| Master-No: | 21 677 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Country: | GER |
| Release Date: | 1960-11-11 |
| Artist: | Shadows |
| A-Side: | Man Of Mystery |
| B-Side: | The Stranger |
| Beschreibung: | Composer A: Michael Carr
Length: 2:00 Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 369 Composer B: Bill Crompton - Morgan "Thunderclap" Jones Length: 2:40 Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 368 Location: Abbey Road Studios, London Recording Date: 1960-11-11 Musicians: Hank Marvin (lg) Bruce Welch (rg) Jet Harris (bg) Tony Meehan (drms) from: A pocket Guide to Shadow Music - Malcolm Campbell Veteran tunesmith Michael Carr, who penned MAN OF MYSTERY, had enjoyed a colourful life as a cowboy, actor and stuntman before turning his hand to songwriting. His previous successes included such classics as ‘We’re Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line’. This was The Shadows’ first piece from him: he also had a hand in their [28] KON-TIKI (1961), [56] THE BANDIT, [62] SOUTH OF THE BORDER (both 1962) and [106] THE MIRACLE (1964). He had written this particular melody as the theme for the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series (see above, Introduction to 1960), which was memorably introduced by the lugubrious Edgar Lustgarten. Notable for being recorded at the then haven of respectability Abbey Road Studios in the midnight hours, The Shadows’ arrangement was taken at a tremendous lick with Hank playing throughout on heavily tremoloed treble strings with a powerful display of barely controlled frenzy in the middle-eight. There was also a fluffed note in the solo, which has been so slavishly copied by the group’s numerous imitators that nowadays Hank still has to play the ‘incorrect’ note to make the solo ‘correct’! THE STRANGER (working title: ‘Paleface’) is an elegant piece: it contrasted well, with a slower tempo in a broadly ‘Western’ vein, being recorded at around the same time as [17] THEME FROM SHANE/ [19] THEME FROM GIANT (see under 1961) etc. It was written by two musician friends from their days at the ‘Two Is’: pianist Jones and Crompton “were around the Soho area in the late fifties” (Trev Faull), ‘Thunderclap’ having recorded a few instrumentals (example: ‘Hurricane Boogie’!!) in 1956/57. It was the team’s second high-ranking chart success of the year, Craig Douglas having earlier netted a No.10 with their ‘Heart Of A Teenage Girl’. |
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