20 Golden Greats

by The Shadows

Overview

Without a single misplaced footstep in sight, 20 Golden Greats soared effortlessly to the top of the U.K. chart, becoming the Shadows first album chart-topper since their sophomore album, back in 1962. It was a deserved triumph -- and, perhaps, a predictable one, even at the height of punk rock. A straightforward run through the Shadows' early- to mid-1960s singles, the peerless sequence which stretched from "Apache" in 1960 to "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" in 1964, consumes 15 of the album's 20 tracks; the remainder of the set then cherry picks the next four years to round up the lesser-heard, but equally laudable "Maroc 7," "Stingray," "The War Lord," "Genie With the Light Brown Lamp," and "A Place in the Sun." It's a dynamic collection, then, rounding up the 20 most quintessential Shadows hits, as opposed to the 20 most successful, the 20 best-known, or whatever other criteria such compilations like to be guided by. The fact that those other standards are almost automatically encompassed by its contents simply confirms the music's immortality. The chart success was merely the icing on the cake. ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	08/03/1987
Label:	Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0077774624329

Tracks

1. Apache
2. Man of Mystery
3. The Frightened City
4. Guitar Tango
5. Kon-Tiki
6. Foot Tapper
7. Genie with the Light Brown Lamp
8. The War Lord
9. A Place in the Sun
10. Atlantis
11. The Wonderful Land
12. F.B.I.
13. Savage
14. Geronimo
15. Shindig
16. Stingray
17. Theme for Young Lovers
18. The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt
19. Maroc 7
20. Dance On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Shadows   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bruce Welch   Composer
Val Murtagh   Composer
Guenther Heigel   Composer
Klaus Ogermann   Composer
Georges Liferman   Composer
Claus Ogerman   Composer
John Rostill   Composer
Jerry Lordan   Composer
Michael Carr   Composer
Brian Bennett   Composer
Norrie Paramor   Composer
Jerome Moross   Composer
Hank Marvin   Composer
Elaine Murtagh   Composer
Ray Adams   Composer
Petrina Lordan   Composer
Paul Ferris   Composer
Norman Maine   Composer
Valerie Murtagh   Composer
Peter Gormley   Composer