Shadows Links across the World

This page is currently being re-constructed, 
Last revised: February 08, 2006.
Please let me know if any of these links fail.

Official website now on line

Brian Bennett's Official site
Very impressive site - regularly updated news, sound clips etc
Hawkshaw Music
Lots of info, sound clips etc from Alan Hawkshaw
Jet Harris Official Site
Nice site, not updated too frequently but has interesting pictures, sound clips etc and a list of Jet's gigs
Mo Foster/Primrose Hill Records
The Vibratos
Warren Bennett and Dick Plant making great instrumentals with plenty of Shadows influence!
Cliff Richard Organisation (CRO)
The Official site of Sir Cliff Richard

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John Panteny's Cliff & the Shadows collectors' pages

Terrific illustrated discographies - world wide releases

Brian's Drums
Brian Bennett appreciation site compiled by Phil Jarvis. Superb site (probably the best Shadows site currently on the Net). Essential viewing for any Shadows fan.
Bruce Welch Tribute Site
Compiled by Rune Moe - worth a visit despite the annoying Geocities pop-ups
Erich Boss’ Favorites
Erich's tributes to the Shadows, Cliff, Olivia and Duane
Ian Samwell
Site dedicated to the creator of MOVE IT
Malcolm Campbell's ShadowsSite
Author of the Fabulous series of Shadows discographies
Penumbra
John Campbell's collector site in New Zealand

Saluting the Shadows

Jan-Arne Flatby's Collectors site  in Norway
Shadowmaniacs
 
Interesting Shadows pages in French
Shadows Fan site

Caroline Firth's rapidly expanding site - news' pictures etc
The Penguin Biographies
Fleetwood Mac site with an interesting tribute to the Shadows influence
Tribute to the Shadows
by Henry Bengtssonn
Goran Tangring's backings
Free backing tracks, tabs and chords - a treasure trove for guitarists
Gunnar Angelsen's Shadows site
Great site in English and Norwegian  including complete Shadows tune list, and a lot of midis.
Have Fun with Music
Mathieu Laats site. Lots of Shads stuff and advice on recording your own instrumentals
Ian McCutcheon's Shadows Workouts
Details of all Ian's backing track CDs and tabs by Tony Clout
Music by Henry Bengtsson

Henry's midis, which include some Shadows tunes. This site is in Swedish, but I'm sure you will easily find the midis.
Play Shadows
Charles Decort's MP3 files
Steve Gibb
Award winning guitarist and composer. Can supply tabs for all the UB Hank and Casting a Shadow CDs
Trust Me Promotions
Joey Dee's backing tacks
The Shadows and Co
Comprehensive selection of Midi files, Shadows and other instrumental favourites
Sten's Vintage Electric Guitar Sounds XG-MIDI
The Shadows in Plain Text

tabs, chords, echoes and more...

MICROSOFT WEB COMMUNITY SITES
All of these sites have message boards, photo galleries etc where fans can swap information.
 
Shadow Music Community
the original Shadows Web Community, brainchild of David Martin. Not everybody  will get overly excited about the millisecond timings and wow and flutter of a 60's Binson echo unit or the joys of boiling your strings, but if you share a general interest in the music produced by The Shadows will find plenty of interest
Friends of the Shadows
MSN Community managed by Dave Robinson

Hank Marvin Community 
Read and discuss Hank Marvin.
Jet Harris Community Site
Managed by Ray Hurst on the Isle of Wight
Move It 1998 
Dutch and international Cliff and Shadows Community managed by Angelique von Söhsten.

Shaddicts

Community page of the North West Shadows Music Club
Shadows Club -Asia
Shadows Guitar Club East Yorkshire
Site managed by Richard Cowling
The Shadows are Here

Managed by Adrian Bartholemew
The Three Counties Shadows Music Club
Managed by Trevor Lyon
The Swiss Shadows 
Swiss Community for Shadows fans
zoom rfx2000 and other echoes
For the techies


Although there is no official Cliff Richard fan club, the International Cliff Richard Movement (ICRM) has gained the approval and co-operation of the Cliff Richard Organisation.

Cliff & The Shadows Club Italia
The Shaddicts

North West Shadows Music Club in the UK
Toronto Shadows Club
Big Jim Sullivan
Krew Kat lead guitar
Boots
Another Swedish instro band....... (page in Swedish)
Past Masters
Dave Robinson's award winning live band
"especially Cliff, The Shadows and Rock and Roll"
Matilda

talented 15 year old guitarist from France

Shadowmaniacs
French bands inspired by the Shadows
Guitar Syndicate
Belgian instrumentalists, played Shadowmania '99

Heartbeat Entertainment
(VJ King Jr)  
VJ is not the first nor, hopefully, will he be the last guitar player to have found inspiration from Hank Marvin / The Shadows music
The Hellecasters
The Light Valley Shadows
Another R/I band from Sweden
The Manatees
The Reflections
Band which opened Shadowmania
The Ryders Hemsida
Swedish group playing mostly Shadows-style music
The Rapiers
Top UK instrumental act
The Ventures
R/I band needing no introduction!
Zoe McCulloch
young female guitarist influenced by Hank. Includes MP3 files
 

A great place to buy Cliff & The Shadows collectibles. Pat & John Read's website is not just a platform for advertising merchandise. It is also a treasure trove of info on the current Cliff/ Shads scenes. Without doubt, Leo's are THE specialists for your Cliff and the Shadows requirements.

Bim-Bam Records
specialist in R/I music
Bob Pearman Books
UK based Bob specializes in Instrumental books - lots of guitar books!
(also he does trains and trams books on this site)
Instrumental Newsletter
Magic Records
great instrumental label
from France
Pipeline
Number 1 R/I magazine
Sackville Records/Chris Watts
Shadows style music - sample downloads available
Shadsfax
a bi-monthly fanzine. Published in York
Waffles Music
Warrens recording label
Zing Records
Jet Harris and Alan Jones material on CD and Video. Also releases by Tangent who do some great Shadows-style albums.
Burns London Guitars
Echoes from the past
echo system used by Hank on his recent tours
Kinman
Home of patented pickups for Stratocasters and Telecasters
Mustang Music
World Distributers of the UB Hank Backing Tracks
Oasis Musical Instruments Ltd
Shadowsland

Web site of "Sounds like the Shadows" programmed echo units. Also sell other equipment suited for playing Shadows music eg Stockton amps
VML
Easy Mute Tremelo system
Amp Heaven
Specialists in Vintage ampflifiers
Making Time
British Beat Groups of the Sixties
The Ultimate Band List
Randal Sheppard's
Sir Cliff Richard Page

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This page is still under construction, Last revised: February 08, 2006.
Please let me know if any of these links fail.