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Fans of the Hollies have lately had plenty of items on their wish lists, thanks to recent releases from the Sundazed and BGO labels. Yes, it’s been quite a year in catalogue terms for the lads from Manchester! EMI’s U.K. arm continues the celebration with the May 9 release of one whopper of a box set. The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years (what about Bobby Elliott? Just askin’!) is subtitled The Complete Hollies: April 1963 – October 1968, and if this is somewhat of a fallacy, it’s more or less the case.

In a nutshell, the six CDs will present each and every track released commercially during that period on an LP, EP or single, plus all of the tracks from that era released on later compilations such as 30th Anniversary Collection, The Long Road Home, Rarities, The Hollies at Abbey Road and The Hollies (Music for Pleasure label). In addition, ten previously unreleased tracks will make their premiere: seven performances from the Hollies’ May 1968 gig at London's famed Lewisham Odeon, and three French-language tracks that have been collecting dust in the EMI vaults. Perhaps best of all (depending on whom you ask!), the set is part of EMI’s budget line that has encompassed similar collections for Manfred Mann, Herman’s Hermits, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas and other renowned British acts. This means that the price is an altogether affordable £17.93 at present from Amazon U.K., which is roughly $29.50 USD at the time of this writing. For 159 tracks over 6 discs, that’s roughly $0.19 per song, not a bad deal for some of the most infectious pop music ever recorded, no?

That’s an awful lot of good news, so let’s take the bitter with the sweet. As this is a budget-line release, the mastering is a potpourri. Some tracks were remastered back in 1997-1999, others in 2003 and still others expressly for this project in 2011. (The 2011 remasters include some of the Hollies’ most eclectic performances such as “Look Through Any Window” in French, and the uproarious, wild duet with EMI labelmate Peter Sellers on the movie theme “After the Fox.”) This will impact some listeners’ decisions whether to purchase this set more than others, but everyone can agree on one thing: never before has this impressive body of work been available in such a compact package. While most of the material has been on CD before, the discs aren’t always the easiest to find as imports, and prices aren’t always low. For those wishing to have a complete collection of every track released by The Hollies in the group’s British Invasion prime, you could hardly do better. And the inclusion of eight tracks (only one previously released) from the Lewisham Odeon concert of May 1968 may be the high point of the set from a collectors’ standpoint, lavishing attention on the often-overlooked live performances of the band as they run through one hit after another.

The box set is not consistent as to mono and stereo.  Stay with the Hollies is presented in stereo, excepting the track "Stay," which will be heard in its mono single mix.   For Certain Because and Butterfly will also be in stereo, while In The Hollies Style, The Hollies, Would You Believe and Evolution will all be mono.  Remixes circa 1993 have been utilized for some tracks; two songs will make their stereo debuts (the Italian-language cuts “Non Prego Per Me" and "Devi Avere Fiducia in Me") and one mono mix also appears for the first time ("Little Bitty Pretty One"). Two versions each of “Yes I Will,” “We’re Through” and “A Taste of Honey” have been included. The only two late-surfacing Hollies rarities to be excluded from the set are the alternate take of "Poison Ivy" from the band’s first Australian LP, and the alternate "Searchin'," from the 1988 U.K. The Hollies: Compacts for Pleasure CD.  For additional information on the mono/stereo mixes, check out the informative comments from our ace readers below!

What’s missing? A look at the indispensable Hollies sessionography contained in the box set The Long Road Home indicates nearly twenty more unreleased tracks from this period, from recordings of “Fortune Teller” and “Cry Me a River” to the infamous, abortive backing track of “Marrakesh Express.” However, these are in various states of completion, with "Marrakesh" said to be barely recognizable as the familiar Crosby, Stills and Nash song.

Ready to say “Yes I Will” to the classic Hollies lineup of Graham Nash, Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott plus Eric Haydock or Bernie Calvert? Hit the jump for the complete track listing with year of remastering (where available) and discographical information. If you have any additions to the discography, please feel free to jump in and contribute! The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies: April 1963 – October 1968 is due in the U.K. on May 9 and will reach American shores shortly thereafter. It can be pre-ordered at Amazon U.K. from the link below!

