Wonderful Land by The Virtual Shadows Tribute

[chtiburnsman]

[Zaanse Shadow]

Wow, this was fantastic, brilliant even. Well done Guys

Bye

Freddy

[abel]

Superb performance and recording!

Bravo to the band.

Blessings,
Abel

[Tigerdaisy]

Very well played and the muted bits! Well articulated.

[Uncle Fiesta]

I agree - the orchestral parts are magnificent!

Also pleased to see that you didn't take the volume right down during the muted bits. I always hate it when people do that, because the original doesn't.

[Bojan]

Great performance. I respect the Virtual Shadows very, very much!!

I only have two very minor criticisms, or I should say observations.

First, around 2:14 the rhythm guitarist is not playing the right chord sequence (in the muted part). He continues playing C Em F G even when he should be playing C G F G Em . . . (Bruce plays the chords in a different configuration, but that is not so important)

Second, the bassist is playing with his fingers (not even with his thumb), whereas Jet plays with a pick (and, at least in this song, always on the top of the neck using open strings), which does make a difference in the sound and was the main bass technique of the time.

As I said, this is very minor. The only reason I am mentioning it is because the Virtual Shadows are always very meticulous in their playing of Shadows songs.

Here is a video of the Shadows playing Wonderful Land

[dave robinson]

That's as good as I've heard lads - well done.

[scouserjoe2]

This is my all-time Shadows' favourite and I always think that it's a good number to use as a judge when comparing the overall early Shadows' sound in a cover against the original. 'Chiming' tones in the intro and a mellower sound in muted section are the elements I particularly look for and which are often missing in many covers. This is certainly one of the best I have heard and could certainly be mistaken for the original. A great individual backing track too. Most impressed. These boys can be guaranteed to produce some excellent material.

Cheers,

Ian