The golden age of the twangy uk beat instrumental occurred between the late 1950s and the very early 1960s, inspired by the shadows' spectacular successes. This compilation presents 34 tracks from six guitar led groups, whose sound and style were pretty much a direct homage to the shads.   the eagles, from bristol, racked up airplay with 'bristol express' and 'exodus', followed by the krew kats, aka marty wilde's former wildcats they also recorded as the tom cats, who charted with 'trambone'. The fentones, who also backed shane fenton, charted with 'the mexican' and 'the breeze and i', while the hunters weighed in with 'teen scene' and 'the storm' 'how's m'chicks?' two huge collectors' items. Finally, the scorpions cut two equally collectable 45s, 'ghost riders in the sky' and 'rockin' at the phil', while the packabeats charted with 'gypsy beat', before famously cutting 'the traitors' for joe meek. Tracklist the eagles bristol express the eagles johnny's tune the eagles exodus the eagles the march of the eagles the eagles old ned theme from steptoe and son the eagles theme from maigret the eagles happy joe theme from comedy playhouse the eagles theme from oliver twist the krew kats trambone the krew kats peak hour the krew kats samovar the krew kats jack's good the krew kats the bat the tom cats tom tom cat the fentones the mexican the fentones lover's guitar the fentones the breeze and i the fentones just for jerry the fentones gringo the fentones mick's tune the hunters teen scene the hunters santa monica flyer the hunters golden earrings the hunters tally ho the hunters the storm the hunters how's m'chicks? The scorpions ghost riders in the sky the scorpions torquay the scorpions rockin' at the phil the scorpions scorpio the packabeats gypsy beat the packabeats big man the packabeats evening in paris the packabeats the traitors