The Hollies, The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years (EMI Catalogue 50999 096242 2 1, 2011) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

Disc 1

  1. Whole World Over (1997 Digital Remaster)
  2. (Ain't That) Just Like Me (1997 Digital Remaster)
  3. Hey What's Wrong With Me (1997 Digital Remaster)
  4. Now's the Time (1997 Digital Remaster)
  5. Little Lover
  6. Zip -A-Dee-Doo-Dah (2011 - Remaster)
  7. I Understand (2011 - Remaster)
  8. Searchin' (2003 Digital Remaster)
  9. Stay (1997 Digital Remaster)
  10. Poison Ivy (Takes 10-12) (1997 Digital Remaster)
  11. Memphis
  12. Talkin' 'Bout You
  13. It's Only Make Believe
  14. Lucille
  15. Baby Don't Cry
  16. Do You Love Me
  17. Mr. Moonlight
  18. You Better Move On
  19. Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It
  20. What Kind of Girl Are You
  21. Rockin' Robin
  22. Keep Off That Friend of Mine (1997 Digital Remaster)
  23. Just One Look (2003 Digital Remaster)
  24. Candy Man
  25. When I'm Not There (2011 - Remaster)
  26. What Kind of Love (2011 - Remaster)
  27. Here I Go Again (2003 Remaster)
  28. Baby That's All (1997 Digital Remaster)

Disc 2

  1. Time for Love (1997 Digital Remaster)
  2. Don't You Know (1997 Digital Remaster)
  3. You'll Be Mine (1997 Digital Remaster)
  4. It's in Her Kiss (Mono) (1997 Digital Remaster)
  5. Come On Home (1997 Digital Remaster)
  6. Too Much Monkey Business (1997 Digital Remaster)
  7. I Thought of You Last Night (1997 Digital Remaster)
  8. Come On Back (1997 Digital Remaster)
  9. Set Me Free (1997 Digital Remaster)
  10. Please Don't Feel Too Bad (1997 Digital Remaster)
  11. What Kind of Boy (1997 Digital Remaster)
  12. We're Through (Alternative Arrangement) (1997 Digital Remaster)
  13. We're Through (1997 Digital Remaster)
  14. To You My Love (1997 Digital Remaster)
  15. Nitty Gritty
  16. Something's Got a Hold on Me
  17. Put Yourself in My Place (1997 Digital Remaster)
  18. She Said Yeah
  19. Yes I Will (Alternate Version) (2011 - Remaster)
  20. When I Come Home to You (1997 Digital Remaster)
  21. Nobody (1997 Digital Remaster)
  22. You Know He Did (1997 Digital Remaster)
  23. Yes I Will
  24. Mickey's Monkey (1997 Digital Remaster)
  25. That's My Desire (1997 Digital Remaster)
  26. The Very Last Day (1997 Digital Remaster)
  27. Honey and Wine (2003 Digital Remaster)

Disc 3

  1. Listen Here to Me (Bell Studios Demo)
  2. So Lonely (Bell Studios Demo)
  3. Bring Back Your Love to Me (Bell Studios Demo)
  4. I'm Alive (2003 Digital Remaster)
  5. Look Through Any Window
  6. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1997 Digital Remaster)
  7. You Must Believe Me (1997 Digital Remaster)
  8. Little Bitty Pretty One (2011 - Remaster)
  9. Down the Line (1997 Digital Remaster)
  10. Fortune Teller (1997 Digital Remaster)
  11. Too Many People (1997 Digital Remaster)
  12. So Lonely (1997 Digital Remaster)
  13. I've Been Wrong (1997 Digital Remaster)
  14. Stewball (1998 Digital Remaster)
  15. She Gives Me Everything I Want (2011 - Remaster)
  16. I Can't Get Nowhere with You (2011 - Remaster)
  17. I've Got a Way of My Own (2003 Digital Remaster)
  18. You in My Arms (2011 - Remaster)
  19. Don't Ever Think About Changing (1999 Digital Remaster)
  20. If I Needed Someone
  21. Running Through the Night (2011 - Remaster)
  22. Don't You Even Care (What's Gonna Happen to Me?) (1998 Digital Remaster)
  23. I Can't Let Go (1997 Digital Remaster)
  24. Oriental Sadness (1998 Digital Remaster)
  25. Stewball (French Lyric Version)
  26. Look Through Any Window (French Lyric Version) (2011 - Remaster)
  27. You Know He Did (French Lyric Version)
  28. We're Through (French Lyric Version)

