The Shadows - On Screen (1969)

Being an instrumental group, film and TV themes were always ripe for inclusion in The Shadows' repertoire, and over the years they had a number of hit singles with them, as well as including them on their albums and EP's. There have been a couple of attempts to compile these onto an album, but they never seemed to include all of the available tracks, and so I hope this one corrects that by taking all the film/TV themes and songs from films that they recorded in the 60's, and putting them onto one album. You should recognise quite a few of them as they were massive hits for the band, but there are also some great tracks which were tucked away on their albums, and despite the origin of the music you can rest assured that the band made every one of them their own. 'Slaughter On 10th Avenue' is my own edit to remove the strident orchestral middle section which I felt overpowered the band and spoiled the listening experience.

Track listing

01 Man Of Mystery (from the Edgar Wallace film series 1960)
02 Theme From 'Giant' (1961)
03 Blue Star (Theme from 'The Medic' 1961)
04 The Frightened City (theme from 'Frightened City' 1961)
05 Theme From 'Shane' (1961)
06 Theme from 'The Boys' (1962)
07 Peace Pipe (from 'The Young Ones' 1962)
08 The Savage (from 'The Young Ones' 1962)
09 The Boys (from 'The Boys' 1962)
10 Theme For Young Lovers (from 'Wonderful Life' 1964)
11 Tonight (from 'West Side Story' 1964)
12 The Main Theme From 'Rhythm & Greens' (1964)
13 The High And The Mighty (theme from 'The High And The Mighty' 1964)
14 'Thunderbirds' Theme (from the TV show 1966)
15 'Zero X' Theme (from 'Thunderbirds' TV show 1966)
16 Lara's Theme (theme from 'Dr. Zhivago' 1967)
17 Slaughter On 10th Avenue (from 'Slaughter On 10th Avenue' 1969)