The Sound of The Shadows

The Sound of The Shadows
Studio album by The Shadows
Released	12 July 1965 [1]
Recorded	1965
Genre	Rock
Length	39:14
Label	EMI
The Shadows chronology
Dance With The Shadows (1964) The Sound of The Shadows (1965) Shadow Music (1966)
Alternate cover.
Stereo re-release cover

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Sound of The Shadows is the fourth rock album by British instrumental (and sometimes vocal) group The Shadows, released in 1964 through EMI Records.^[2] The album was re-released by Capitol Records of Canada in stereo (as opposed to the original mono) on 4 October 1965.^[3]

The photograph for the alternative cover was taken outside EMI House in London in 1964, by staff photographer Tony Leigh. It was originally used as the inside cover of the Cliff Richard album Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.

Track Listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brazil"	Ary Barroso, Bob Russell	2:23
2.	"The Lost City"	Russ Ballard	2:54
3.	"A Little Bitty Tear (Lead Vocal by Hank Marvin)"	Hank Cochran	2:29
4.	"Blue Sky, Blue Sea, Blue Me"	John Rostill, Bruce Welch	5:27
5.	"Bossa Roo"	John Rostill, Bruce Welch	3:07
6.	"Five Hundred Miles (Lead Vocal by Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin & John Rostill)"	Sonny West	2:40
7.	"Cotton Pickin'"	Perry Ford, Tony Hiller	2:17
Total length:			21:17

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Deep Purple"	Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish	2:21
2.	"Santa Ana"	Jerry Lordan, Petrina Lordan	2:30
3.	"The Windjammer"	John Rostill	2:45
4.	"Dean's Theme"	Hank Marvin, John Rostill	2:57
5.	"Breakthru'"	Geoffrey Taggart	2:03
6.	"Let It Be Me (Lead Vocal by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch & John Rostill)"	Gilbert Bécaud, Manny Curtis, Pierre Delanoë	2:58
7.	"National Provincial Samba"	John Rostill, Bruce Welch	2:23
Total length:			17:57

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Personnel

Guitar, Vocals - Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin
Bass, Vocals - John Rostill
Drums - Brian Bennett
Ensemble – The Norrie Paramor Strings (tracks: A4, B3)

Charts

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1965	4[1]

See also

• The Shadows discography

References

1. "Shadows, The - The Sound Of The Shadows (Uk,1965,33Sx 1736,ALBUM)". Discoogle.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
2. Eder, Bruce. The Sound of The Shadows at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
3. "The Capitol 6000 website - The 6000 Series Of 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Discs". Capitol6000.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
4. "Shadows, The - The Sound Of The Shadows (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.