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"Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded and released as a single by The Shadows in February 1962. It stayed at number one for eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart , a feat only Elvis Presley (in 1960), the Shadows and the Archies (in 1969) managed in the whole of the 1960s.
QE2 is the sixth studio album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 on Virgin Records.The album was named after the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.. The album contained both original Oldfield compositions as well as two cover versions of pieces recorded by other bands ("Arrival" by ABBA and "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows).
It is from the album QE2. In many countries the Shadows cover, "Wonderful Land", was the A-side, while the B-side was "Sheba". Vocals on "Sheba" were performed by Maggie Reilly, and drum parts were played by Phil Collins; Oldfield plays all other instruments. The lyrics to "Sheba" are simply vocalisations set to the backing track.
The solo discography of British rock group the Shadows consists of 21 studio albums, five live albums, 25 EPs and 67 singles.They are known for having been the backing group for Cliff Richard in the 1950s and 1960s; however, they were also extremely successful without Richard, and had several number-one hits, notably their first "Apache" in 1960.
Some album covers prove controversial due to their titles alone. When the Sex Pistols released Never Mind The Bollocks…in 1977, a record shop owner in Nottingham named Chris Searle was arrested ...
The songs from the album were recorded in this order: "Gonzales" – recorded 26 October 1960 "Baby My Heart" – recorded 27 January 1961 "Find Me a Golden Street" – recorded 27 January 1961 "Theme From a Filleted Place" – recorded 1 June 1961 "Blue Star" – recorded 18 February 1961 "Shadoogie" – recorded 20 April 1961
Lordan's first marriage was in 1963 to Petrina Forsyth who (credited as Petrina Lordan) wrote the Shadows hit "A Place in the Sun" (1966) and also, with Hank Marvin, "Love, Truth and Emily Stone" for Cliff Richard on his album Tracks 'n Grooves (1970). [6] [7] His second marriage was to Claudine Albus/Hammerschmidt in 1980. [8]
The Brazilian edition of the album contains the live version of "Oh l'amour" as track 6. The US version drops the tracks "Push Me Shove Me" and "Pistol" and adds "March on Down the Line" which was originally the B-side to "Oh l'amour" in the UK (and also appeared in a remixed form as a CD bonus track on the UK version of the album). The CD ...