Rockin' with Curly Leads

If The Shadows were going for a more up to date yet highly nostalgic instrumental pop beat, they truly succeeded on Rockin’ With Curly Leads. Released after a three year layoff, following the death of long time Shadows bassist John Rostill, the first ever solo album by Shadows founder/guitarist Hank B. Marvin and the joining of bass guitarist John Farrar, the disc offers a great crossection of riff-heavy rock and soaring pop ballads as only the The Shadows could invent. True to their roots as England’s greatest instrumental covers band, there’s also covers of The Beach Boys 'Good Vibrations' and a rousing, set-opening 'Pinball Wizard'. Never issued in the U. S., this recent EMI U. K. reissue of Rockin’ With Curly Leads is the first ever release by the the band’s parent company. 2005.