Wonderful Land - Johnny Lee & The Hurricanes

Vocal version of one of my favorite Shadows tunes. I don't know anything about the band. I'm not quite sure where the record was made. It is a fairly scratchy flea market find.

[dennisleslie]

Johnny Lee and the Hurricanes could always be recognised by the stinging tone of the lead guitar in all their recordings. The rich baritone of Lancelot Layne was icing on the cake with his version of the vocals from the Sound of Music. Ironically, when Lancelot switched to Rapso, one of his early recordings was to complain about local combos faithfully reproducing the original version, saying "if the record has a scratch they playing that too". I loved Johnny Lee and the Hurricanes music, still do.

[carloscontreras]

Ésta melodía está exquisitamente muy hermosa, gracias a la persona, que compartió está melodía. Johnny Lee, le dió un toque diferente al original de los the shadows. Aunque las dos versiones son excelentes.

[freddestang]

Brings back memories of a time when the instrumental bands reigned supreme in T & T. Nice !!

[cristiesebastian]

Recorded in Trinidad, and Tobago in the 60's by Johnny Lee. Brother of a friend.

[sunsensitive]

THANK you for posting ...I've been looking for this song for ages...they have another tune ' Sound of music' and 'Hush hush sweet Charlotte' those were also great recordings...wish I could find them...check your archives please  :) <3 this..

[Tom-gveo]

😊. Good version, slightly faster than original, & with vocal. Iv not heard it b4. ( Probably not playd by B BC or Radio Luxembourg) But lived thro Shadows 1962 No. 1. Hit

[ssuxel]

One of the top Trinidad string bands of the 60's&70's, vocals were done by Lancelot Layne ; the tune was on the Trinidad charts for many weeks.

[gisellemeola]

Thank you for posting this! This is my Dad's band :)

[ndymion_]

This is way before my time, but this sounds really nice, like spanish music. I love the bits of harmony in this, & that's a cool guitar sound too. Great singing too. Really nice song overall.

[alain]

very nice instru thank for the sharing enjoy sunday buriedinvinyl

[pAPPY]

The Sound of music is also posted on youtube Pauline Heyliger. Another great piece.

[pAPPY]

This is what a great guitar should sound like. To me, this tone has even surpassed The Shadows

[pAPPY]

Hey Mankkaa43, I just viewed Mike Oldfields. Top class version.

[franzlambkin]

Made in Trinidad. Would you believe that the lead singer is none other than Lancelot Layne; the founder of Rapso music.

[robertkersting]

Johnny Lee and The Hurricanes ( Trinidad & Tobago West Indies) and Johnny and The Hurricanes ( Toledo, Ohio, USA ) Don't get confused with these two bands of the 60s.

[MansoorAli-xjmb]

Do you happen to have “Don’t let me down by the deltones combo or “As tears go by” by the Casanova’s combo.

[mankkaa]

Mike Oldfields cover is better then this!