Tuesday 1 November 2011

The Shadows and other early memories.


I’ve had these twangy tunes going on in my head all day………no idea why but thought I should share. When I was about 11 my dad arrived home with a record deck just like the one above and a few old Shadows 45 singles. That summer he took my sister and I to see ‘Summer Holiday’ at the cinema. Up until then the only cinema I had been to was the sixpenny Saturday morning cinema where we saw things like The Lone Ranger or Rin tin tin.

The Shadows - Apache



The Shadows - Wonderful Land


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12 comments:

  1. J T1 November 2011 at 15:34

    They replay the old radio shows on the weekends in south dakota and north dakota am radio stations

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  2. Ramya (mel)1 November 2011 at 15:48

    I used to play records over and over again to write down the words and learn the tunes. What simpler times those were.

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  3. bennett ~1 November 2011 at 16:05

    Wow - that song Apache! I don't know when I first heard it but it immediately grabbed me and was my favorite. My brother and I and his friends and girlfriends would go riding along and sometimes that song would come on the radio. What great memories. I lost the song until Napster and then I downloaded it and now I can hear it whenever I want and I can be a teenager with all the joys and sorrows of that age. Thank you so much!!

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  4. Frank S1 November 2011 at 17:21

    Oh my, The Shadows and Apache, marvelous memories. Now I'm remembering all of the great solely instrumental groups of the late 50's and 60's.....and their songs, treasures to be sure. Just found The Ventures - "Knock Me Out" and "Walk Don't Run."

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  5. Mitchy LR2 November 2011 at 01:08

    I had on old 'Dansette' rcord-player just like that one, too!! I loved The Shadows records, Apache was one of my faves. Wonderful memories!!

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  6. Brenda B2 November 2011 at 02:25

    Great classics, especially 'Apache' and great memories too.

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  7. nemo 4sun2 November 2011 at 02:36

    my sis had a record player just like that

    :)

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  8. Catherine Armant2 November 2011 at 02:53

    A wonderful post dear Loretta.

    Marvelous memories indeed ...

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  9. J T2 November 2011 at 03:05

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  11. Catherine Armant2 November 2011 at 04:05

    Thank you very much dear John.

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  12. J T2 November 2011 at 04:07

    go to my latest post and I added links.........

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