Shadows of Knight - The Atco Singles (Part 1)

[Elmore3141]

The "woman-tone" guitar on Gloria 69 sounds out of place and reminiscent of Sunshine of Your Love.

[thewillismon]

Both of these songs completely blew my mind albeit in completely different ways!!

[sfratpack]

"Gloria '69" might have been a blatant knock-off and an embarrassment to original band members, but I couldn't help loving it. I bought the 45 and played it more often than the original. It remains a guilty pleasure. The riff reminds me of "Cocaine," the J.J. Cale song that became a Clapton classic.

[olverdados]

As I understand it, "Spaniard At My Door" was recorded by the original (pre-Super K) group in 1967, and was written by drummer Tom Schiffour (who also sings the verses)...

[BigBishop1]

edmund fitzgerald

[Deepthroat1990]

you know "taurus"??

[bigghouse101]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you putting this information up my brother from another mother.

[roccovaselino]

Gloria '69 was released without our knowledge. (I was the drummer from 1969-1972...Paul Scarpelli.) Producer Bill Truat added Jim Donlinger from Aorta on guitar and Pete Cetera from CTA (later Chicago) on bass. It was clearly a cheap commercial sell-out that embarrassed us.

[myrecordcollection]

Thanks for the information! It's curious to learn that people from Aorta and Chicago Transit Authority were involved. I understand your disappointment regarding "Gloria '69," but at least "Spaniard at My Door" is a nice tune.

[jaynez31]

Second song remind me a Sunshine of Love.

[jackkeefer]

I love both of these songs. I like this version of Gloria a lot.

[rhondu4u]

OMG I love this song! hehehehehehee (I really do though)

[bc191]

Sounds like the guitar player discovered the Dallas/Arbiter fuzz face box used extensively by Jimmy Hendrix. I really liked Shadows and their music and it is really sad to see how a lot of these bands were used by their respective companies. I just wish they would come to my area to play so I could see them.

[JakeANowhereMan]

What the hell is up with 2:02?!

lol thats the Turn on Alb.

[myrecordcollection]

Interesting, huh? That's an actual SOK CD that came out a good many years ago on the Performance label called LIVE WITH GLORIA. It's live recordings from (I believe) 1972, and obviously the Performance label chose to pattern the cover on the Music Machine's. I chose it for the video simply because photos of the post-68 incarnation of the SOK are very hard to come by.

[PAULLONDEN]

These Shadows were'nt shady at all,

but Gloria 69, sucks big time.

Interresting listening though,thanks.

[TheOriginalWheelsTV]

Thanks for posting this material. I've never heard it before. *****

[jimysohns]

Thanks for posting this material. Jimy Sohns was the only original member at this time and he feels Katz and Kasenetz used him. There super circus material credits the Shadows of knight but uses others on the production. I have talked to him often about this and he has little good to say about them or Atco.