Greatest Hits (The Shadows album)

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Greatest Hits
The Shadows - Greatest Hits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
The Shadows
Released1963
Recorded1960–1962
Genre Rock
Length40:57
Label Columbia (EMI)
The Shadows chronology
Out of the Shadows
(1962)
Greatest Hits
(1963)
Dance with The Shadows
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Greatest Hits is a 1963 compilation album by British instrumental group the Shadows. The album spent 56 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 2. [3]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Apache"Jerry Lordan2:57
2."Man of Mystery" Michael Carr 2:02
3."The Stranger"Bill Crompton, Stan Jones2:45
4."F.B.I"Peter Gormley2:24
5."Midnight"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch2:33
6."The Frightened City"Norrie Paramor2:24
7."Kon-Tiki"Michael Carr1:57
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."36 24 36"Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Tony Meehan, Bruce Welch1:45
2."The Savage"Norrie Paramor2:25
3."Peace Pipe"Norrie Paramor2:13
4."Wonderful Land"Jerry Lordan2:06
5."Stars Fell on Stockton"Brian Bennett, Jet Harris, Hank Marvin, Tony Meehan, Bruce Welch2:18
6."Guitar Tango"Georges Liferman, Norman Maine3:01
7."The Boys"Brian Bennett, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch2:33
8."Dance On!"Ray Adams, Elaine Murtagh, Valerie Murtagh2:25

Charts

Chart (1966)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [3] 2

Release history

A remastered version of the album was released on CD by EMI in 2004. The remaster includes mono and stereo versions of every track, as well as a bonus track ("Quatermassters Stores"). [4] In 2019, this album was re-released, this time by Hallmark Music & Entertainment.

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References

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  2. Watson, Jimmy (13 July 1963). "The Shadows: The Shadows' Greatest Hits" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 122. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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  4. Perone, James E. (2009). Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion. ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN   978-0-275-99860-8.