''Los Shadows'' is an
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. 45 rpm record released by
The Shadows
The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...
. It reached #4 in the
UK EP charts in 1963.
Description
The four songs chosen, as well as the title of the record, have a definite Spanish and Latinamerican flavor to them; the author of
Granada (a town in Spain),
Agustín Lara
Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino (; October 30, 1897 – November 6, 1970), known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recogn ...
, was Mexican, Julio César Sanders, author of
Adios Muchachos (Pablo the Dreamer) was Argentinian, while the lyricist, César Vedani, is not credited on the Shadows instrumental version.
José Padilla, who composed "Valencia" (another town in Spain) in 1924 and
Augusto Algueró author of Las Tres Carabelas, were Spaniards.
Track listing
;Side 1
*
Granada (
Lara
Lara may refer to:
Places
* Lara (state), a state in Venezuela
*Electoral district of Lara, an electoral district in Victoria, Australia
* Lara, Antalya, an urban district in Turkey
* Lara, Victoria, a township in Australia
* Lara de los In ...
)
*
Adios Muchachos (Pablo the Dreamer) (Sanders)
;Side 2
*
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
(
Padilla)
*Las Tres Carabelas (Three Galleons) (
Alguero Jr.)
Personnel
*
Hank Marvin
Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the ba ...
– Lead guitar
*
Bruce Welch
Bruce Welch (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows.
Biography
Welch's parents (Stan Cripps and Grace Welch) moved him to 15 B ...
– Rhythm guitar
*
Brian Locking – Bass guitar
*
Brian Bennett – Drums
*
Norrie Paramor Strings
The record was recorded in Barcelona on April 27, 1963.
[The Shadows, “Los Shadows”, Columbia Records, EMI Records, SEG 8278, mono, Hayes, Middlesex, England]
References
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1963 EPs
The Shadows EPs
EMI Columbia Records EPs