Disc 4

  1. I Take What I Want (1998 Digital Remaster)
  2. Hard Hard Year (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster)
  3. A Taste of Honey (2011 - Remaster)
  4. That's How Strong My Love Is (1998 Digital Remaster)
  5. Take Your Time (1998 Digital Remaster)
  6. Fifi the Flea (1998 Digital Remaster)
  7. Sweet Little Sixteen (1998 Digital Remaster)
  8. I Am a Rock (Mono) (1998 Digital Remaster)
  9. After the Fox (2011 - Remaster)
  10. Don't Run and Hide (2011 - Remaster)
  11. Bus Stop (2003 Digital Remaster)
  12. Peculiar Situation (1999 Digital Remaster)
  13. Suspicious Look in Your Eyes (1999 Digital Remaster)
  14. Stop Stop Stop
  15. Tell Me to My Face (Stereo) (1999 Digital Remaster)
  16. Pay You Back with Interest (1999 Digital Remaster)
  17. Clown (Stereo) (1999 Digital Remaster)
  18. It's You (1999 Digital Remaster)
  19. Crusader (1999 Digital Remaster)
  20. What's Wrong with the Way I Live (1999 Digital Remaster)
  21. What Went Wrong (1999 Digital Remaster)
  22. High Classed (1999 Digital Remaster)
  23. All the World is Love (2011 - Remaster)
  24. When Your Light’s Turned On (1999 Digital Remaster)
  25. Have You Ever Loved Somebody (1999 Digital Remaster)
  26. Non Prego Per Me (Stereo Version)
  27. Devi Aver Fiducia In Me (Stereo Version)

Disc 5

  1. Lullaby to Tim (1999 Digital Remaster)
  2. On a Carousel
  3. We're Alive (2003 Digital Remaster)
  4. Kill Me Quick (2003 Digital Remaster)
  5. Leave Me (1999 Digital Remaster)
  6. The Games We Play (1999 Digital Remaster)
  7. Schoolgirl
  8. Rain on the Window (1999 Digital Remaster)
  9. Then the Heartaches Begin (1999 Digital Remaster)
  10. Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe (1999 Digital Remaster)
  11. You Need Love (1999 Digital Remaster)
  12. Stop Right There (1999 Digital Remaster)
  13. Water on the Brain (1999 Digital Remaster)
  14. Heading for a Fall (1999 Digital Remaster)
  15. Carrie Anne (2003 Digital Remaster)
  16. Signs That Will Never Change (2003 Digital Remaster)
  17. King Midas in Reverse (2003 Digital Remaster)
  18. Try It (1999 Digital Remaster)
  19. Everything is Sunshine (2003 Digital Remaster)
  20. Wishyouawish (1999 Digital Remaster)
  21. Postcard (Stereo) (1999 Digital Remaster)
  22. Step Inside (Stereo) (1999 Digital Remaster)
  23. Pegasus (1999 Digital Remaster)
  24. Dear Eloise (1999 Digital Remaster)

