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'''''The Shadows''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by [[The Shadows]], released in January 1961. The EP is a [[7-inch]] [[vinyl record]] and released in [[Monaural|mono]] with the catalogue number [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] SEG 8061 and in [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] with the catalogue number [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] ESG 7834.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-Shadows/release/1620790|title=Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)|work=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-Shadows/release/2519061|title=Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)|work=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> ''The Shadows'' was the UK [[List of number-one EPs (UK)|number-one EP]] for 20 weeks, having two separate stints at the top of the chart from January to June 1961. The cover photograph was taken by [[Angus McBean]]. The original picture showed Cliff together with the Shadows, however the layout for the EP was adapted and Cliff was replaced by yellow triangles..{{cn|date=December 2016}}
'''''The Shadows''''' is an [[Extended play|EP]] by [[The Shadows]], released in January 1961. The EP is a [[7-inch]] [[vinyl record]] and released in [[Monaural|mono]] with the catalogue number [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] SEG 8061 and in [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] with the catalogue number [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] ESG 7834.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-Shadows/release/1620790|title=Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)|work=[[Discogs]]|access-date=30 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-Shadows/release/2519061|title=Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)|work=[[Discogs]]|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref> ''The Shadows'' was the UK [[List of number-one EPs (UK)|number-one EP]] for 20 weeks, having two separate stints at the top of the chart from January to June 1961. The cover photograph was taken by [[Angus McBean]]. The original picture showed Cliff together with the Shadows, however the layout for the EP was adapted and Cliff was replaced by yellow triangles.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Background==
==Background==
[[Hank Marvin]], [[Jet Harris]], [[Bruce Welch]], and [[Tony Meehan]] rose to fame as [[The Shadows]], the backing act of [[Cliff Richard]]. They went on to achieve individual success with "[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]" and in 1961 released their first EP consisting of "four new offerings".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Shadows|titlelink=The Shadows (EP)|others=[[The Shadows]]|year=1961|url=http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2519059-1288443969.jpeg|first=Derek|last=Johnson|type=record sleeve back cover|publisher=[[EMI Records]]|id=SEG 8061|ref=ID}}</ref> None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/shadows/|title=Artist Chart History: Shadows|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref>
[[Hank Marvin]], [[Jet Harris]], [[Bruce Welch]], and [[Tony Meehan]] rose to fame as [[The Shadows]], the backing band for [[Cliff Richard]]. They went on to achieve individual success with "[[Apache (instrumental)|Apache]]" and in 1961 released their first EP consisting of "four new offerings".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Shadows |author2=The Shadows |author2-link=The Shadows |year=1961|url=http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-2519059-1288443969.jpeg|first=Derek|last=Johnson|type=record sleeve back cover|publisher=[[EMI Records]]|id=SEG 8061|ref=ID}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref> None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/shadows/|title=Artist Chart History: Shadows|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref>
All the tracks featured on the 1961 South African album ''Rockin' Guitars'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Shadows&titel=Rockin%27+Guitars&cat=a|title=The Shadows &ndash; Rockin' Guitars (album)|publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> and the 1964 French album ''Hurrah! For The Shadows''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-Hurrah-For-The-Shadows/release/2061408|title=Shadows, The - Hurrah! For The Shadows (Vinyl, LP)|work=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> However, the tracks did not feature on a UK album until ''Mustang'' was released under the [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|Music for Pleasure]] label in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-Mustang/release/1803103|title=Shadows, The - Mustang (Vinyl, LP)|work=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref> They also all featured on their album ''The EP Collection'' released under the [[See for Miles Records]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-EP-Collection/release/2190710|title=Shadows, The - The EP Collection (Vinyl, LP)|work=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref>
All the tracks featured on the 1961 South African album ''Rockin' Guitars'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Shadows&titel=Rockin%27+Guitars&cat=a|title=The Shadows &ndash; Rockin' Guitars (album)|publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref> and the 1963 French album ''Hurrah! For The Shadows''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/Shadows-Hurrah-For-The-Shadows/release/2061408 | title=The Shadows - Hurrah! For the Shadows}}</ref> However, the tracks did not feature on a UK album until ''Mustang'' was released under the [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|Music for Pleasure]] label in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-Mustang/release/1803103|title=Shadows, The - Mustang (Vinyl, LP)|work=[[Discogs]]|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref> They also all featured on their album ''The EP Collection'' released under the [[See for Miles Records]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Shadows-The-EP-Collection/release/2190710|title=Shadows, The - The EP Collection (Vinyl, LP)|work=[[Discogs]]|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==


