Shadows Workout

Many thanks for purchasing my latest workout.

I have this time incorporated a mixture of Shadows and related titles together with a few unusual, and I hope, appealing ideas.

On the Shadows side I have recorded "Hats Off To Wally" and "Cowboy Cafe" which both gave Dave a bit of a hoot on the piano, plus "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" on which you can, if you wish, play a gentle bit of slide guitar.

In the Hank Marvin area I have recorded a backing track for the "Sleepwalk (Live)" version that Hank used to feature on his tours.

I thought it was now about time that I recorded some backing tracks for some of Jet's great six-string bass titles and have included "The Man With The Golden Arm" which again gives Dave a real blast on the keyboards and the 60's track "Big Bad Bass".

This was the point at which I decided to try a few different ideas. I have recorded a backing track for the George Fenton theme music from the old TV series "Bergerac". I always thought that piece of music to be extremely clever and something that could be applied as a complete guitar instrumental with the sax solo being replaced by a guitar improvisation - see what you think - I believe it works.

Other alternative ideas I have pursued are the Ventures version of "El Cumbanchero" which was recently suggested to me, the Les Reed Combo version of "Spanish Armada" of which I have recorded various alternative backing tracks so you can decide on which part or parts you wish to play. Finally I have recorded a backing track for the 70's hit "Morning Dance". This, as many of you will remember, was originally played on a sax (the name of the band was Spyro Gyra). I have replaced the sax with electric guitar and included a mix without the keyboard solos if you wish to make a guitar version of the whole thing. I know I say this every time but again my eternal thanks go to Dave Prickett for his unending keyboard skills and unswerving attention to detail in the recording of these CDs. Well I suppose I had better go and plan the next CD. I've just realised that will be Workout number 20 - perhaps I should think about planning a party!

Ian