Check this guy out.

[GoldenStreet]

At various points throughout, the sound of the plectrum against the apparently unamplified strings can be heard, particularly near the end at 1.50, which suggests to me it cannot be a genuinely reproduced sound performance.

Bill

[Tone]

......... Dave - can the Shazam app differentiate between an original and a very close copy?

Cheers.

Tony

Not always. A while ago I tested it against some of the recording made by Robby Januarsa ("Suaragitar" on Youtube). On some of his recordings, it identified them as Shadows originals until a certain part of the recording gave the game away, and on one (Man of Mystery I think) it was fooled completely. Probably says more about Robbys standard of playing than any shortcomings with the app though.

Cliff

Thanks for that, Cliff.

Interesting thread!

[AlanMcKillop]

In a number of his videos, he states that he is playing along with original tracks, which he claims allows him to get close to the original sound.

[JimN]

...I was trying to work out which of The Shadows' versions of Wonderful Land that he could have been working with from which he might have simply removed the lead and was using as a BT. I was trying to listen for the tom-tom overdub that is only available on the original mono recording. It is near impossible to produce a BT by extracting the lead from that particular version, so if I could have detected the version he was using then it might have confirmed its lack of authenticity as a genuine original piece of work. However I was unable to decide.
Ian

See what you think of the Shadows' version at https://youtu.be/qdz9rav0h6I

JN

[fenderplucker]

Hello Ian,

PM sent.

Paul.

[scouserjoe2]

Jim,
Most interesting .. must investigate closer.

Paul,
Have replied by PM.

Cheers,

Ian

[Tigerdaisy]

It sounds as though he's playing along to the complete original Shadows version, so with Hank's lead guitar sound present. I very much doubt if he reproduces Hank's exact echoing guitar effect of the original single version. It sounds too perfect to me.

Yes, I also have listened to WL many many times over the years and without a doubt you're mostly hearing the original Shadows track here, with this guy's playing very lightly layered over.

[petercreasey]

The big difference for me here is that when HBM played Wonderful Land( or anything else for that matter) he looked as though he was enjoying it !!!

[nivramarvin]

At various points throughout, the sound of the plectrum against the apparently unamplified strings can be heard, particularly near the end at 1.50, which suggests to me it cannot be a genuinely reproduced sound performance. - Bill

The microphone of his camcorder recorded the original music from the speakers and his plectrum noises. The washed-out overall sound of his video is based on this.

[dave robinson]

In the end as far as I'm concerned he fools nobody, but there's been a lot of time wasted discussing. Life's too short.