The Sound of The Shadows

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The Sound of The Shadows
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1965 (1965-07)
Recorded1965
Genre Rock
Length39:14
Label EMI
The Shadows chronology
Dance with The Shadows
(1964)
The Sound of The Shadows
(1965)
Shadow Music
(1966)
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Stereo re-release cover
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The Sound of The Shadows is the fourth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in July 1965 through EMI Records. [1] The album was re-released by Capitol Records of Canada in stereo (as opposed to the original mono) on 4 October 1965. [3]

Contents

The photograph for the alternative cover was taken outside EMI House in London in 1964, by staff photographer Tony Leigh. It was originally used as the inside cover of the Cliff Richard album Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp .

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brazil" Ary Barroso, Bob Russell 2:23
2."The Lost City" Russ Ballard 2:54
3."A Little Bitty Tear" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin) Hank Cochran 2:29
4."Blue Sky, Blue Sea, Blue Me" John Rostill, Bruce Welch 5:27
5."Bossa Roo" John Rostill, Bruce Welch 3:07
6."Five Hundred Miles" (Lead vocal by Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin & John Rostill) Sonny West 2:40
7."Cotton Pickin'" Perry Ford, Tony Hiller 2:17
Total length:21:17
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Deep Purple" Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish 2:21
2."Santa Ana" Jerry Lordan, Petrina Lordan 2:30
3."The Windjammer" John Rostill 2:45
4."Dean's Theme" Hank Marvin, John Rostill 2:57
5."Breakthru'" Geoffrey Taggart 2:03
6."Let It Be Me" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch & John Rostill) Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë 2:58
7."National Provincial Samba" John Rostill, Bruce Welch 2:23
Total length:17:57

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Personnel

Charts

Chart (1965)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart [5] 4

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