Disc 6

  1. Elevated Observations (1999 Digital Remaster)
  2. Would You Believe (1999 Digital Remaster)
  3. Away Away Away (Stereo) (1999 Digital Remaster)
  4. Charlie and Fred (1999 Digital Remaster)
  5. Butterfly (1999 Digital Remaster)
  6. Maker (1999 Digital Remaster)
  7. Open Up Your Eyes (2011 - Remaster)
  8. Wings (2003 Digital Remaster)
  9. Jennifer Eccles
  10. Tomorrow When It Comes (2011 - Remaster)
  11. Relax (2003 Digital Remaster)
  12. Do the Best You Can (2011 - Remaster)
  13. Like Every Time Before (2003 Digital Remaster)
  14. Man with No Expression (Horses Through a Rainstorm) (1998 Digital Remaster)
  15. Blowin' in the Wind (Nash Version) (2003 Digital Remaster)
  16. A Taste of Honey
  17. Listen to Me
  18. Stop Stop Stop (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  19. Look Through Any Window (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  20. The Times They Are A-Changin' (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  21. On a Carousel (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  22. King Midas in Reverse (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  23. Butterfly (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  24. Jennifer Eccles (Live at Lewisham Odeon)
  25. Carrie Anne (Live at Lewisham Odeon)

Disc 1, Tracks 1 & 8 from Parlophone single R 5052, 1963
Disc 1, Tracks 2-3 from Parlophone single R 5030, 1963
Disc 1, Tracks 4 & 9 from Parlophone single R 5077, 1963
Disc 1, Tracks 5, 11-21, 24 from Stay with the Hollies, Parlophone LP PMC 1220 (Mono)/PCS 3054 (Stereo), 1964
Disc 1, Track 6 rec. 5/15/63, first issued on The Hollies, EMI Music for Pleasure LP 41 5727 1, 1985
Disc 1, Track 7 & Disc 3, Tracks 15-16, 18 & Disc 6, Track 14 first issued on 30th Anniversary Collection, EMI, 1993
Disc 1, Track 10 rec. 10/11/63, Takes 10-11 first issued on The Hollies at Abbey Road, CDABBEY 103, 1997 & Take 12 first issued on The Hollies, EMI Music for Pleasure LP 41 5727 1, 1985
Disc 1, Tracks 22-23 from Parlophone single R 5104, 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 25-26 from The Hollies, Parlophone EP GEP 8909, 1964
Disc 1, Tracks 27-28 from Parlophone single R 5137, 1964
Disc 2, Tracks 1-7, 9-11, 14-16 from In The Hollies Style, Parlophone LP PMC 1235 (Mono)
Disc 2, Tracks 8 & 13 from Parlophone single R 5178, 1964
Disc 2, Track 12 & Disc 5, Track 7 first issued on The Hollies at Abbey Road, CDABBEY 103, 1997
Disc 2, Tracks 17, 20, 24-26 & Disc 3, Tracks 6-7, 9-11, 13 from The Hollies, Parlophone LP PMC 1261 (Mono), 1965
Disc 2, Track 18 & Disc 3, Tracks 1-3 & Disc 6, Track 16 first issued on The Long Road Home, EMI 07243 5848562-2, 2003
Disc 2, Track 19 from Hollies’ Greatest, Parlophone LP 7057, 1968
Disc 2, Tracks 21 & 23 from Parlophone single R 5232, 1965
Disc 2, Track 22 & Disc 3, Track 4 from Parlophone R 5287, 1965
Disc 2, Track 27 from I’m Alive, Parlophone EP GEP 8942, 1965
Disc 3, Tracks 5 & 12 from Parlophone single R 5322, 1965
Disc 3, Track 8 rec. 6/30/65, first issued on The Hollies, EMI Music for Pleasure LP 41 5727 1, 1985
Disc 3, Tracks 14, 22, 24 & Disc 4, Tracks 1-2, 4-8 from Would You Believe, Parlophone LP PMC/PCS 7008, 1966
Disc 3, Tracks 17 & 20 from Parlophone single R 5392, 1965
Disc 3, Track 19 & Disc 4, Tracks 12-13, 15-22 from For Certain Because, Parlophone LP PMC/PCS 7011, 1966
Disc 3, Track 21 & 23 from Parlophone single R 5409, 1966
Disc 3, Track 25, 27 & 28 previously unreleased
Disc 3, Track 26 & Disc 6, Tracks 10-11, 13 first issued on Rarities, EMI LP EMS-1311, 1988
Disc 4, Track 3 from Beat Group, Imperial (U.S.) LP, 1966
Disc 4, Track 9 from After the Fox: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, United Artists LP SULP-1151, 1966
Disc 4, Tracks 10-11 from Parlophone single R 5469, 1966
Disc 4, Track 14 from Parlophone single R 5508, 1966
Disc 4, Track 23 & Disc 5, Track 2 from Parlophone single R 5562, 1967
Disc 4, Track 24-25 & Disc 5, Tracks 1, 5-6, 8-14 from Evolution, Parlophone LP PMC/PCS 7022, 1967
Disc 4, Tracks 26-27 from Italian single, 1967
Disc 5, Tracks 3-4 from Italian single, 1967
Disc 5, Tracks 15-16 from Parlophone single R 5602, 1967
Disc 5, Tracks 17 & 19 from Parlophone single R 5637, 1967
Disc 5, Tracks 18, 20-24 & Disc 6, Tracks 1-6 from Butterfly, Parlophone LP  PMC/PCS 7039, 1967
Disc 6, Tracks 7 & 9 from Parlophone single R 5680, 1968
Disc 6, Track 8 from No One’s Gonna Change Our World, Starline/Regal LP SRS 5013, 1969
Disc 6, Tracks 12 & 17 from Parlophone single R 5733, 1968
Disc 6, Track 15 from Swedish single, 1968
Disc 6, Tracks 18-19, 21-25 recorded at Lewisham Odeon, London, U.K., 5/24/68, previously unreleased
Disc 6, Track 20 recorded at Lewisham Odeon, London, U.K., 5/24/68, first issued in stereo on Hollies Sing Dylan, EMI CZ 520, 1993

