Out of the Shadows (The Shadows album)

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Out of the Shadows
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1962
Recorded26 January to 18 June 1962
StudioEMI Abbey Road
Genre Rock
Length35:43
Label Columbia (EMI)
Producer Norrie Paramor
The Shadows chronology
The Shadows
(1961)
Out of the Shadows
(1962)
Greatest Hits
(1963)
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Out of the Shadows is a 1962 rock album by British group The Shadows. It was their second album.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Rumble"Ike Isaacs01:59
2."The Bandit" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin) Michael Carr, Alfredo Ricardo Do Nascimento, John Turner 02:44
3."Cosy" Mort Garson, Earl Schuman03:15
4."1861"Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin02:26
5."Perfidia" Alberto Dominguez 02:15
6."Little "B""Brian Bennett05:06
Total length:17:45
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bo Diddley" (Lead vocals by Bruce Welch) Ellas McDaniel 02:08
2."South of the Border"Michael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy 03:19
3."Spring Is Nearly Here"Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch03:06
4."Are They All Like You?" (Lead vocal by Hank Marvin)Tim Gale02:16
5."Tales of a Raggy Tramline"Brian Bennett, Jet Harris02:22
6."Some Are Lonely" Cliff Richard 02:25
7."Kinda Cool"Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch02:22
Total length:17:58

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Charts

Chart (1962–63)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [3] 1

Personnel

Instruments

Recording

Formats

Vinyl
Tape
CD

Notes

Recording

Recorded on all analogue equipment in real time with each track recorded on a one track per day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine within Studio 2. Rather than a stereo mix being mixed down into a mono version both stereo and mono mixes were recorded separately within the same session on the same day. Mistakes made during the recording sessions resulted in immediate retakes thus multiple versions of all tracks exist in EMI's tape vaults.

All the tracks were recorded in several sessions over a 6-month period, in 8 session-days, during which other singles (e.g. Guitar Tango, All Day, What a Lovely Tune, Groanin' (unissued), Les Girls (Cliff LP), Round and Round (Cliff LP)); EPs such as The Boys (EP) - 4 tracks) were intermediately recorded as well.

  1. Spring Is Nearly Here (recording-date-no.1a=26/1/62)
  2. The Bandit (recording-date-no.1b=26/1/62)
  3. Cosy (recording-date-no.2=5/4/62)
  4. Perfidia (recording-date-no.3a=12/4/62)
  5. South of the Border (recording-date-no.3b=12/4/62)
  6. Little B (recording-date-no.4a=22/5/62)
  7. The Bandit (recording-date-no.4b=22/5/62)
  8. Are They All Like You (recording-date-no.5=28/5/62)
  9. Bo Diddley (recording-date-no.6a=31/5/62)
  10. The Rumble (recording-date-no.6b=31/5/62)
  11. Tales of a Raggy Tramline (recording-date-no.7=19/12/61)
  12. 1861 (recording-date-no.8a=4/6/62)
  13. Kinda Cool (recording-date-no.8b=4/6/62)

This was the first Shadows album to feature Brian Licorice Locking, who replaced Jet Harris midway through the album's creation. The album is also the first album for Brian Bennett.

Style

The British public in 1961-62 anticipated an all instrumental second album but the Shadows and Paramor wanted to produce an album showcasing their numerous diverse talents instead. The album nevertheless features 6 (out of 13) all new original compositions written by all members of the Shadows in various permutations. By contrast, the second album of rival instrumental rock band The Ventures was an all instrumental one. The album is also much slower and smoother than the previous album.

Release and reception

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The album reached the no. 1 slot in the UK album charts in 1962. No singles were released from it, though 2 EPs were: "Out of the Shadows" and "Out of the Shadows no.2" both in mono and stereo.

Only track Little B has been used to promote this album when on tour in 1962 and has been used as first choice Shadows drum solo for live concerts from 1962 to 2004.

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References

  1. Watson, Jimmy (3 November 1962). "The Shadows: Out Of The Shadows" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 86. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Eder, Bruce. Out of the Shadows at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  3. "The Shadows | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.