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I am listening to all of The Shadows' primary albums. Yesterday, I listened to "Simply...Shadows" and today "Steppin' To The Shadows". A couple of tracks on these albums feature saxophone and harmonica accompaniment: "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" (harmonica), "We Don't Need Another Hero", "Jealous Guy" and "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" (these last three saxophone). There are no additional musicians listed on the sleeves of these albums, so is it maybe Cliff Hall who plays or rather samples these instruments on synthesizers? Or wasn't that possible back then?

I'm sure I recall that session-musician Dave Bishop was credited with the saxophone on things like Careless Whisper.

Harmonica has often been credited to long-time acquaintance of the Shadows, Duffy Power, whose history goes right back to the 2I's.

Duffy was, incidentally, the second person ever to issue a cover version of a Beatles song, when he put out a version of I Saw Her Standing There in 1963. Kenny Lynch was first, with a recording of Misery.

JimN wrote:I'm sure I recall that session-musician Dave Bishop was credited with the saxophone on things like Careless Whisper.

Harmonica has often been credited to long-time acquaintance of the Shadows, Duffy Power, whose history goes right back to the 2I's.

Duffy was, incidentally, the second person ever to issue a cover version of a Beatles song, when he put out a version of I Saw Her Standing There in 1963. Kenny Lynch was first, with a recording of Misery.

So, in other words, these instruments were played for real on the aforementioned 1980's Shadows albums?

iefje wrote:

JimN wrote:I'm sure I recall that session-musician Dave Bishop was credited with the saxophone on things like Careless Whisper.

Harmonica has often been credited to long-time acquaintance of the Shadows, Duffy Power, whose history goes right back to the 2I's.

Duffy was, incidentally, the second person ever to issue a cover version of a Beatles song, when he put out a version of I Saw Her Standing There in 1963. Kenny Lynch was first, with a recording of Misery.

So, in other words, these instruments were played for real on the aforementioned 1980's Shadows albums?

I have never heard a synthesised saxophone or harmonica on a Shadows recording. Strings, yes (presumably as a cost limitation move), but never saxophone, etc.

Synthesised saxophone sounds terrible, by the way.

I know Duffy Power played on MWF's Second Opinion album, but not sure he was credited on any Shadows ones: Dave Bishop played on some Vibratos tracks (and maybe some of Hank's solo stuff?) but I'm not sure if he did anything with the Shads. Need to check the LPs...

My money would be on Cliff Hall's keyboards.

George

And let us not forget a certain, oh, what was his name.... er.... um.... oh that's it, JIMMY PAGE, who played harmonica for them on 'Time Drags By' in '66.

Now whatever became of him...

Dave Bishop got a credit on Scirocco, one of Hank's solo tracks.