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Shadows Workout CD22+

This has been a completely different project. I recorded all of these tracks during the "lockdown" and because of this without Dave on keyboards, but he will be back on my future CDs.

At the beginning of the lockdown I realised amongst cancelled gigs and a limited social life that I had some extra time to experiment and it gave me the idea of putting together some original arrangements. I hope you like my ideas.

It would have been incorrect for me to use the name "Shadows" in the title of this CD as I have actually not covered any Shadows tracks. However, the new arrangements are in a "Shadows" style.

I have put together arrangements for "The William Tell Overture", "THe Munsters Theme", "Tuxedo Junction", "Soul Bossa Nova", "Smooth Operator" and "Can't Help Falling in Love".

My version of "Desafinado" is based on the Coleman Hawkins version from the 1960s.

The remaining three tracks are taken from a long list of requests. These are Duane Eddy's "The Quiet Three", which is a nice easy piece to play, "Should I" by the String-A-Longs, and "Gypsy Beat" by the Packabeats, all from the 1960s.

If you like the new arrangements I have recorded, I hopefully will produce a similar CD very shortly which will, of course, include Dave on Keyboards.

List of tracks on Workout CD 22:
 

  1. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE - Demonstration Track.

  2. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE - Backing Track
    (plus 2nd guitar).

  3. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE - Backing Track.

  4. THEME FROM "THE MUNSTERS" - Demonstration Track.

  5. THEME FROM "THE MUNSTERS" - Backing Track.

  6. DESAFINADO - Demonstration Track.

  7. DESAFINADO - Backing Track (plus 2nd guitar).

  8. DESAFINADO - Backing Track.

  9. TUXEDO JUNCTION - Demonstration Track.

  10. TUXEDO JUNCTION - Backing Track.

  11. SOUL BOSSA NOVA - Demonstration Track.

  12. SOUL BOSSA NOVA - Backing Track (plus 2nd guitar).

  13. SOUL BOSSA NOVA - Backing Track

  14. THE QUIET THREE - Demonstration Track.

  15. THE QUIET THREE - Backing Track.

  16. SMOOTH OPERATOR - Demonstration Track.

  17. SMOOTH OPERATOR - Backing Track (plus 2nd guitar).

  18. SMOOTH OPERATOR - Backing Track.

  19. SHOULD I - Demonstration Track.

  20. SHOULD I - Backing Track (plus 2nd guitar).

  21. SHOULD I - Backing Track.

  22. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - Demonstration Track.

  23. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - Backing Track
    (plus 2nd guitar).

  24. CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE - Backing Track.

  25. GYPSY BEAT - Demonstration Track.

  26. GYPSY BEAT - Backing Track.

The William Tell Overture
Theme from The Munsters
Desafinado
Tuxedo Junction
Soul Bossa Nova
The Quiet Three
Smooth Operator
Should I
Can't Help Falling In Love
Gypsy Beat

Echo Settings:

Title
Pickup
Q2/Q20
Zoom RFX2000/2200
G7.1ut
Hall & Collins
The William Tell Overture
Bridge & Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Theme from The Munsters
Bridge / Bridge & Neck
0-37
21
U2-3
39
Desafinado
Neck / Reverb on Acoustic Guitar
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Tuxedo Junction
Neck / Bridge & Neck / Reverb on Acoustic Guitar
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Soul Bossa Nova
Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11
The Quiet Three
Bridge & Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Smooth Operator
Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Should I
Bridge & Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11
Can't Help Falling In Love
Bridge / Bridge & Middle
0-27
18
U3-1
34
Gypsy Beat
Bridge + Neck
1-66
45
U9-2
11

Musicians:
 

  • Ian McCutcheon - Lead guitar, acoustic guitars, bass guitar, guitar synthesizer, drum programming.

  • Dave Prickett - Keyboards.


Equipment used:
 

  • 40th Anniversary "Hank Marvin" Fender Stratocaster (no 35) (kindly loaned by Michael Sillett).

  • KCP Marvin Amplifier.

  • Alesis Q2 and Zoom RFX2000 with EFTP programs.

  • Various Yamaha and Taylor acoustic guitars.

  • Fender Jazz Bass.

  • Roland GR55 Guitar Synthesizer.

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Cover Design:
 

  • Bob Saunders and Ian McCutcheon.


Produced by:
 

  • Ian McCutcheon.


Special thanks to the following for their support:
 

  • Charlie Hall, Pete Alden, Tony Hoffman, Trevor Byford ("Friends Of The Shadows Guitar Club" Tel: 01702 337075), Ian Harper ("East Yorkshire Shadows Guitar Club" Tel: 01723 366811), Warwick Shadows Guitar Club Tel: 01926 882762, Jenny and Derek Spicer, Jim and Margaret Butler, Brian Bowman, Lee Argent, Kevin Wooten, Phil Wolstenholme, Bernard Broche, Richard Dubber, Dave Moore, Dick West, Alan Taylor, Michael Sillett.

  • Tony Clout (Producer of the music and tab for the "Shadows Workout" CDs) Website: http://www.tabman.co.uk

  • John Stallard - Cubby Hole Studio (videoclips etc) Tel: 01789 555750.

  • Tim Kelsall (Manager at Express Music, Coventry) Tel: 02476 635766 Website: http://www.expressmusicstore.co.uk

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