Shadoogie/Blue Star/Nivram/Baby My Heart/See You In My Drums/All My Sorrows/Stand Up & Say That/ Gonzales/Find Me A Golden Street/Theme From A Filleted Place/That’s My Desire/My Resistance Is Low/ Sleepwalk/Big Boy
Very solid debut album from Britain’s top instrumental group. Unfortunately it is weakened by the inclusion of some inferior vocal tracks. The Shadows deservedly topped the UK album chart. (UK:1)
“Many strong tracks here - Sleepwalk is a favourite of mine. Still, I feel it would have been a better album if it was all instrumental.”
“There is something hypnotic in the style of The Shadows; tracks like Blue Star or Gonzales seem to bring with them a mysterious aura that I do not recognize in any other artist."
“This album features seven original compositions, of which Shadoogie at least is utterly fantastic and really showcases the talents of all involved. Listen to the guy on Nivram and try to tell me he wasn't utterly superb. A truly electric and exciting Gonzales continues to ensure the album thrills, and then Find Me A Golden Street has wonderful atmospherics. This is a thoroughly absorbing album all should hear.”
“This is the disc that started a whole generation to get out, buy a guitar and amp, and form their own group. This is vintage classic Shadows. A guitar super group when Jet Harris was on the new Fender bass and Tony Meehan was a maestro on drums. If you only ever buy one Shadows record get this, it ticks all the boxes.”
“There are a few tracks where the boys sing, and really it's not for the best - I think the lads were wise to mainly stick to instrumentals, but mainly the rest of the tracks make up for it. Easy to listen to, but with the punch and kick that easy listening doesn't have.”
“On this album, we have a really classic selection of some of the best music The Shadows have given us over the years. A really fantastic album for all the family, with a huge range of songs."
“The wonderfully jazzy Nivram is a jewel of a track that is note perfect. Many of the other tracks have stood the test of time rather well.”
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