| Master-No: | 21 761 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Country: | GER |
| Release Date: | 1960-9-13 |
| Artist: | Shadows |
| A-Side: | FBI |
| B-Side: | Midnight |
| Beschreibung: | Composer A: Peter Gormley
Length: Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 472 Composer B: Hank Marvin - Bruce Welch Length: Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 473 Location: Abbey Road Studios, London Date: 13.09.1960 Musicians: Hank Marvin (lg) Bruce Welch (rg) Jet Harris (bg) Tony Meehan (drms) from: A pocket Guide to Shadow Music - Malcolm Campbell Another change of style resulted in FBI. Early publicity shots, and sheet music, showed the group as Tommy-gun toting, card-sharping, mobsters. Hank admitted that, for a while, they were trying to cultivate a ‘meaner’ image, but their publicity agents were against it. The track was originally destined for the group’s staggeringly successful first EP. Whoever decided that it should be their next Single instead got it exactly right. FBI has been covered by many groups but few, if any, have equalled Bruce’s rapidly undulating rhythm patterns. Once again, powerful playing from Hank (especially in the wild middle-eight), ably supported by Jet and Tony. Although credited to Peter Gormley the track was actually written by Hank, Bruce and Jet at the former’s flat in Finchley. MIDNIGHT (written by Hank and Bruce) is a beautiful relaxing melody in similar vein to [42] SLEEPWALK, and was in fact written as a substitute for it when, after playing so many concerts, “we felt we’d played it to death” (Hank Marvin in a 1999 interview). Hank achieves a pure singing tone on the lead with sensitive unobtrusive accompaniment (but see note below!) including Tony’s wire-brushed drums. At one point, Cliff was keen for lyrics to be added to the melody so that he could record it too! — Ray Steer offers this Radio Luxembourg reminiscence: “I was living abroad between 1958 and 1965 and when I returned to the UK I listened to that station fairly often, and MIDNIGHT was the closing down theme at, well, midnight actually! Whether it had been used since its release in 1961, and whether it was used every night ..., I can’t say”. |
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