Out of the Shadows

For the Hawkwind song, see Space Bandits. For the video game, see Out of the Shadows (video game).

Out of The Shadows
Studio album by The Shadows
Released	October 1962
Recorded	26th Jan to 18th June 1962
Genre	Rock
Label	Columbia (EMI)
Producer	Norrie Paramor
The Shadows chronology
The Shadows (1961) Out of The Shadows (1962) Dance With The Shadows (1964)

Out Of The Shadows is a 1962 rock album by British group The Shadows. It was their second album.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Rumble"	Ike Isaacs	01:59
2.	"The Bandit"	Michael Carr, Milton Nascimento, Zeb Turner	02:44
3.	"Cosy"	Mort Garson, Earl Schuman	03:15
4.	"1861"	Brian Bennett, Bruce Welch, Hank Marvin	02:26
5.	"Perfidia"	Alberto Dominguez	02:15
6.	"Little "B""	Bennett	05:06
Total length:			17:45

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bo Diddley"	Ellas McDaniel	02:08
2.	"South of the Border"	Carr, Jimmy Kennedy	03:19
3.	"Spring Is Nearly Here"	Bennett, Welch	03:06
4.	"Are They All Like You?"	Tim Gale	02:16
5.	"Tales of a Raggy Tramline"	Bennett, Jet Harris	02:22
6.	"Some Are Lonely"	Cliff Richard	02:25
7.	"Kinda Cool"	Marvin, Welch	02:22
Total length:			17:58

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1962	1
	1963

Preceded by The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk by Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk West Side Story by Original Soundtrack West Side Story by Original Soundtrack West Side Story by Original Soundtrack

UK Albums Chart number-one album 27 October 1962 - 17 November 1962 24 November 1962 - 1 December 1962 22 December 1962 - 29 December 1962 19 January 1963 - 2 February 1963

Succeeded by West Side Story by Original Soundtrack On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels by George Mitchell Minstrels The Black and White Minstrel Show by George Mitchell Minstrels Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard & The Shadows

Personnel

• Hank Marvin – Lead Guitar, piano and vocals
• Bruce Welch – Rhythm guitar and vocals
• Jet Harris – Bass Guitar and vocals
• Brian "Licorice" Locking – Bass guitar and harmonica
• Brian Bennett – Drums
• Norrie Paramor - Producer.
• Malcolm Addey - Engineer.

Instruments

• Lead Guitar - Fender Stratocaster (Red Fiesta), Gretsch Country Gentleman, Gibson J200.
• Rhythm guitar - Fender Stratocaster (Red Fiesta), Gretsch 6120, GibsonJ65.
• Bass Guitar - Fender Precision Bass (4 string).
• Drums - Ludwig.
• Amplifier - Vox AC30 x 3.
• Piano - from EMI Abbey Road studios.

Recording

• Venue - Abbey Road studios
• EMI studio - Studio 2
• Dates: 19th Dec 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'(unissueed), Les girls (Cliff LP), Round and round (Cliff LP)); EPs such as The Boys (EP) - 4 tracks) were intermediately recorded as well.

1. spring is nearly here (recording-date-no.1a=26/1/62)
2. the bandit (recording-date-no.1b=26/1/62)
3. cosy (recording-date-no.2=5/4/62)
4. perfidia (recording-date-no.3a=12/4/62)
5. south of the border (recording-date-no.3b=12/4/62)
6. little b (recording-date-no.4a=22/5/62)
7. the bandit (recording-date-no.4b=22/5/62)
8. are they all like you (recording-date-no.5=28/5/62)
9. bo diddley (recording-date-no.6a=31/5/62)
10. the rumble (recording-date-no.6b=31/5/62)
11. tales of a raggy tramline (recording-date-no.7=19/12/12)
12. 1861(recording-date-no.8a=4/6/62)
13. 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 The Ventures was an all instrumental one. The album is also much slower and smoother than the previous album.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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.