the very best of the Shadows CD

[Mike Honey]

Just bought this CD (it had all my favourites on one CD). Its excellent quality but I noticed that Track15 is spelt 'The rise and fall of FINGLE Bunt'' Is every copy spelt like that?

Mikey

[Martin Page]

In fact this Shads' title is probably misspelt more than any other. It's normally the last two letters that get transposed...

It's Fling... E... L.

I have a Shadows' sheet music book with The Rise and Fall of Flingel Blunt!

Martin.

[neil2726]

Does this one have the non orchestral version of Wonderful Land and the false start to Theme for Young Lovers ?

[Mike Honey]

Full strings on WL and TFYL first note is high D. Tell me more about the different versions?
mike

[Stratpicker]

If its the 1997 album with 4 half body shots (including John Rostill) on the front cover, then the TFYL is the LATER version with the Lead in the RIGHT hand channel, not left as orignally recorded. Goodness knows why they chose to change it over.
I have always thought that the muted parts were recorded separately from the main theme. They are well loud in the mix witha different "tone" to them. Also, if you listen around 1.50 - 1.57 (ish) you can hear either CHORUSing at work or Studio double tracking of the same Lead line - it has an odd Bazooki-ish quality to it. For such a smooth tune I thought that the quite in-your-face treble tone of the guitar (Strat / Burns ??) to be too much. Not criticisms - just observations on one of my favourite Shads tunes.
Oh yes - on the 1997 sleeve, FLINGEL is spelled FLINGLE.
cheers
ian

[Mike Honey]

thats the one Ian! I'm glad you posted this info. When i listened to the CD for the first time i thought the sounds were a bit different to how i remembered them, I just thought it was my ears getting a bit old!! Nice to say there was a reason for the difference!!?

mike

[RogerCook]

Wonderful Land without strings is on The Shadows at Abbey Road (any others?) and is a different recording from the single version.

Roger

[JimN]

Wonderful Land without strings is on The Shadows at Abbey Road (any others?) and is a different recording from the single version.

The original release of the non-overdubbed version of Wonderful Land was on the 1993 release:

EVERYTHING OF VALUE (Rarities 2) CD
SHADOWS, The (18 tracks) / MARVIN, Hank (2 tracks) / ROSTILL, John (2 tracks)
1993; EMI (UK) 7 89041-2 (stereo/mono*)

1. Jet Black ("Cliff" LP live version)
2. Driftin' ("Cliff" LP live version)
3. Be Bop A Lula ("Cliff" LP live) (v) (*)
4. Wonderful Land (undubbed version without orchestra)
5. Somewhere (studio)
6. Me Oh My (v)
7. The Girl From Ipanema (v)
8. Leave My Woman Alone (v)
9. Trying To Forget The One You Love (v)
10. Running Out Of World (v)
11. I Can't Forget (v)
12. Voyage To The Bottom Of The Bath ("Established 1958" LP)
13. Poem ("Established 1958" LP)
14. The Average Life Of A Daily Man (v) ("Established 1958" LP)
15. Banana Man ("Established 1958" LP)
16. The Magical Mrs Clamps ("Established 1958" LP)
17. Here I Go Again (Loving You) (v) ("Established 1958" LP)
18. Maggie's Samba ("Established 1958" LP)
19. London's Not Too Far [Hank Marvin solo] (v) (*)
20. Break Another Dawn [Hank Marvin solo] (v)
21. Green Apples [John Rostill solo] (v)
22. Funny Old World [John Rostill solo] (v).

Tracks 3 & 19 are mono; this CD made available every last track that EMI were at the time prepared to issuse or re-issue on CD. Seven tracks (including the undubbed stereo version the Wonderful Land take released as a single) were available only on this CD on release. On the other hand, seven were included from the Cliff/Shadows LP "Established 1958", which is now easily available on CD, but had then been deleted for a year or two.

JN

PS: Thetwo tracks marked as mono had, up until then, never been released in stereo. But they are both now available in stereo.

[Didier]

Just bought this CD (it had all my favourites on one CD).
Mikey

This CD only have 20 tracks which is not enough for my personal Shadows' favorites. I have made my own favorites' compilation double CD. I had great difficulties to limit the number to 50 tracks !...

Didier

[Dance with Shadows]

Didier

At the risk of taking the thread off topic, what were your top 50?

Michael