THE SHADOWS/HITS RIGHT UP YOUR STREET 2442 194 (-81) SCANDINAVIA

 The combo's fourteenth LP. Mainly a cover album, doing stuff by John Lennon, Rod Stewart, ABBA, Shakin' Stevens, Ennio Morricone, Anton Karas and The Tornados among others. Don't know how it sold world wide, but it did very ok on home turf, peaking at #15 on the UK chart. To my taste a good choice of covers, mixing pop wonders like "Sailing", "Telstar", "Imagine", "The Winner Takes It All" and "This Old House" with other genre classics as "The Third Man", "Misty" and "Chi Mai". The audio and balance are tophole all through giving a caressing experience. Smooth as a baby's butt without any dirt or thrill. I guess some would call it muzak and just dismiss, while most Shadows fans probably just will see it as another good outcome in a long line of albums. To me it's not their best effort and not one to sit down and listen closely to, but a nice and sufficing background to this retiree's reading, crossword puzzles or occational cleaning. Originally issued on vinyl and/or cassette all over Europe, Downunder, South Africa, Japan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. UK 1992 CD on Pickwick Music (PWKS 4106). First Scandinavian  had label as shown here in a thin fully laminated cover.  (CCÖ*)  (CXÄ*)