Shadows ƙungiyar dutsen kayan aiki ce ta Biritaniya. An kafa kungiyar a shekara ta 1958 a London. Da farko, mawakan sun yi a ƙarƙashin ƙirƙira na ƙirƙira The Five Chester Nuts da The Drifters. Sai a 1959 sunan The Shadows ya bayyana.
Wannan kusan ƙungiyar kayan aiki ɗaya ce wacce ta yi nasarar samun shahara a duniya. Shadows na ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin makada na dutse a duniya.
Tarihin halitta da abun da ke ciki na rukunin Shadows
Jadawalin farko na ƙungiyar sun haɗa da mawaƙa kamar haka:
- Hank Marvin (gitar jagora, piano, vocals);
- Bruce Welch (gitar rhythm);
- Terence "Jet" Harris (bass)
- Tony Meehan (percussion)
Abun da ke ciki ya canza daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, kamar yadda a cikin kowane rukuni. Mawaƙa biyu ne kawai suka rage daga asalin layin: Marvin da Welch. Wani memba na yanzu, Brian Bennett, yana tare da ƙungiyar tun 1961.
Duk ya fara a 1958. Sannan Hank Marvin da Bruce Welch sun fito daga Newcastle zuwa Landan a matsayin wani bangare na kungiyar Railroaders. Mawakan ba su koma ƙasarsu ba, amma sun shiga The Five Chester Nuts.
Sa'an nan furodusa Cliff Richard yana neman jagoran guitarist don jeri mai rakiyar. Ya so ya gayyaci Tony Sheridan don wannan rawar, amma ya zaɓi Hank da Bruce.
Terry Harris kuma ya taka leda a cikin The Drifters. A ƙarshen 1950s, Tony Meehan ya maye gurbinsa da Terry Smart. Don haka, an kammala matakin kafa wani matashin dutsen dutse.
Drifters galibi suna tare da Richard. Ba da daɗewa ba, sun fara yin rikodin ƴan ƴan zaman kansu na farko. Mawakan sun koyi cewa a {asar Amirka, akwai wata ƙungiya mai suna Drifters. Don kauce wa yiwuwar rikice-rikice, mutanen sun fara yin aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan mai suna The Shadows.
A karkashin sabon sunan, mawakan sun riga sun fara yin rikodin waƙoƙi da ƙarfi sosai. Duk da ayyukan, masu son kiɗa da taurin kai ba su lura da ƙoƙarin The Shadows ba.
Shaharar farko na The Shadows
Halin ƙungiyar ya canza lokacin da suka yi rikodin sigar murfin Jerry Lordan's Apache. Abun kiɗan ya ɗauki matsayi na 1st na ginshiƙi na Biritaniya. Tsawon makonni 6, waƙar ba ta bar matsayi na 1 na faretin da aka buga ba.
Tun daga wannan lokacin har zuwa tsakiyar 1960s, ƴan wasan ƙungiyar a kai a kai sun yi “fice” a cikin sigogin Burtaniya. Dogon wasan farko na kungiyar ya dauki matsayi na 1, amma hakan bai ceci kungiyar daga canje-canjen ma'aikata ba.
A 1961, Meehan ya bar kungiyar ba zato ba tsammani. Ba a maye gurbinsa da Brian Bennett ba. A cikin Afrilu 1962 Harris ya bar ƙungiyar kuma ya mika gitar bass ga Brian Locking. Bayan shekara guda, Brian ya bar ƙungiyar. Ya bar waka ne saboda ya shiga darikar addini.
John Rostill ya maye gurbin Brian ba da daɗewa ba, yana daidaita layin har zuwa 1968. A cikin wannan jeri, ƙungiyar ta faɗaɗa hotunan su da albam biyar. Duk da haka, mawakan sun ci gaba da raka Cliff Richard a rangadinsa.
Abin sha'awa, mawaƙa, tare da Richard, sun taka rawa a cikin fina-finai da dama, har ma da rikodin sauti na fina-finai. A cikin 1968, ƙungiyar ta gabatar da tarin Kafa 1958 don girmama shekaru goma.
Watsewar farko da haduwar Inuwar
Duk da karuwar shaharar mutane, halin da ake ciki a cikin kungiyar ya tabarbare. Rigingimu sun kai ga cewa a shekarar 1968 kungiyar ta balle. Amma wannan lamari ne na ɗan lokaci.
