The Shadows

Last night, 1st Jan, Vernon Cornelius and his gang brought back memories of the good old days through their music. The Shadows (1958 - 1968) was the one group which teenagers those day wanted to emulate. The Shadows were formed from members of several late 1950s UK skiffle groups: The Newcastle-based "Railroaders" (and also The Five Chesternuts on Columbia Records) who supplied Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch; and The Vipers Skiffle Group (on Parlophone records) who supplied Jet Harris and Tony Meehan from London. The Shadows, although originally the live and recording backing band for Cliff Richard, were later marketed as an instrumental combo, following their explosive chart success with the Jerry Lordan composition "Apache".

Here are some of their classics. Please enjoy the classic guitar sounds of the 60s.

 

Atlantis (1963)

Apache (1960)
 

Man of Mystery (1960)

F.B.I.

	The Shadows - F.B.I. .mp3
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Ceronimo

	Shadows - Ceronimo .mp3
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Wonderful Land

Rise and Fall of Flingle Bunt

	Goran - Rise and Fall of Flingle Bunt .mp3
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	Goran - Back Home .mp3
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Shindig

House of The Rising Sun

"The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans. The most successful commercial version was recorded by the English rock group The Animals in 1964, which was a number one hit in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Canada.

Lyrics
There is a house in New Orleans,
They call the Rising Sun,
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
And God I know I'm one.

My mother was a tailor,
She sewed my new bluejeans,
My father was a gamblin man,
Down in New Orleans.

Now the only thing a gambler needs,
Is a suitcase and trunk,
And the only time he's satisfied,
Is when he's on a drunk.

Oh mother tell your children,
Not to do what I have done:
To spend your lifes in sin and misery,
In the house of the Rising Sun.

Well i got one foot on the platform,
The other foot on the train,
I'm going back to New Orleans,
To wear that ball and chain.

Well, there is a house in New Orleans,
They call the Rising Sun,
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
And god I know I'm one.

Version by Muse (2009)

The BEST version by The Animals (1964)

Version by The Beatles
 

Jimi Hendrix's instrumental version
 

The Ventures' instrumental version

Green Sleeves

Lyrics of Green Sleeves by Marianne FaithfullAlas, my love, you did me wrong,
to cast me out discourteously,
for I have loved you so long,
delighting in your very company.
Now if you intend to show me disdain,
don't you know it all the more enraptures me,
for even so I still remain your lover in captivity.

Green sleeves, you're all alone,
the leaves have fallen, the men have gone.
Green sleeves, there's no one home,
not even the Lady Green Sleeves

I sang my songs, I told my lies,
to lie between your matchless thighs.
And ain't it fine, ain't it wild
to finally end our exercise
Then I saw you naked in the early dawn,
oh, I hoped you would be someone new.
I reached for you but you were gone,
so lady I'm going too.

Green sleeves, you're all alone ...

Green sleeves, you're all alone,
the leaves have fallen, the men have all gone home.
Green sleeves, it's so easily done,
leaving the Lady Green Sleeves.

Marianne Faithfull 1964