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drakula63 wrote:Sadly, my version is the bog standard black vinyl. Only joking! It is black vinyl, but the whole item is in virtually mint condition and I got it for a fairly reasonable price, considering its scarcity. There is a red vinyl version for sale somewhere, but a bit more than I wanted to pay. To have it in such a great condition, in the gatefold sleeve with the poster still attached is something I am very happy about!
I actually saw the gatefold version just once before and that was at Alan Hawkshaw's house, late 2012, I think. I can't remember now whether his copy was red vinyl or not... but I'll hazard a guess that it was. Actually I don't think I took it out to look! There's actually some video footage shot in his studio control room and in the background you can actually see me having a quick look through his records!
Anyway, 50 years ago today... although I suspect that in Japan they are already in tomorrow. A great album, underrated, and certainly not one to be dismissed as casually as some seem to.
Here's a video frame-grab, from about 7 years ago. At my request, Alan actually played the theme from 'Exodus' on his keyboard. It was a great experience. That's me top left - minus my head! (The other vidcap. the one above it, is in the control room part of the studio. In the background you can see Alan's albums on the shelf, behind the huge Synclavier tower. He had all his library albums in there and they were all numbered. So somewhere in that lot is 'The Shadows "Live" at Sankei Hall' - October 12th, 1969.)
Fenderman wrote:Is this possibly the first coloured vinyl release?
iefje wrote:Fenderman wrote:Is this possibly the first coloured vinyl release?
I don't when the very first coloured vinyl release appeared by any artist, but this was not the first one by The Shadows. Two years ealier, in November 1967, the album "The Shadows In Japan" was released, featuring eight tracks from the "From Hank, Bruce, Brian And John" album and the four 'Japanese' tracks. This one was also pressed on transparent red vinyl.
UlrichS wrote:iefje wrote:Fenderman wrote:Is this possibly the first coloured vinyl release?
I don't when the very first coloured vinyl release appeared by any artist, but this was not the first one by The Shadows. Two years ealier, in November 1967, the album "The Shadows In Japan" was released, featuring eight tracks from the "From Hank, Bruce, Brian And John" album and the four 'Japanese' tracks. This one was also pressed on transparent red vinyl.
The use of coloured vinyl started in the USA with the 7" 45 rpm singles when different colours were used for different music categories, but this stopped in the 1950s. In the early 1960s Storyville singles from Denmark were pressed in various colours.
Shadowswise all singles and albums from the 1960s had an initial pressing on transparent red vinyl (a few thousand copies) and if there was enough demand following pressings were made on black vinyl.
The only Shadows 1960s album I am unsure regarding the red vinyl is their very first Japanese release "What's Mysterious Sound" (ZL 3514) of which I have never seen a red vinyl copy.
The "Live At Sankei Hall" (OP-8863, 25. March 1970) album was the second last on red vinyl only followed by the compilation "The Shadows Golden" (OP-9709, mid 1970).
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