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  1. Excluding alternate takes of released songs, the sessionography lists 12 unreleased tracks from the Nash years. For 3, the tapes don't exist, one is a backing track, two others were cover versions "abandoned after early takes proved uncomfortable"(according to an article in "Record Collector" magazine in the 1980's). That leaves 6 more in unknown states of completion which either EMI or the group don't want released.
    The version of "Poison Ivy"(take 9) released only on Australian vinyl is NOT included in this box set. Take 12 was first released on the 1985 Uk "EMI/Music For Pleasure" budget-priced L.P. "The Hollies". Takes 10 & 11(breakdown takes with session chat) were first released on the UK CD "The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963-66". The rare Take 9 is in a higher key than takes 10,11 & 12, and ends with a very bad bass note!

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  2. The unreleased version of "Fortune Teller"(not being included the the box set) was a 1963 attempt with the group's early drummer Don Rathbone. An undoubtedly superior 1965 effort with Bobby Elliott IS included.
    Don Rathbone was very much the Pete Best of the group, playing on the group's first two UK singles("Ain't That Just Like Me","Hey What's Wrong with Me", "Searchin' " & "Whole World Over"), plus "Now's The Time", "Zip a Dee Doo Dah", "Little Lover" & "I Understand". Of the songs on the first 2 UK singles, 3 of the songs were the group's EMI audition session. The group's original guitarist Vic Steele didn't want to go professional, and quit right before the EMI audition, so the group borrowed Tony Hicks from another Manchester group, "The Dolphins", and when the group got signed to EMI, Hicks agreed to become a Hollies member, but on the condition that the group hire The Dolphins' drummer Bobby Elliott. Don Rathbone had struggled to play well in the studio during his 5 EMI sessions, and when he mentioned one day that he would like to someday work behind the scenes in the music industry, The Hollies' problem was solved. Don Rathbone was given a job as a roadie, and Bobby Elliott took over as drummer. By the time that "Searchin' " was in record shops, Elliott had already taken over the drum seat and did the T.V. appearances, though he hadn't played on the single.

