The Shadows' Greatest Hits

by The Shadows

Overview

A straightforward summary of the Shadows' first three years of habitual hit-making, opening with the pounding flurry of "Apache," then tracing through the next eight smash singles, with a handful of attendant B-sides (and one EP cut, the title track from The Boys) to round the package out. There is no denying the sheer brilliance of this early sequence. Hits like "Wonderful Land," "FBI," and "Man of Mystery" utterly rewrote the guitar's role in rock, not only musically, but culturally as well. Unquestionably, the Shadows' importance and impact diminished as the years passed, but at the outset of their career -- the period documented here -- they were untouchable. It is for that reason that The Shadows' Greatest Hits is still regarded in some quarters as the finest Shadows album of them all, an accolade which no other compilation (and goodness knows, there's been enough of them) has ever been able to dismiss. Even the sleeve screams "masterpiece." ~ Dave Thompson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2019
Label:	Hallmark
UPC:	5050457177423

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Shadows   Primary Artist
Hank Marvin   Guitar,Vocals
Bruce Welch   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Bruce Welch   Composer
Elaine Murtagh   Composer
Ray Adams   Composer
Norman Maine   Composer
Valerie Murtagh   Composer
Peter Gormley   Composer
Bill Crompton   Composer
Georges Liferman   Composer
Val Murtagh   Composer
Stan Jones   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Jerry Lordan   Composer
Jet Harris   Composer
Michael Carr   Composer
Morgan Jones   Composer
Brian Bennett   Composer
Norrie Paramor   Composer
Tony Meehan   Composer
Hank Marvin   Composer