A cikin 1969, mawaƙa sun sake haɗuwa. Sun yi rikodin guda ɗaya da albam, kuma sun sami damar zuwa wuraren kide-kide a Ingila da Japan. Daga nan Hank da Brian suka ɗauki ayyukan solo, kuma Rostill ya tafi Tom Jones. Bayan 'yan shekaru, Bruce da Hank sun so yin wasa tare ba tare da yin amfani da sunan kirkira Shadows ba. John Farrar da Bennett sun haɗa su.
Membobin tawagar sun dogara da lambobin murya. Koyaya, masu son kiɗan ba su karɓi waƙoƙin waƙoƙin su ba kuma sun buƙaci kayan aikin gargajiya kamar Apache da FBI.
Mawakan sun ji bukatar magoya bayan aikinsu. Sun canza repertoire kuma sun sake fara yin wasan kwaikwayo a ƙarƙashin ƙaƙƙarfan sunan mai suna Shadows. Ba da daɗewa ba magoya baya sun karɓi sabon kundi na Rockin' With Curly Leads. Kundin ya buga saman goma.
Waƙar Bari Ni Zama Daya ta bayyana akan jadawalin kiɗan a karon farko cikin shekaru da yawa, tana ɗaukar matsayi na 12. A tsakiyar 1970s, Farrar ya bi ƙaunatacciyarsa Olivia Newton-John zuwa Amurka ta Amurka.
Sabbin membobi da yawon shakatawa na band
Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta cika da sabon memba - bassist Alan Tarney. A cikin 1977, ƙungiyar tana jiran samun nasara ta gaske tare da sakin EMI tari The Shadows 20 Golden Greats. An yi muhawara a lamba 1 a kan jadawalin gida. An sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 1 na kundin.
Tawagar ta tafi yawon shakatawa, amma ba tare da Tarney ba, amma tare da Alan Jones da Francis Monkman. Bayan barin wasan kwaikwayo, mawaƙan sun gabatar da sabon kundi, wanda ake kira Tasty.
Sabon kundin yana da sautin "mai nauyi". Duk da canje-canjen, tarin ba a son magoya baya da masu son kiɗa. Daga ra'ayi na kasuwanci, kundin ya zama "rashin nasara".
A cikin 1978, Shadows da Cliff Richard sun yi bikin babbar ranar tunawa. Sun shafe shekaru 20 suna kan mataki. Mawakan sun yi bikin wannan taron ne da wani wasan kwaikwayo a filin wasa na London Palladium. Cliff Hall mai maɓalli ya taimaka wa mawaƙa a wurin wasan kwaikwayo. Daga baya, mawakin ya kasance memba na kungiyar har tsawon shekaru 12.
Ƙarshen 1970s an yi masa alama da shekara ta gwajin kiɗa. Mawakan sun ƙara abubuwan disco a cikin sautin. Sakamakon aikin nasu shine waƙar Kar ku Kuka Ni Argentina. Nasarar ɗayan ya ƙara zuwa kundi na gaba, String of hits.
Shadows ya sanya hannu tare da Polydor
A farkon shekarun 1980, mawakan sun so su sayi haƙƙin kundi na farko daga EMI. Ƙoƙarin mayar da tarin ga kansu ya kai ga ƙarshen kwangilar tare da lakabin.
Mawakan sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da alamar Polydor. Ba da daɗewa ba aka cika hoton ƙungiyar da sabon kundi, Canjin Adireshi. Tarin ya samu karbuwa sosai daga masoya wakoki da masu sukar waka.
Wannan lokacin yana da alamar sigar murfin. Lokacin da mawakan suka dawo don yin wakokinsu kan Rayuwa a cikin daji, sai ya zama sun fi haka. A lokaci guda, an sami canje-canje a cikin abun da ke cikin rukuni. A ƙarshen 1980s, Alan Jones ya yi hatsarin mota. Mark Griffiths ya maye gurbinsa.
A farkon shekarun 1990, Bennett ya bar ƙungiyar. Ya yanke shawarar gane kansa a matsayin mawaki. Sakamakon haka, kungiyar ta rasa kasa a karkashin kafafunsu. Tawagar ta watse. Duk da haka, an ci gaba da fitar da tarin tarin abubuwa, amma, kash, shahararsa ba ta cikin tambaya.
A cikin 2003, Hank, Bruce da Brian, don jin daɗin magoya baya, sun sake haduwa kuma suka shirya rangadin bankwana. Wani lokaci mawakan suna fitowa a kan mataki, amma ba a cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar da sababbin kundi ba.
