I understand the history as follows:
- Alan Jones toured with The Shadows until after the January, February and March, 1985 tour 'down under'.
- He then went on to work for the musical "Time".
- Meanwhile, the twelve new tracks on The Shadows' "Moonlight Shadows" album were recorded around February/March, 1986 with Paul Westwood on bass guitar.
- The Spring 1986 UK tour and the Spring 1987 'down under' tour were done with Mark Griffiths on bass guitar.
- In late 1986, the track "The Themes From Eastenders & Howard's Way" was recorded with Mark Griffiths on bass guitar for single release in December, 1986 and later inclusion on the "Simply...Shadows" album.
- In June/July ,1987, the fifteen new tracks for the "Simply...Shadows" album were recorded with Alan Jones back on bass guitar.
- The Autumn 1987 UK tour was done with Alan Jones on bass guitar.
- In April, 1988, Alan Jones suffered the car accident.
- No further Shadows activities in 1988.
- The "Steppin' To The Shadows" album was recorded between January and March, 1989 with Alan Jones on bass guitar.
- The Spring 1989 UK tour was done with Mark Griffiths on bass guitar, of which the recordings for the 1989 "At Their Very Best Live" VHS video and laser disc and the 2001 album "Live At The Liverpool Empire" were made on May 31st, 1989.
- Sometime during 1989, The Shadows (with Mark Griffiths) recorded the studio album "At Their Very Best".