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  3. Actually, the live version of "The Times They Are A-Changin' " was first released on the UK CD "Hollies-Rarities", where it appeared in mono sound, then on a 1993 UK expanded edition of "Hollies Sing Dylan", where it appeared in stereo.
    "Relax" & "Tomorrow When It Comes" also debuted on "Rarities".
    "Schoolgirl" debuted on "The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963-1966".
    "Man with No Expression" debuted(via a Ron Furmanek mix) in 1993 on "30th Anniversary Collection", though this particular mix(by Paul Hicks, Tony's son) debuted on "The Long Road Home" 6-CD box.

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    • Thanks, Phil, for all of the wonderful stuff about one of our favorite bands! I've also made the appropriate changes to the discography regarding "Poison Ivy" and "The Times They Are A-Changin'." The info is much appreciated!

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  4. By the way, if "Like Every Time Before" is indeed the 2003 mastering(a re-E.Q.ing of Ron Furmanek's stereo remix from the "30th anniversary Collection" ,as presented on "The Long Road Home" box set), it will be without the lead guitar(which was added live during mono mixdown and is not present in any stereo mix). "Rarities" has the original mono mix with the lead guitar.

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  5. Looks like they've also left off the 1966 live versions of "Reach Out I'll Be There," "Too Much Monkey Business" and Stop Stop Stop" that lead off disc 6 of "The Long Road Home" box. So much for being "complete"! Also, this is NOT the box for them to price cheaply -- it deserves classy, detailed packaging, with lots of colour photos -- especially of Tony Hicks with his varous guitars, particularly his Vox Phantom XII!

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  6. Now, I can give you some info, based on the sound samples at Amazon.co.uk
    The live concert tracks(apparently 2-track recordings) have been mixed to put the instruments on the left, and the vocals in the center.
    "Stay With The Hollies" is presented in stereo, except the title track, which is the mono single mix).The mono & stereo mixes of the song "Stay" differed in that they each had(slightly) different guitar solos, and the mono had additional(live during mixdown) vocal overdubs. The albums "In The Hollies Style", "Hollies", "Would You Believe" & "Evolution" are presented in mono. "For Certain Because" is presented in stereo, albeit inserting Ron Furmanek's 1993 remix of "It's You", instead of the starkly separated 1966 stereo mix. "Butterfly" is presented in stereo. The 1963 and some of the 1964-65 singles are presented in mono, as are the songs that were exclusive to the E.P.'s.
    The French language tracks are in mono. The Italian language tracks are in stereo.
    "It's You", "Yes I Will', "Like Every Time Before"and "Don't Run and Hide" are presented via Ron Furmanek's 1993 remixes. This means that(once again) "Like Every Time Before" has no lead guitar.
    "Little Bitty Pretty One" is a previously unreleased mono mix(the song had previously been released only in stereo).
    and.....the rare stereo version of "All The World is Love" makes its' CD debut.
    I'm not surprised by EMi presenting the 2nd & 3rd albums in mono, but their decision to present the 4th & 6th albums in mono is somewhat disappointing.
    As former EMI executive Mike Heatley once explained to me, the stereo edition of the debut album had sold poorly in the UK, so the 2nd & 3rd albums were(at the time) released only in mono in the UK(stereo mixes were made in 1964, but for overseas territories) . After mono albums were discontinued in the UK in 1969, then the stereo mixes of "In The Hollies Style" & "Hollies" then were belatedly released in the UK.

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    • Hi Phil Cohen,
      thanks for your highly interesting notes about Hollies stuff. The biggest surprise in the box-set
      was the inclusion of the original stereo mix of ''All the World is Love''. (at last).
      ''Do the Best You Can'' in original stereo is still missing on CD. Let' s forget those Furmanek-mixes!!.
      I' ve been a long-time Hollies fan and all I can say is I do love those stereo mixes such as ''Then The Heart-
      aches Begin'' , ''I am A Rock'' and so on. I can not understand other people complaining about those mixes.
      Anyway. Can you tell me where an original stereo mix of ''You Know He Did'' can be found ? I don' t mean
      the one on the 3-Cd-Set of 1993 (it' s been manipulated by Furmanek by moving the channels more to
      the center of the stereo image.
      I' m looking forward hearing from you via email.

