This was the album that introduced me, as a 13 year old schoolboy, to the wonderous and timeless sound of the Shads. 35 years of pleasure they have given me and it all started with this LP. How many others, I wonder, especially those too young to have been into them the first time round, could tell a similar story?
I can even remember buying the record from the HMV store in Cambridge's Lion Yard shopping precinct and listening to it for the first time at my aunty and uncle's house out in Harston. And I have never looked back since.
The funny thing is, I also remember that virtually 'everyone' I knew at the time also bought the album - and remember we were all 13 or under at the time! Amazing. I would literally hear it playing in the background sometimes when I rang people up! It crossed a lot of barriers and I'm sure that, like me, plenty of people still have their albeit slightly scratched copies of the record now - and still play it!
So Happy Birthday 20 Golden Greats. And thanks for setting the ball rolling for this particular fan.
