''Out of the Shadows'' is a 1962

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album by British group

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. It was their second album.

Track listing

Charts

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, piano and vocals *

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 and vocals *

Jet Harris Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to: Aerospace * Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines ** Jet airliner ** Jet engine ** Jet fuel * Jet Airways, an Indian airline * Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline * Journey to Enceladus a ...

– bass guitar and vocals * Brian "Licorice" Locking – bass guitar and harmonica *

Brian Bennett Brian Laurence Bennett, (born 9 February 1940) is an English drummer, pianist, composer and producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group the Shadows. He is the father of musician and Shadows band me ...

– drums and percussion *

Norrie Paramor Norman William Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979), known professionally as Norrie Paramor, was a British record producer, composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader, and orchestral conductor. He is best known for his work with Cliff Ri ...

– producer and orchestral accompaniment on "Spring Is Nearly Here" * Malcolm Addey – engineer

Instruments

* Lead guitar –

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(Red Fiesta),

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Country Gentleman,

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J200. * Rhythm guitar – Fender Stratocaster (Red Fiesta), Gretsch 6120, GibsonJ65. * Bass guitar –

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(4 string). * Drums – Premier, 20 inch Kick 14x8 and 14x14 toms. Delivered by Premier the day Little B was recorded. * Amplifier –

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x 3. * Piano – from EMI Abbey Road studios.

Recording

* Venue –

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* EMI studio – Studio 2 * Dates: 19 December 1961 to 18 June 1962. * Sleeve notes by Norrie Paramor.

Formats

;Vinyl *1962: 1st - (Stereo) Light Green, and (Mono)Dark Green Columbia label *1963: 2nd - (Stereo) Blue/Black Green Columbia label *1970: 3rd - (Stereo) Black/Silver EMI label(deleted soon after release) ;Tape *1961: Reel to reel tape. *1973: Cassette and 8 Track cartridge 2fer ("The Shadows As Was!"): The Shadows/Out of the Shadows. EMI Double Executive Series label. ;CD *1991: Normal. 2fer(2-4-1) CD: The Shadows/Out of the Shadows. Jewel case. *1997: Remastered. 2fer(2-4-1) CD: (Mono and Stereo albums). Jewel case.

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

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was an all instrumental one. The album is also much slower and smoother than the previous album.

Release and reception

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.

Bibliography

;Books *1. That Sound (From Move It on, the story of the magic sound of The Shadows), by R.Pistolesi, M.Addey & M.Mazzini. Publ: Vanni Lisanti. June 2000. No ISBN.

References

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