How many tracks recorded by The Drifters/ Shadows were released on officially authorised record labels?
In this question, the terms "recorded" and "released" taken together signify that a track recorded and officially released, then re-recorded and officially released, is included twice (e.g. APACHE recorded for EMI then subsequently for Polydor has separate entries). Once each primary recording is listed, however, any other form of that recording (as FBI USA Edit, KON-TIKI Brazil Edit,the Spanish concoction APACHE MIX, the Green Mountain Remix of WONDERFUL LAND) are not given separate entries, with the exception of some important widely distributed primary UK releases (see 327; 383; 407 + 408 + 504; 441).
Stereo versions, which often appear long after their mono counterparts, are naturally not given distinct entries, any more than are stereo remixes concocted long after the appearance of the originals, or the fashionable "undubbed" tracks, merely the source-material for the fully developed "proper" versions. If you consider that every known variant should be included then you will find a total of 736 items credited to The Drifters/ Shadows in the CD Guide 2005.
The "officially authorised record labels" include Columbia, EMI, Polydor and Universal, as well as fully legitimised licensees such as Eagle Rock for the Final Tour set. The 14 tracks itemised in CD Guide 2005 p.51 from the Fremus Dakota and Atlantis CDs, issued in Italy with that particular government's consent, but not with the various licensees' consent, and banned after a short while, do not come into the reckoning here.
The 572 entries presented here reflect precisely the classification adopted in A Pocket Guide To Shadow Music by Malcolm Campbell, Rob Bradford and Les Woosey.
1959 (10)
- FEELIN' FINE
- DON'T BE A FOOL (WITH LOVE)
- JET BLACK Live
- DRIFTIN' Live
- BE-BOP-A-LULA Live
- CHINCHILLA
- JET BLACK Studio Version
- DRIFTIN' Studio Version
- SATURDAY DANCE
- LONESOME FELLA
1960 (5)
- BONGO BLUES
- APACHE
- QUATERMASSTER'S STORES
- MAN OF MYSTERY
- THE STRANGER
1961 (31)
- MUSTANG
- THEME FROM 'SHANE'
- SHOTGUN
- THEME FROM 'GIANT'
- F.B.I.
- MIDNIGHT
- FBI Live S Africa
- GUITAR BOOGIE Live S Africa
- SLEEPWALK Live S Africa
- SHAZAM! Live S Africa
- THE FRIGHTENED CITY
- BACK HOME
- KON-TIKI
- 36-24-36
- SHADOOGIE
- BLUE STAR
- NIVRAM
- BABY MY HEART
- SEE YOU IN MY DRUMS
- ALL MY SORROWS
- STAND UP AND SAY THAT!
- GONZALES
- FIND ME A GOLDEN STREET
- THEME FROM A FILLETED PLACE
- THAT'S MY DESIRE
- MY RESISTANCE IS LOW
- SLEEPWALK
- BIG BOY
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
- THE SAVAGE
- PEACE PIPE
1962 (24)
- WONDERFUL LAND
- STARS FELL ON STOCKTON
- GUITAR TANGO
- WHAT A LOVELY TUNE
- THEME FROM 'THE BOYS'
- THE GIRLS
- SWEET DREAMS
- THE BOYS
- THE RUMBLE
- THE BANDIT
- COSY
- 1861
- PERFIDIA
- LITTLE 'B'
- BO DIDDLEY
- SOUTH OF THE BORDER
- SPRING IS NEARLY HERE
- ARE THEY ALL LIKE YOU?
- OF A RAGGY TRAMLINE
- SOME ARE LONELY
- SOME ARE LONELY "French" Version"
- KINDA COOL
- DANCE ON!
