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Hello everybody. I just put on ' Shades Of Rock' wich I think is just terrific, some don't like it at all. Ok, we have different taste, but The Shadows, for me is Nr: 1...
but about this 'Shades Of Rock', I never can find out who is on that record, the only thing I can guess, is that Hank is on there, I have been googling,
but nothing exatly comes up, so I just wondering if somebody of you can come up with some good answers...

The quick answer is that "Shades of Rock" features Hank Marvin on lead and Brian Bennett on drums. Alan Hawkshaw is on keyboards: he had come in to help when Bruce Welch left. John Rostill plays bass on a few tracks, the other bass duties are shared between session men Herbie Flowers, Dave Richmond and Brian Odgers.
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waltergarcia wrote:Hello everybody. I just put on ' Shades Of Rock' wich I think is just terrific, some don't like it at all. Ok, we have different taste, but The Shadows, for me is Nr: 1...
but about this 'Shades Of Rock', I never can find out who is on that record, the only thing I can guess, is that Hank is on there, I have been googling,
but nothing exatly comes up, so I just wondering if somebody of you can come up with some good answers...

Hello Walter, welcome to this great forum!

Regarding the "Shades Of Rock" album, just take a look at my feature on The Shadows instrumentation via this link, from page 50 onwards:

http://www.malcolmcampbell.me.uk/instru ... file01.pdf

Also, take a look at this discussion:

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15609&hilit=bassists+shades

In view of the passing of Tina Turner, the highlighting of the album could be considered as topical with its inclusion of the track, River Deep, Mountain High - the merits of which have been open to some debate over the years.

Bill