      Best wishes from Germany

      Edgar

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      • Edgar,

        For many of the B-sides on "30th Anniversary Collection", the 1993 Ron Furmanek stereo mixes are the only stereo mixes. There are no 1960's stereo mixes of those tracks.

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      • Hello Phil,
        I have news for you of The Hollies' field.
        Two days ago I managed to purchase the LP ''The Hollies' Greatest'' released ca. December, 1966
        by the German label EMI Odeon. (SMO 74 236)
        To make a long story short, side 1 track 4 being ''You Know He Did'' appears in true stereo what I
        had always supposed but couldn' t prove it. Now I' m able to do so.
        The mixing style is basically the same as the stereo mix of its A-side ''I' m Alive'' but the vocals plus
        harmonica are heard on the left side and the other instruments on the right

        Best wishes from Germany

        Edgar

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        • That is interesting. So, there Is an original 1960's stereo mix of "You Know He Did". Most 1960's Hollies B-sides were not mixed for stereo until 1993.
          I knew that there were Hollies stereo mixes that were available only on West German Odeon & Hansa L.P.'s. The stereo "All The World is Love" was only available on a West German "Hansa" L.P. until it appeared on CD on the recent "The Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years" 6-CD box set.
          I am waiting to see what Universal Music will do with The Hollies music, when(and if) Universal buys EMI.

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      • Hi Phil,
        it' s me again.
        Firstly, I have to correct myself what I wrote on 5/3/2012 on the new mix of ''You Know He Did'' by R. Furmanek. This mix was a new mix from the four-track tape and was not manipulated!!!
        Secondly, back to my latest purchase - Hollies' Greatest.
        Two tracks appear as so-called wide-sound versions: ''Look Through Any Window'' and ''Stop Stop Stop''.
        The remainders are true stereo we' ve been familiar with over the years.
        I fully agree with what you were writing today.
        Another example: ''Don' t Run And Hide'' has been existing for many years as true stereo mix and the
        first cd-release comes from BGO-Rec.!! (BGOCD 968). I think you will own this cd. To me, this is the
        Release Of The Year 2011. Note the alternate stereo mix of ''Mickey' s Monkey''.
        Somebody did a great job in compiling the cd by using the original master reel.

        Edgar

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  7. I find it more disappointing that "For Certain Because" and "Butterfly" are in stereo. To my ear, British stereo mixes in general before 1969 tend to employ way too much separation, making the music sound more anemic and the rhythm section impotent. I've got both mono and stereo mixes of "For Certain Because" and "Butterfly" on Japanese reissues from a few years back. Some of the tracks on "For Certain Because" do sound pretty good in stereo, but I feel that a large part of the stereo "Butterfly" is practically unlistenable. The mono definitely has a psychedelic edge that nicely betray the Hollies sort of twee image.

    How about the 1966-1968 singles? I'd hate to see those in anything but their 45 mono mix. It's not that I'm against stereo conceptually, but mid to late 60's stereo mixes (especially the British ones) tend to be pretty rough going.

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    • But to me, the extreme stereo separation characteristic of Abbey Road Studios' 1960's 2-track & 4-track productions is the trademark classic EMI "sound", in the same way that distorted bass & drums were Motown's "sound" & sleigh bells & echo were Phil Spector's "sound".

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  8. Hello everyone,

    Does anybody have detailed informations regarding the following item?

    The Hollies ''Evolution'' released 1967 by the German Label HANSA

    catalogue number 76 307 IT.

    Here is my query:

    Could it be there' s a mono version as well ?

    A few days ago I bought an original copy - not a fake - . There were no signs of this record to be
    a mono Version. The cover Looks the same as any other cover of this album.
    Also the Label says Stereo, only the matrix numbers differ slightly.

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