by drakula63 » 02 Nov 2019, 12:10
I'm sure it's been discussed here already... but I find it incredible that EMI went to the trouble and expense of recording a live concert in 1967 and then didn't release it. Why?!!! I'll assume that in addition to the six tracks on this acetate, the rest of the concert also exists in a similar format?
To be honest, if I had the money, I would have happily paid £600+ for the original acetate. When you think about what it is, it's probably easily worth that.
I would hope that the whole concert (if recorded) will find its way out one day.
RECORD FOR SALE: ARTIST: THE SHADOWS. TITLE: "THE SHADOWS LIVE IN JAPAN"
TRACKS: "BOMBAY DUCK, MARY ANNE, LITTLE BITTY TEAR, GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME, FOOT TAPPER, SHADOOOGIE"
FORMAT: SIX-TRACK, ONE-SIDED, STEREO, 12-INCH, 33rpm, LACQUER ON METAL ACETATE FROM 1967. RECORDED LIVE ON TOUR IN JAPAN IN 1967, POSSIBLY TOKYO ON THE 24TH OF JUNE 1967, WITH THE CLASSIC LINE UP OF HANK MARVIN, BRIAN BENNETT, BRUCE WELCH AND JOHN ROSTILL. THE RECORDING WAS MADE BY COLUMBIA FOR A PLANNED 'LIVE IN JAPAN' ALBUM THAT DID NOT MATERIALISE IN 1967. THE 'LIVE IN JAPAN AT SANKEI HALL' IN 1969 IS FROM A DIFFERENT TOUR AND WITH A DIFFERENT LINE UP, AND IS FAR INFERIOR TO THIS SET, WHICH BRISTLES WITH POP PERFECTION. MATRIX NUMBERS: . COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: UNITED KINGDOM.
CONDITION: CONDITION/LABEL: VERY GOOD++/NEAR EXCELLENT. LABEL CONDITION GRADED ON A 1-10 SCALE: 8. CONDITION/VINYL: SIDE 1: VERY GOOD++/NEAR EXCELLENT. SIDE 2: VERY GOOD++/NEAR EXCELLENT. SIDE 1 GRADED ON A 1-10 SCALE: 8. SIDE 2 GRADED ON A 1-10 SCALE: 8.