Strange and unexpected Shadows, etc covers

[jfenn78]

This has just come up on my Euro psychedelic / prog nuggets playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo

Immagine Bianca by Alpha Centauri, Italian prog band, a cover of 'Throw Down A Line' in Italian, released in 1969 on B side of their first (of two) singles

I thought it might be amusing to post some more obscure/ foreign versions of the boys' work, and have them all in one thread

[jfenn78]

I won't post what the original tracks are called (if they are in a foreign language) so as not to spoil the surprise if anyone hasn't heard them before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjRguNYNXG4

'Questa Sera' by I Satelliti di Ricky Gianco (Italy 1965)

[jfenn78]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UouV4I9D3I&t=6s
'Les Barbouses' · Nancy Holloway (France, 1961)

[jfenn78]

'Saanhan olla hän' by Kai Hyttinen (Finland, 1975)
https://youtu.be/-zaf91XjUrY

[jfenn78]

https://youtu.be/Va7i-Jc79Pw

'Please Mr. Please' by Juliana Hatfield, U.S. alternative rock singer songwriter whose work might not be to all tastes, but I personally love. This is taken from the first in a series of cover albums of artists she has been inspired by, in this case Olivia Newton John

[jfenn78]

https://youtu.be/rMmrqdNwpXg

'Apache' by Hot Butter, best known for their 1972 hit version of 'Popcorn' (UK no. 5) - this was the follow up single in the UK, which failed to chart.

[jfenn78]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWd6C8MBkn0

Man of Mystery by British space rock/prog rock titans Muse - OK, so not written by the Shadows, but neither was Apache and it's obviously their tune

[jfenn78]

https://youtu.be/As9DnNT3XZA

'Akele Hain To Kya Gum Hai' 'composed' by Anand-Milind , from the Bollywood classic Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (India, 1988)

[Uncle Fiesta]

Well I quite enjoyed Apache and Man of Mystery, but the the others only prove one thing ...

... ya can't beat an original!

[Teflon]

Marlene Dietrich takes some beating:



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