- ALL DAY
1963 (15)
- FOOT TAPPER (Album Version)
- ROUND AND ROUND
- LES GIRLS
- FOOT TAPPER (Single Version)
- THE BREEZE AND I
- ATLANTIS
- I WANT YOU TO WANT ME
- SHINDIG
- IT'S BEEN A BLUE DAY
- GRANADA
- ADIOS MUCHACHOS (PABLO THE DREAMER)
- VALENCIA
- LAS TRES CARABELAS
- GERONIMO
- SHAZAM!
1964 (28)
- THEME FOR YOUNG LOVERS
- THIS HAMMER
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT
- IT'S A MAN'S WORLD
- CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO
- BLUE SHADOWS
- FANDANGO
- TONIGHT
- THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES
- BIG 'B'
- IN THE MOOD
- THE LONELY BULL
- DAKOTA
- FRENCH DRESSING
- THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
- DON'T IT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD
- ZAMBESI
- TEMPTATION
- WALKIN'
- RHYTHM AND GREENS
- THE MIRACLE
- RANKA-CHANK
- MAIN THEME
- THE DRUM NUMBER
- THE LUTE NUMBER
- GENIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN LAMP
- LITTLE PRINCESS
- ME OH MY
1965 (24)
- MARY ANNE
- CHU-CHI
- FRIENDS
- STINGRAY
- ALICE IN SUNDERLAND
- BRAZIL
- THE LOST CITY
- A LITTLE BITTY TEAR
- BLUE SKY, BLUE SEA, BLUE ME
- BOSSA ROO
- FIVE HUNDRED MILES
- COTTON PICKIN'
- DEEP PURPLE
- SANTA ANA
- THE WINDJAMMER
- DEAN'S THEME
- BREAKTHRU'
- LET IT BE ME
- NATIONAL PROVINCIAL SAMBA
- DON'T MAKE MY BABY BLUE
- MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
- THE WAR LORD
- I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER ARTHUR
- GENIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN LAMP "Italian" version
1966 (27)
- I MET A GIRL
- LATE NIGHT SET
- I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU
- FOURTH STREET
- THE MAGIC DOLL
- STAY AROUND
- MAID MARION'S THEME
- BENNO-SAN
- DON'T STOP NOW
- IN THE PAST
- FLY ME TO THE MOON
- NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE
- ONE WAY TO LOVE
- RAZZMATAZ
- A SIGH (UN SOSPIRO)
- MARCH TO DRINA
- A PLACE IN THE SUN
- WILL YOU BE THERE
- THE DREAMS I DREAM
- SCOTCH ON THE SOCKS
- LADY PENELOPE
- THUNDERBIRDS THEME
- ZERO X THEME
- MY WAY
- SPANISH MUSIC
- FINDERS KEEPERS: MY WAY: PAELLA: FIESTA
- ALL DAY "Japanese" version
1967 (40)
- THE FLYDER AND THE SPY
- AUTUMN
- MAROC 7
- MAROC 7 "Promo" with spoken element
- BOMBAY DUCK
- JIGSAW
- TENNESSEE WALTZ
- PRELUDE IN E MAJOR
- CATHY'S CLOWN
- STARDUST
- SEMI-DETACHED SUBURBAN MR JAMES
- TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES
- FRIDAY ON MY MIND
- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL
- WAITING FOR ROSIE
- CHELSEA BOOT
- MARIA ELENA
- WITH A HMM-HMM ON MY KNEE
- GREEN EYES
- TOMORROW'S CANCELLED
- SOMEWHERE
- I CAN'T FORGET
- OMOIDE NO NAGISA
- KIMI TO ITSUMADEMO
- LONDONDERRY AIR
- GIN-IRO NO MICHI
- SNAP, CRACKLE AND HOW'S YOUR DAD
- EVENING GLOW
- A THING OF BEAUTY
- NAUGHTY NIPPON NIGHTS
- THE WILD ROSES
- SAN FRANCISCO
- THE LETTER
- THE TOKAIDO LINE
- HOLY COW
- ALENTEJO
- LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE
- LET ME TAKE YOU THERE