Beginning in 1960s, in addition to publishing a [[LP record|long play (LP)]] chart, ''Record Retailer'' also ran an EP chart.{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=viii}} ''The Shadows'' was released in January 1961 and became a [[List of number-one EPs (UK)|number-one EP]] on 28 January 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Shadows&titel=The+Shadows+%5B1961%5D&cat=s|title=<nowiki>The Shadows - The Shadows [1961]</nowiki>|publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|accessdate=6 November 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}} Replacing [[Adam Faith]]'s ''[[Adam's Hit Parade]]'' it stayed at the top for 17 weeks before being displaced by Faith's EP again in May for one week before reclaiming the top spot on 3 June for a further 3 weeks. Their eponymous EP was replaced their second EP, ''[[The Shadows to the Fore]]'', which broke the record for consecutive weeks at number one (23 weeks).{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}} In total, ''The Shadows'' EP amassed 20 weeks at the top of the EP chart.{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}}
Beginning in 1960s, in addition to publishing a [[LP record|long play (LP)]] chart, ''Record Retailer'' also ran an EP chart.{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=viii}} ''The Shadows'' was released in January 1961 and became a [[List of number-one EPs (UK)|number-one EP]] on 28 January 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Shadows&titel=The+Shadows+%5B1961%5D&cat=s|title=<nowiki>The Shadows - The Shadows [1961]</nowiki>|publisher=hitparade.ch. Hung Medien|access-date=6 November 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}} Replacing [[Adam Faith]]'s ''[[Adam's Hit Parade]]'' it stayed at the top for 17 weeks before being displaced by Faith's EP again in May for one week before reclaiming the top spot on 3 June for a further 3 weeks. Their eponymous EP was replaced their second EP, ''[[The Shadows to the Fore]]'', which broke the record for consecutive weeks at number one (23 weeks).{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}} In total, ''The Shadows'' EP amassed 20 weeks at the top of the EP chart.{{sfn|Warwick|Kutner|Brown|2004|p=27}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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*{{cite book|last1=Warwick|first1=Neil|last2=Kutner|first2=Jon|last3=Brown|first3=Tony|title=The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums|edition=3rd|year=2004|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|location=London|isbn=1-84449-058-0}}
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Not to be confused with The Shadows (album), an LP of the same name.

The Shadows
EP by
The Shadows
ReleasedJanuary 1961 (1961-01)
GenrePop
LabelEMI Columbia
ProducerNorrie Paramor
CompilerGlimston Ice Thee
The Shadows chronology
The Shadows
(1961) 		The Shadows to the Fore
(1961)

The Shadows is an EP by The Shadows, released in January 1961. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Columbia SEG 8061 and in stereo with the catalogue number Columbia ESG 7834.[1][2] The Shadows was the UK number-one EP for 20 weeks, having two separate stints at the top of the chart from January to June 1961. The cover photograph was taken by Angus McBean. The original picture showed Cliff together with the Shadows, however the layout for the EP was adapted and Cliff was replaced by yellow triangles.[citation needed]

Track listing

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Side A
  1. "Mustang" (Jerry Lordan, Tom Mould)
  2. "Theme from Shane" (Victor Young, Mack David)
Side B
  2. "Shotgun" (Hank Marvin, Jet Harris, Bruce Welch)
  3. "Theme from Giant" (Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin)

Background

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Hank Marvin, Jet Harris, Bruce Welch, and Tony Meehan rose to fame as The Shadows, the backing band for Cliff Richard. They went on to achieve individual success with "Apache" and in 1961 released their first EP consisting of "four new offerings".[3] None of the tracks were released as singles in the UK.[4] All the tracks featured on the 1961 South African album Rockin' Guitars,[5] and the 1963 French album Hurrah! For The Shadows.[6] However, the tracks did not feature on a UK album until Mustang was released under the Music for Pleasure label in 1971.[7] They also all featured on their album The EP Collection released under the See for Miles Records in 1988.[8]

Chart performance

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Beginning in 1960s, in addition to publishing a long play (LP) chart, Record Retailer also ran an EP chart.[9] The Shadows was released in January 1961 and became a number-one EP on 28 January 1961.[10][11] Replacing Adam Faith's Adam's Hit Parade it stayed at the top for 17 weeks before being displaced by Faith's EP again in May for one week before reclaiming the top spot on 3 June for a further 3 weeks. Their eponymous EP was replaced their second EP, The Shadows to the Fore, which broke the record for consecutive weeks at number one (23 weeks).[11] In total, The Shadows EP amassed 20 weeks at the top of the EP chart.[11]

Personnel

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References

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Footnotes
  1. ^ "Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Shadows, The - The Shadows (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  3. ^ Johnson, Derek; The Shadows (1961). The Shadows (record sleeve back cover). EMI Records. SEG 8061.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Artist Chart History: Shadows". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  5. ^ "The Shadows – Rockin' Guitars (album)". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  6. ^ "The Shadows - Hurrah! For the Shadows".
  7. ^ "Shadows, The - Mustang (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Shadows, The - The EP Collection (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  9. ^ Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. viii.
  10. ^ "The Shadows - The Shadows [1961]". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
  11. ^ a b c Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 27.
Sources
  • Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
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