Shadows, The - The Best of the Shadows [180G]

Late 50's/early 60's instrumental British rock band who were a massive influence on almost every band from the later British Invasion.

‘Apache’ was the first of a series of hits for the Shadows, whilst ‘Man Of Mystery’/’The Stranger’ reached Number 5 in the UK in 1960. The following year saw the release of four singles, all of which were Top ten hits in the UK: ‘FBI’, ‘The Frightened City’, ‘Kon-Tiki’ and ‘The Savage’. Although the Shadows had a brief renaissance in the Seventies, largely fuelled by their Eurovision hit ‘Let Me Be The One’, this compilation documents the golden years of 1958 to 1961 – four brief years during which a unique sound was created, often imitated but never equalled, and which can instantly be recognised as ‘The Sound of the Shads’.

A1 Apache
A2 Kon-Tiki
A3 FBI
A4 Man Of Mystery
A5 Stars Fell On Stockton
A6 Quartermaster´s Stores
A7 Perfidia
A8 The Savage
A9 All Day

B1 Wonderful Land
B2 Dance On
B3 The Frightened City
B4 Gonzales
B5 Peace Pipe
B6 Guitar Tango
B7 The Rumble
B8 Shadoogie
B9 Sleep Walk