Links & Resources

A list of books, websites and other resources.

Not an exhaustive list of publications on the Shadows - just the ones that I personally refer to. 

more will be added at some point and missing dates filled in - my Shads books are packed away at the moment! 

Books / magazines

• The Shadows By Themselves (1961) by The Shadows & Royston Ellis
• Me and My Shadows (1961) by Cliff Richard
• Meet The Shadows - Star Special no. 8 (1963) by The Shadows
• The Story Of The Shadows (1983) by The Shadows with Mike Read 
• The Guitar Greats (1984) by John Tobler
• Cliff Richard & the Shadows: Around the World in Pictures (1985) by Dezo Hoffman 
• Funny Old World: The Life and Music of John Henry Rostill (1988) by Rob Bradford
• Rock 'n' Roll - I Gave You the Best Years of My Life (1989) by Bruce Welch with Howard Elson
• The Shadows At EMI - The Vinyl Legacy (2001) by Malcolm Campbell 
• Pearls and Crazy Diamonds: Fifty Years of Burns Guitars 1952-2002 (2002) by Per Gjörde 
• The Shadows: The Burns Years (?) by Tony Hoffman 
• The Shadows At Polydor - The 1980s And Beyond (2003) by Malcolm Campbell
• A Pocket Guide to Shadow Music (2006) by Malcolm Campbell, Rob Bradford & Les Woosey 
• Cliff Richard: The Bachelor Boy (2008) by Steve Turner
• British Rock Guitar: The First 50 Years (2010) by Mo Foster
• The Shadows - 1960s Cover Versions (?) by Dr Jochen Bartsch 
• Cliff Richard and The Shadows - A Rock ’n’ Roll Memoir (2014) by Royston Ellis

 Links

• The ShadowMusic Web Community - closed to new posts but accessible as a read-only archive
• World Radio History - a massive archive of music publications - an invaluable resource!
• The British Newspaper Archive - requires a subscription for full access 
• We Say Yeah! - unofficial monthly Cliff Richard & The Shadows fan podcast
• Me And My Shadows by Chris Colverson
• Coursemusic's Shadows, Ventures, Beatles and Who website 
• Bradford Timeline Concerts & Package Tours 1956-1967 - concert programme archive