Hank Marvin - Guitar Man

An album by a man very nearly celebrating 50 years in the music business is always eagerly anticipated, and Hank Marvin can play the guitar, there has never been doubt about that, but does he still excite as in the heyday of The Shadows? Unfortunately, no. This is a very formulaic, made-for-television-advertising album, the sort that Marvin and The Shadows have specialized in releasing since the late '70s when they, and he, last enjoyed any real success on the singles chart. It is similar in style to the Shadows number one album String Of Hits from 1980 which covered the major hits of the recent times and, like most of his albums released on the Universal TV label and its predecessor, Polygram TV, specialized in mass market, and depended on prime time TV advertising for sales. Read More