- THE DAY I MET MARIE
- A BETTER MAN THAN I
1968 (10)
- RUNNING OUT OF WORLD
- DEAR OLD MRS BELL
- TRYING TO FORGET THE ONE YOU LOVE
- VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BATH
- POEM
- THE AVERAGE LIFE OF A DAILY MAN
- BANANA MAN
- THE MAGICAL MRS CLAMPS
- HERE I GO AGAIN LOVING YOU
- MAGGIE'S SAMBA
1969 (15)
- SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE
- SHAZAM! Live Japan
- DANCE ON! Live Japan
- NIVRAM Live Japan
- APACHE Live Japan
- EXODUS Live Japan
- FOOT TAPPER Live Japan
- A LITTLE BITTY TEAR Live Japan
- PUTTING ON THE STYLE Live Japan
- SLAUGHTER ON 10TH AVENUE Live Japan
- DON'T MAKE MY BABY BLUE Live Japan
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT Live Japan
- SOMEWHERE Live Japan
- LITTLE 'B' Live Japan
- FBI Live Japan
1970 (12)
- PROUD MARY
- MY BABE
- LUCILLE
- JOHNNY B GOODE
- PAPERBACK WRITER
- (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION
- BONY MORONIE
- GET BACK
- SOMETHING
- RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH
- MEMPHIS
- WHAT'D I SAY
1973 (12)
- TURN AROUND AND TOUCH ME
- JUNGLE JAM
- PINBALL WIZARD: SEE ME FEEL ME
- YEARS AWAY
- HUMBUCKER
- DEEP ROOTS
- GRACIE
- GOOD VIBRATIONS
- WIDE MOUTHED FROG
- ROCKIN' WITH CURLY LEADS
- GUTBUCKET
- JUMPIN' JACK INPUT
1975 (27)
- LET ME BE THE ONE
- STAND UP LIKE A MAN
- GOD ONLY KNOWS
- COOL CLEAR AIR
- ROSE, ROSE
- THIS HOUSE RUNS ON SUNSHINE
- COLORADO SONG BIRD
- NO NO NINA (vcl version)
- HONOURABLE PUFF-PUFF
- DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY
- SPIDER JUICE
- LIKE STRANGERS
- RUN BILLY RUN
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT This and next 13 Live Paris
- MAN OF MYSTERY
- LADY OF THE MORNING
- NIVRAM
- TINY ROBIN
- HONOURABLE PUFF-PUFF
- SLEEPWALK
- APACHE
- SHADOOGIE
- GUITAR TANGO
- MARMADUKE
- SOMEWHERE
- LITTLE 'B'
- [Rock Medley] LUCILLE: RIP IT UP: BLUE SUEDE SHOES
1976 (1)
- IT'LL BE ME BABE
1977 (11)
- ANOTHER NIGHT
- CRICKET BAT BOOGIE
- RETURN TO THE ALAMO
- GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
- HONKY TONK WOMEN
- MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE
- WALK DON'T RUN
- SUPERSTAR
- BERMUDA TRIANGLE
- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL
- CREOLE NIGHTS
1978 (3)
- LOVE DELUXE
- SWEET SATURDAY NIGHT
- DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
1979 (15)
- SHADOOGIE Live
- ATLANTIS Live
- NIVRAM Live
- APACHE Live
- THEME FROM 'THE DEER HUNTER'
- RIDERS IN THE SKY 'Album' Version
- PARISIENNE WALKWAYS
- CLASSICAL GAS
- BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
- YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT
- HEART OF GLASS
- SONG FOR DUKE
- BRIGHT EYES
- RODRIGO'S GUITAR CONCERTO DE ARANJUEZ
- BAKER STREET
1980 (17)
- RIDERS IN THE SKY Single Version
- RUSK
- BLACK IS BLACK
- EQUINOXE (PART V) Single Edit
- FENDER BENDER
- MOZART FORTE
- MIDNIGHT CREEPIN'
- CHANGE OF ADDRESS
- JUST THE WAY YOU ARE
- INDIGO
- ARTY'S PARTY
- OUTDIGO
- HELLO MR W.A.M.
