Uncle Fiesta wrote:Why did anyone imagine that the kids who bought 'Look-In' would want to read about the Shadows?
Funnily enough, there was suddenly HUGE interest in the Shadows (from just about all age groups) at the time of the release of 20 Golden Greats in February 1977.
To this day, I remember how just about every other person I knew at the time (including the aforementioned 'Ginny') had this album. I did several copies for people at school (sorry!) and I can even remember ringing people up and actually hearing the album playing in the background. It was very strange. Seriously, there was a huge amount of interest at the time. I don't suppose it lasted for more than a few months, but I can see why Look-in featured them... for much the same reason that they appeared on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop one Saturday morning and I remember one of my sister's friends, a lad who can't have been older than 10, watching and saying "That's MY kind of music!"
It was a phenomenon. And, of course, at aged 13, The Shadows 20 Golden Greats was the FIRST pop/rock album I ever bought!
Somewhere online, you can find a scan of this particular issue of Look-in. There was a competition in it to win a copy of 20GG. I entered, but didn't win. Oh well.