| Master-No: | 21 940 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Country: | GER |
| Release Date: | 1961-9 |
| Artist: | Shadows |
| A-Side: | Kon-Tiki |
| B-Side: | 36-24-36 |
| Beschreibung: | Composer A: Michael Carr
Length: 1:53 Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 510 Composer B: Bruce Welch - Hank Marvin - Jet Harris - Tony Meehan Length: 1:39 Matrix No: 7 XCA 25 678 Location: Abbey Road Studios, London Recording Date: 1961-01-27 + 1961-05-25 Musicians: Hank Marvin (lg) Bruce Welch (rg) Jet Harris (bg) Tony Meehan (drms) from: A pocket Guide to Shadow Music - Malcolm Campbell This track (Joe Brown played lead guitar on the demo submitted to the group) had been recorded before the previous A-side, [26] THE FRIGHTENED CITY, the latter released in April to tie in with the film (though there was no Shadows’ involvement in that). It was now KON-TIKI’s hour, and it fared better in chart terms. It came from the pen of veteran writer Michael Carr, proving that old ’uns could still write good ’uns. It was one of a number of tunes written in celebration of the tiny balsawood raft that transported Norwegian anthropologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl on a 6,000 kilometre journey from Peru to Polynesia in 1947. The dramatic opening featured Tony Meehan on tympani with thunderous kettledrum overdubs, which burst out again in later passages. Jet played some almost funky bass figures against Hank and Bruce’s jangly guitar patterns offset against some chord progression sequences. A very rich, full sound. It is well known that Hank produced a mistake at 1:05 in the recording used for release. After the 1989 Polydor re-recordings Bruce commented “We only corrected a few of the nastier things like Hank’s duff note in KON-TIKI”. Some sources claim that the flipside title (reflecting the contemporary perception of the ideal female’s vital statistics; the working title was a rather dull ‘X-Y-Z’!) refers to a young secretary in Peter Gormley’s office. More recently Jet Harris has stated that the young lady concerned was a former girlfriend of his. Whoever the girl was, she inspired a jaunty track featuring Jet’s bass ostinato prominently. The number was professedly the group’s answer (an elegant one, without intrusive exclamations) to The Champs’ short and snappy ‘Tequila’, a USA No.1/ UK No.5 in 1958. In addition, an early favourite of the Shadows (played on Radio Luxembourg/BBC Radio, see Appendices 2/3) was CERVEZA. It was not an original number but it gave prominence to Jet’s bass playing. The advent of the similarly styled (but self-penned) [29] 36-24-36 a little while later illustrates that the group were quickly learning the financial tricks of the trade. Never a stage-favourite, it figured somewhat unexpectedly in The Final Tour of 2004/2005, with Hank improvising winningly from performance to performance. Forty or more years on, the melody is used by guitar teachers as an exacting exercise for would-be bassists! |
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