THE SHADOWS 1961 UK COLUMBIA DEBUT LP 1st *STEREO* MINT AUDIO
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33
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£ 33
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Mar 10, 2014
Sold Date
Feb 28, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
Start price
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Great Britain
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THE SHADOWS 1961 UK COLUMBIA DEBUT LP 1st *STEREO* MINT AUDIO
with EMITEX INNER + ORIGINAL 1961 RECORD STORE INNER
THE SHADOWSThe Shadows
UK COLUMBIA (SCX 3414) VERY FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (September 1961) OF THE SHADOWS' DEBUT LP
RARE IN STEREO AS NOT MANY WERE PRESSED - DEMAND WAS LIMITED AS SO FEW PEOPLE HAD STEREO SYSTEMS
FANTASTIC COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT WITH NOTHING TO FAULT
PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (147g) WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLUE/SILVER *STEREOPHONIC* COLUMBIA LABELS
MATRIX: YAX 788 - 1 / YAX 789 - 1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1, 2/T and 1, 2/T
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED EMI 'EMITEX' INNER SLEEVE
AND A THICK CARD, POLY-LINED REPLACEMENT INNER (WITH LOCAL ADVERTS) FROM THE ORIGINAL STORE WHERE THE RECORD WAS BOUGHT IN 1961 - A FASCINATING ARTEFACT IN ITS OWN RIGHT
ONE OF A SMALL SHADOWS COLLECTION, ALL FROM THE SAME ORIGINAL OWNER WHICH I WILL BE LISTING OVER THE COMING DAYS - ALL IN SUPERB CONDITION
Having already scored three major U.K. smashes, the Shadows confirmed their independence from singer Cliff Richard with an eponymous album which rates among the most accomplished British LPs of the pre-Beatles era.
An entire generation of would-be guitar heroes learned their licks from Hank Marvin and the Shadows, an accolade which a star-studded, mid-1990s tribute album certainly affirms. But the bespectacled guitarist was not the band's sole star.
Drummer Tony Meehan's "See You in My Drums," like bassist Jet Harris' "Jet Black" single of two years previous, is a gripping showcase for his own remarkable talents, while "Baby My Heart" unveils vocal talents which, again, the group's earliest singles alone had illustrated. Modern listeners, schooled in the axeman excesses of more recent years, will doubtlessly find The Shadows impossibly well-mannered and implausibly sedentary.
Low-key instrumentals like "Blue Star," "Sleepwalk," and "Nivram" (the inspiration behind Peter Frampton's "Theme From Nivram") scarcely begin to speak of the frenetic abuses which the likes of Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton would one day wring from their instruments.
What they did do, however, was illustrate the untapped possibilities of the guitar, a lesson which Marvin might have taken his time in teaching, but which was vivid all the same
Side 1:
Shadoogie
Blue Star
Nivram
Baby My Heart
See You In My Drums
All My Sorrows
Stand Up And Say That!
Side 2:
Gonzales
Find Me A Golden Street
Theme From A Filleted Place
That's My Desire
My Resistance Is Low
Sleepwalk
Big Boy
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, bright and unmarked labels - under close inspection just a handful of light spindles are present - this copy has clearly seen very little use
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen - a few hairlines are visible under bright light but nothing of any audible significance
VINYL Audio: MINT
Wonderful, barely played copy - delivers superb sound with crisp, clean *STEREO* separation and my play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - plays like-new throughout
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
Apart from two neat clear tape repairs to the bottom of the cover (which account for its low grading) the sleeve is crisp, clean and fresh
EXITEX INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Clean, white, unmarked and unworn - hardly seen the light of day
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVES WITH ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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