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There are a couple of tracks, which I think should have been A-sides of singles, instead of B-sides, album and/or EP tracks:
- Mustang;
- Shotgun;
- The Boys (it was an A-side in Australia, which went to number 1);
- Main Theme;
- My Way;
- Will You Be There;
- Trying To Forget The One You Love;
- Rockin' With Curly Leads;
- Cricket Bat Boogie.

Any other suggestions?

Def the LOST CITY!

I certainly think that in the summer of 1977 they really SHOULD have released Walk Don't Run as a single. They had been playing it on the tour (the only track from Tasty that they did) and it sounds as good, to me, as the original version.

Most of the vocals on Specs Appeal could have been hits, in my opinion, especially Stand Up Like A Man and Don't Throw It All Away. Spider Juice would also have been a good choice for an A-side.

Latterly I think both Classical Gas and Parisienne Walkways from String of Hits should have been singles instead of Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto and Heart of Glass. And, from the Change of Address album, I wish they'd released Temptation and Arty's Party as singles.

There were some great vocals in the '60s too, that were left as album tracks.

iefje wrote:There are a couple of tracks, which I think should have been A-sides of singles, instead of B-sides,
Any other suggestions?

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Didier

My favourite has always been "The Miracle", but it seems to get overlooked.

Pat.

Round And Round.

A much better track than the near-self-parody of Foot Tapper.

It's Been A Blue Day: a better A-side than Shindig.

JN

"It's a mans world", deserved to be an A side in its own right. I know that "Flingel Bunt" was great, but "It's a mans world" was also great and, tin helmet at the ready, a more commercial sound.
" Johnny Stacatto" would have been better as an "A" side than "Moonlight Shadow", in my opinion, as it would have proven to a new audience that The Shadows could still cut it with original music as opposed to being a covers band.
"Fender Bender", equally as good as "Equinoxe", deserved more airplay. In fact my local Radio Station, Radio Norfolk, would often play it instead.

I think that The Shadows should have released My Way at the same time as the film Finders Keepers ,they could have had a hit some three years before Frank Sinatra`s My Way

Derek Mowbray wrote:I think that The Shadows should have released My Way at the same time as the film Finders Keepers ,they could have had a hit some three years before Frank Sinatra`s My Way

I couldn't agree more!

Derek Mowbray wrote:I think that The Shadows should have released My Way at the same time as the film Finders Keepers ,they could have had a hit some three years before Frank Sinatra`s My Way

Early 1967?

The Shadows were no longer taking singles seriously by then.