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Arpeggio wrote:After years of searching I finally tracked down a USA only CD ("The Best Of Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas") from waaaayyy back in 1991. The attraction for me was the mixing into stereo (by Ron Furmanek - from the original master tapes) for the very first time of 16 of the 25 tracks. So far so.....etc. The previously unreleased "I'm In Love" (Lennon - McCartney) features about a minute or so of studio chat / banter (including John Lennon who was present at the session) as Billy J gamely tried to capture a reasonable vocal 'take'. Meanwhile lead guitarist Mike Maxfield can distinctly be heard (just off mic) 'noodling' around with little riffs / breaks / fills from "I'm In Love". After a couple of 'breakdowns' and while Billy J chats to both John Lennon and George Martin, Mike (as this was the 32nd take!!!!!) clearly getting a bit bored suddenly breaks into "Theme From A Filleted Place"!! It's only a few seconds (& Robin MacDonald can be heard humming along in harmony) - but there's no mistaking it!! Not surprsingly, both Mike & Robin were big Shadows fans. Really obscure bit of trivia & that track is only available on the far from common USA CD (EMI CDP - 7 - 96055 - 2). Just great if you want to hear "D Y W T K A Secret?", "Bad To Me" and "I'll Keep You Satisfied" in stereo. Just thought that someone might find the extremely tenuous Shadows connection interesting.

Rob