- TEMPTATION
- ALBATROSS
- IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW
- EQUINOXE (PART V)
1981 (17)
- THE THIRD MAN
- THE FOURTH MAN
- TELSTAR
- SUMMER LOVE '59
- CHI MAI
- WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE
- IMAGINE: WOMAN
- HATS OFF TO WALLY
- ONE DAY I'LL FLY AWAY
- MISTY
- THIS OLE HOUSE
- THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
- SAILING
- THING-ME-JIG
- MORE THAN I CAN SAY
- COWBOY CAFÉ?
- NUT ROCKER
1982 (25)
- TREAT ME NICE
- SPOT THE BALL
- THE THEME FROM 'MISSING'
- THE SHADY LADY
- LIFE IN THE JUNGLE
- HIGH NOON
- CAT 'N' MOUSE
- CHARIOTS OF FIRE
- NO DANCING!
- RIDERS OF THE RANGE
- THE OLD ROMANTICS
- YOU RESCUE ME
- LILI MARLENE
- RAUNCHY
- THE THIRD MAN Live AR
- THING-ME-JIG Live AR
- RUNAWAY Live AR
- ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM Live AR
- IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE Live AR
- JOHNNY B GOODE Live AR
- OVER IN A FLASH Live AR
- SUMMER LOVE '59 Live AR
- OH BOY! Live AR
- CRYING IN THE RAIN Live AR
- ARTY'S PARTY Live AR
1983 (14)
- DIAMONDS
- ELEVENIS
- MEMORY
- UP WHERE WE BELONG
- YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME
- SHADOOGIE ('83)
- QUEEN OF HEARTS
- TIME IS TIGHT
- GOING HOME
- AFRICA
- A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
- THE MODERN WAY
- LIVERPOOL DAYS
- GOING HOME Single Edit
1984 (11)
- ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS
- HOW DO I LOVE THEE
- HAMMERHEAD
- THE SATURDAY WESTERN
- LOOK BACK ON LOVE
- JOHNNY STACCATO
- I WILL RETURN
- (I'M GONNA BE YOUR) GUARDIAN ANGEL
- CAN'T PLAY YOUR GAME
- TURNING POINT
- OUR ALBERT
1986 (15)
- MOONLIGHT SHADOW
- EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
- HELLO
- THE POWER OF LOVE
- HEY JUDE
- AGAINST ALL ODDS
- DANCING IN THE DARK Album Version
- THREE TIMES A LADY
- I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
- I KNOW HIM SO WELL
- NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN
- WALK OF LIFE
- DANCING IN THE DARK 7" Mix
- DANCING IN THE DARK 12" Mix
- THEMES FROM 'EASTENDERS' AND 'HOWARDS' WAY'
1987 (15)
- PULASKI
- I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME)
- WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO
- WALKING IN THE AIR
- CARELESS WHISPER
- DON'T GIVE UP
- I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES
- A HEART WILL BREAK TONIGHT
- THE LADY IN RED
- TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
- THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
- I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
- THE SKYE BOAT SONG
- JEALOUS GUY
- CHAIN REACTION
1989 (37)
- MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
- STACK-IT
- YOU WIN AGAIN
- I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY (WHO LOVES ME)
- HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER
- CANDLE IN THE WIND
- FAREWELL MY LOVELY
- NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU
- HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH
- WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING
- ALONE
- ALL I ASK OF YOU
- SHOBA
- YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON
- SOME PEOPLE
- ONE MOMENT IN TIME
- SHADOWMIX
- APACHE
- MAN OF MYSTERY
- SHINDIG
- WONDERFUL LAND
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT
- THEME FROM 'THE DEER HUNTER'
- THE BOYS
- THE FRIGHTENED CITY
- THEME FOR YOUNG LOVERS
- DANCE ON!
