? I'm particularly talking about discs 3 & 4, obviously the other 2 discs are covered. And while we're on the subject of it, Amazon lists (in the first review, as with all other artist sets in the massive series, by Glenn Cook, apparently a label employee) the final track as being 'Glenn's Bolero'. This is obviously an aberration, no ?

[UlrichS]

Sorry if I sound a bit thick but I take it this new 6 CD set easily makes the recent Real Gone Jazz '2 Classic Albums plus bonus singles' release redundant ? I'm particularly talking about discs 3 & 4, obviously the other 2 discs are covered. And while we're on the subject of it, Amazon lists (in the first review, as with all other artist sets in the massive series, by Glenn Cook, apparently a label employee) the final track as being 'Glenn's Bolero'. This is obviously an aberration, no ?

Track 33 (Glenn's Bolero) is not existing on CD4!

[JimN]

Real Gone Jazz listing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Albums-Bonus-Singles-Shadows/dp/B00AP5M4ZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378941286&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Shadows+Real+Gone+Jazz

The EMI box-set does not oust the RGJ set because the Real Gone release contains Shadows and non-Shadows/Drifters tracks which many fans would like to own for completeness:

[Disc 1]
(none)

[Disc 2]
(none)

[Disc 3]
From The Cliff Richard Album - Cliff (1959) (live versions)
1. Jet Black 2.08
2. Driftin' 2.43
3. Be Bop A Lula 2.12
From The Cliff Richard Album - 21 Today (1961)
6. Happy Birthday To You 1.32
The Vipers (Jeff (!) Harris & Tony Meehan)(1958)
15. Summertime Blues 2.17
16. Liverpool Blues 2.16
Vince Taylor & The Playboys (Brian Bennett)
1958
17. Right Behind You Baby 2.09
18. I Like Love 2.03
1959
19. Brand New Cadillac 2.35
20. Pledging My Love 2.05
Jeff [sic] Harris 1962
21. Chills & Fever 2.24
22. Besame Mucho 2.16
23. The Man With The Golden Arm 2.06
24. Some People 2.04
25. Wild One (Real Wild Child) 2.41
26. Rave 2.41

[Disc 4]
The Shadows EP - Live At The Colosseum (1961)
5. Shazam 2.17
6. Guitar Boogie 2.28
7. Sleepwalk 3.12
8. FBI 2.31
The Five Chesternuts (1958) (includes Bruce and Hank)
9. Jean Dorothy 2.18
10. Teenage Love 2.18

[Iain Purdon]

Vince Taylor & The Playboys (Brian Bennett)
1958
17. Right Behind You Baby 2.09
18. I Like Love 2.03

Brian Locking was on these recordings too, I believe.

[iefje]

Well....I now have a physical copy of the finished item, so Tim Chacksfield must now have some and must have posted mine yesterday (Tuesday). It looks great, sounds great and smells (yes.....just so incredibly new!! LOL) great!!! (Shades of that old Mackeson Stout advert with Bernard Miles...."It looks good, tastes good....and, by golly, it does you good!"). I feel sure that Tim Chacksfield will have given the proverbial 'Green Light' yesterday.....sooooo....not impossible that copies will begin to be distributed by w/c September 16th....maybe Parlophone hinted that it might be Sept 23rd in case there were potential problems this week?? I hasten to add that this is not anything official, but pure supposition on my part. For c. £20 or so (incl. P & P) this has to be one of the Shadows' bargains of recent years. 185 tracks, all remastered. Over 30 mono tracks (remastered from the master tapes) brand new to CD in the UK (the vast majority new to CD anywhere in the world), a couple of stereo rarities first - time on an (EMI) Parlophone CD (& we would have never have had a stereo "F.B.I." from master tape without Tony Hoffman's knowledge & diligence) and 3 first - time stereo mixes. Fully comprehensive & revised notes. All royalties / publishing paid. Everything restored from the original masters. I hope that no - one will be disappointed. I would think that Parlophone will now move pretty quickly on this one.

Bests....Rob

Well, the set sounds very, very promising, I will order a copy this week!