The Shadows - The Original Recordings 1958-1961 - 2015 FLAC 24-44

The Shadows are usually thought of as the quintessential British instrumental group and, along with the American band the Ventures and the Swedish group the Spotnicks, one of the most popular instrumental groups in the world. But that barely tells the story of their true significance in the history of British rock & roll including the fact that they were the first home-grown British rock & roll band to dominate the U.K. charts; or that they weren't originally an instrumental group, either. The band's roots go back to Chesthunt, Hertfordshire, in early 1958, when a young Indian-born singer/guitarist named Harry Webb joined with drummer Terry Smart and guitarist Norman Mitham to form a group that they ended up calling the Drifters at the time, none of the records by the American R&B group of the same name, founded by Clyde McPhatter, had been released in England, so they had no inkling of the name's already being used.

01. FBI (2:20)
02. Quartermasster's Stores (2:22)
03. Shadoogie (2:24)
04. The Stranger (2:41)
05. Apache (2:53)
06. Man Of Mystery (2:00)
07. Shotgun (2:06)
08. Baby My Heart (2:15)
09. 36 24 36 (1:43)
10. Kon-Tiki (1:54)
11. Midnight (2:31)
12. Stand Up And Say That (2:13)
13. Feelin' Fine (1:56)
14. Mustang (2:40)
15. Nivram (3:20)
16. Bongo Blues (1:46)
17. Driftin (2:33)
18. Back Home (2:42)
19. The Frightened City (2:23)
20. Theme From Shane (2:21)
21. Big Boy (2:09)
22. Peace Pipe (2:12) 23. Gonzales (2:16)
24. Jet Black (2:28)
25. Saturday Dance (1:44)
26. Chinchilla (1:57)
27. Theme From Gian (2:38)
28. Blue Star (2:45)
29. Don't Be A Fool (2:06)
30. Find Me A Golden Street (2:49)
31. Lonesome Fella (2:33)
32. Jean Dorothy (2:19)
33. Teenage Love (2:21)
34. That's My Desire (2:26)
35. Apache (Take 2) (2:55)
36. Shadoogie (Take 2) (2:24)
37. Big Boy (Take 2) (2:10)
38. Stand Up And Say That (Take 2) (2:14)
39. The Savage (2:23)
40. See You In My Drums (2:50)
41. Baby My Heart (Take 2) (2:15)
42. Find Me A Golden Street (Take 2) (2:50)
43. Gonzales (Take 2) (2:16)
44. Theme From A Filleted Place (2:23) 45. All My Sorrows (2:58)
46. Nivram (Take 2) (3:21)
47. Sleep Walk (2:49)
48. Blue Star (Take 2) (2:45)
49. My Resistance Is Low (1:58)
50. Driftin' (Live) (2:50)
51. Be Bop A Lula (Live) (2:15)
52. Jet Black (Live) (2:15)
53. Shazam (Live) (2:07)
54. Guitar Boogie (Live) (2:29)
55. Sleepwalk (Live) (3:11)
56. FBI (Live) (2:31)
57. Shazam (Live) (Take 2) (2:06)
58. Guitar Boogie (Live) (Take 2) (2:52)
59. Stranger On The Shore (Live) (2:17)
60. The Frightened City (Live) (2:27)
61. Man Of Mystery (Live) (2:02)
62. Nivram (Live) (3:09)
63. Do You Want To Dance (Live) (1:55)
64. Kon-Tiki (Live) (1:54)
65. Midnight (Live) (2:55)
66. Guitar Boogie (Live) (Take 3) (1:49)