- THE SAVAGE
- FBI
- GUITAR TANGO
- GENIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN LAMP
- ATLANTIS
- FOOT TAPPER
- DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
- KON-TIKI
- GERONIMO
- THE STRANGER
1990 (15)
- EYE OF THE TIGER
- CROCKETT'S THEME
- RIGHT HERE WAITING
- EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC
- SEALED WITH A KISS
- UPTOWN GIRL
- STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
- RIDERS IN THE SKY '90
- FLASHDANCE ... WHAT A FEELING
- SOMETHING'S GOTTEN HOLD OF MY HEART
- LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING
- NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW
- BILITIS
- YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
- ALWAYS ON MY MIND
1992 (14)
- SHAZAM! This and next 10 Live Paris
- FAITHFUL
- FOOT TAPPER
- DANCE ON!
- LONESOME MOLE
- TURN AROUND AND TOUCH ME
- MUSIC MAKES MY DAY
- THE FRIGHTENED CITY
- LET ME BE THE ONE
- WONDERFUL LAND
- FBI
- LOVE IS FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN
- WE'LL BELIEVE IN LOVING
- THE AIR THAT I BREATHE
1993 (2)
- (THE) GIRL FROM IPANEMA
- LEAVE MY WOMAN ALONE
1997 (11)
- WONDERFUL LAND AV
- ALL DAY AV
- IT'S BEEN A BLUE DAY AV
- RAZZMATAZ AV
- DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA "Full" version
- GOD ONLY KNOWS "Revisited" version
- WITCH DOCTOR
- NOTHING, FOLKS
- JOHN'S ROCKER
- CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
- NO NO NINA Instrumental Version
2001 (17)
- DANCING IN THE DARK Variant Mix
- RIDERS IN THE SKY This and next 15 Live Liverpool
- THE STRANGER
- KON-TIKI
- ATLANTIS
- THEME FROM 'THE DEER HUNTER'
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT
- TRUE LOVE WAYS
- FOOT TAPPER
- SHADOOGIE
- TIME IS TIGHT
- THE FRIGHTENED CITY
- WONDERFUL LAND
- DANCE ON!
- CAPTAIN HADDOCK IS MISSING
- APACHE
- FBI
2002 (8)
- APACHE: SHAZAM This and next 7 Live Kingston
- SHADOOGIE
- WONDERFUL LAND
- ALL MY SORROWS
- QUARTER TO THREE
- NIVRAM
- LITTLE 'B'
- FBI
2003 (1)
- LES GIRLS AV
2004 (43)
- LIFE STORY
- LET ME BE THE ONE Live
- APACHE (INTRO)/ RIDERS IN THE SKY This and next 40 Live Final Tour
- THE FRIGHTENED CITY
- THEME FOR YOUNG LOVERS
- PEACE PIPE
- THE SAVAGE
- LET ME BE THE ONE
- THE STRANGER
- KON-TIKI
- GOING HOME
- DANCE ON!
- NIVRAM
- LADY OF THE MORNING
- MY HOME TOWN
- GUITAR TANGO
- GERONIMO
- SLEEPWALK
- 36-24-36
- SHAZAM!
- DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
- EQUINOXE (PART V)
- MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON
- SHADOOGIE
- GONZALES
- DON'T MAKE MY BABY BLUE
- THE RISE AND FALL OF FLINGEL BUNT
- ATLANTIS
- SHINDIG
- MAN OF MYSTERY
- FOOT TAPPER
- PLEASE DON'T TEASE
- IN THE COUNTRY
- I COULD EASILY FALL (IN LOVE WITH YOU)
- THE DAY I MET MARIE
- GEE WHIZ IT'S YOU
- SUMMER HOLIDAY
- BACHELOR BOY
- LITTLE 'B'
- THEME FROM THE DEER HUNTER
- WONDERFUL LAND
- FBI
- APACHE
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