Post by TonyL on Aug 28, 2010 10:23:39 GMT
Most members here seem to be after “That Sound”, but which one? The early original sound, the more modern (more polished??) sound or......
As “she who must be obeyed” has been away in the UK for a few weeks I’ve taken the opportunity to play through my Shads, and Hank, collection of LPs (which in the past have been copied to tape and now CD).
I started at the beginning with “The Shadows” and worked my way through the years.
I now find that although I still like the “original” sound of the late fifties/early sixties (if only for the nostalgia of those days) I do prefer the more modern sound. I find the early sound a bit raw and in some cases Hank’s guitar a bit thin.
Obviously these days there is a lot more post recording processing carried out than there was in the old days, what with Hank recording his part in Oz, Bruce and Brian doing there bits separately somewhere in the UK and someone (Warren?) stitching it altogether somewhere else, but part of the Shadows claim to fame in the old days was that they were one of the few (if not the only) groups who sounded that same on stage as they did on vinyl. Even now the sound is pretty close.
So we have the original and modern sounds but what about the or......
When I got to the early 1970s I came to 2 very different albums.
First “Shades of rock” from 1970. If it wasn’t for the cover stating that it is a Shadows recording and the unmistakable style of Hank’s playing there is nothing Shadows like about the album, neither the sound nor the fact that there is no mention of their names on the cover, all you have is a “greaser” on a motor bike (could be Bruce I suppose).
The second, even more way out sound comes on the 1973 album “Rocking with curly leads”. This time there is a picture of the group on the cover and inside, and it was obviously done in the days of Marvin, Welch and Farrar with Brian on the drums and Alan Tarney on bass. What is even more strange about this album is that out of the 12 tracks, 10 of them were written by the Shads.
So what sound are we after, original, modern or early (and certainly different) 70's.
I think that anyone with an effects box with Charlie's patches is 70% of the way there whichever era they are after and this is good enough for me. I haven't got the patience, or money, to get that extra 20% that most members seem to be after. Note I didn't say extra 30% as I think the final 10% is down to the way Hank plays and I defy anyone, if it was possible, to walk on stage take Hank's guitar off him and get the same sound as he does.
As “she who must be obeyed” has been away in the UK for a few weeks I’ve taken the opportunity to play through my Shads, and Hank, collection of LPs (which in the past have been copied to tape and now CD).
I started at the beginning with “The Shadows” and worked my way through the years.
I now find that although I still like the “original” sound of the late fifties/early sixties (if only for the nostalgia of those days) I do prefer the more modern sound. I find the early sound a bit raw and in some cases Hank’s guitar a bit thin.
Obviously these days there is a lot more post recording processing carried out than there was in the old days, what with Hank recording his part in Oz, Bruce and Brian doing there bits separately somewhere in the UK and someone (Warren?) stitching it altogether somewhere else, but part of the Shadows claim to fame in the old days was that they were one of the few (if not the only) groups who sounded that same on stage as they did on vinyl. Even now the sound is pretty close.
So we have the original and modern sounds but what about the or......
When I got to the early 1970s I came to 2 very different albums.
First “Shades of rock” from 1970. If it wasn’t for the cover stating that it is a Shadows recording and the unmistakable style of Hank’s playing there is nothing Shadows like about the album, neither the sound nor the fact that there is no mention of their names on the cover, all you have is a “greaser” on a motor bike (could be Bruce I suppose).
The second, even more way out sound comes on the 1973 album “Rocking with curly leads”. This time there is a picture of the group on the cover and inside, and it was obviously done in the days of Marvin, Welch and Farrar with Brian on the drums and Alan Tarney on bass. What is even more strange about this album is that out of the 12 tracks, 10 of them were written by the Shads.
So what sound are we after, original, modern or early (and certainly different) 70's.
I think that anyone with an effects box with Charlie's patches is 70% of the way there whichever era they are after and this is good enough for me. I haven't got the patience, or money, to get that extra 20% that most members seem to be after. Note I didn't say extra 30% as I think the final 10% is down to the way Hank plays and I defy anyone, if it was possible, to walk on stage take Hank's guitar off him and get the same sound as he does.
