Thunderbirds Are Go! 45 rpm Cliff Richard & The Shadows 1966 Side One 1. SHOOTING STAR (Marvin-Rostill-Bennett) CLIFF RICHARD and THE SHADOWS 2. LADY PENELOPE (Welch-Bennett-Rostill) THE SHADOWS, Side Two 1. THUNDERBIRDS THEME (Gray) THE SHADOWS 2. ZERO X THEME (Gray) THE SHADOWS Backgrounds: After the tremendous success of the THUNDERBIRDS television series, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson decided to produce a full length version for the cinema. One of the many new ideas that was incorporated was to use puppet replicas of Cliff Richard and The Shadows. The experiment proved to be a great success. Infinite care was taken to ensure that the puppet characters were as true to life as was possible. Firstly, Cliff and The Shadows were photographed from all angles and then the Century 21 sculpting team went to work / Many heads were rejected before a satisfactory result was obtained. THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO I is a thrill packed adventure story but the introduction of the Swinging Star night club sequence, in which Cliff and The Shadows feature, provides the romantic interlude necessary to give the film good balance. On this single are the numbers that have proved to be so popular. Condition: Some light scratches only. The cover of the single has a crease at two corners and one small tear at the back. Please, see pictures. (In the photos it might look worse than it really will be to you.)