Reading through a copy of July 1980 Record Collector (A Christmas present.) I came across a snippet
about the original demo for Apache. According to the article, the original demo was made by a guitarist named George Hesse.
and reportedly as good as the Shads final version. Good enough for Decca to want to release that version until Jerry Lordan insisted
it be the Shads version. Can anyone throw any light on this and does anyone know what happened to George Hesse?
incidentally, this Christmas present also included another old record collector with Shadows snippets and issue three of
New Candy Dancer (A Shadows Special.) my best present by a mile.
Norman