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We're Into Something Good: ABKCO Reissues Two From Herman's Hermits In May

April 28, 2011 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter."  "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)."  "A Must to Avoid."  These chart hits from Herman's Hermits have stood the test of time, but how many reading this remember the films in which those songs were featured?  Upon signing to MGM Records in the U.S., Herman's Hermits were groomed for a Hollywood film career, and why not?  At the height of the group's fame, they rivaled the Beatles for popularity, even topping them as the biggest-selling pop act in the U.S. in 1965.  1966's Hold On! and 1968's Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, two of the band's three big-screen musical comedies, have just received made-on-demand DVD release in remastered editions from Warner Archive.  Alongside these releases, ABKCO will reissue on one CD the soundtracks to both films on May 17.

Herman's Hermits burst onto the scene with their 1964 revival of "I'm Into Something Good," a Carole King and Gerry Goffin composition originally recorded by Earl-Jean of the Cookies earlier that year.  "Something Good" topped the U.K. charts and placed a respectable No. 13 in the U.S.  It launched a successful series of singles on both sides of the Atlantic revealing the British Invasion in full swing: "Silhouettes," "I'm Henry the VIII , I Am," "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat," "Listen, People," "Dandy" and of course, "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter."   Led by Peter Noone (or Herman), the band boasted the considerable talents of Keith Hopwood, Derek Leckenby, Karl Green and Barry Whitwam.  While session players including John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page contributed to the Hermits' records, producer Mickie Most has confirmed that the band played on many of their own most successful recordings.  All told, they scored eleven Top 10 hits between 1964 and 1967.

Hit the jump to go back to 1966 when The British Invasion infiltrated Hollywood, U.S.A.!

Hold On! brought together two of America's favorite things circa 1966:  the music of Herman's Hermits and the space race!  In the film, NASA wishes to name a rocket after them so a nerdy scientist (played by Herbert Anderson) is sent to shadow them on tour to determine whether they are "rocket worthy."  The usual zany complications ensue, including run-ins with crazed teenagers and the police!   Bernard Fox, Dr. Bombay on TV's Bewitched, plays a fictionalized version of band manager/producer Mickie Most.  Bolstering the silly plot is a strong line-up of songs performed by the band and co-star Shelley Fabares.  P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri contributed the title song as well as the Top 10 hit "A Must to Avoid," "All The Things I Do For You Baby" and "Where Were You When I Needed You" (better known in the Grass Roots' version).  Also featured is "Leaning on a Lamp Post," the band's successful reworking of Noel Gay's song.   Fred Karger and his writing partners wrote the rest of the original score, including Shelley Fabares' "Make Me Happy."

1968's Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter found the group far-removed from outer space, in the world of dog racing!  Yes, Mrs. Brown is a greyhound, and Herman and the gang are eager to race her.   How to raise the money for the entry fees?  How about playing some concerts?  Then Herman meets a human Mrs. Brown, who happens to have (you guessed it!) a lovely daughter. Will Herman find true love at last?  Mrs. Brown is another lavish, splashy musical, and famed British comedian Stanley Holloway (best known as Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, both onstage and onscreen) makes an appearance.  The movie reprised some Herman's favorites including the title song and "There's a Kind of Hush", covered to further success by the Carpenters.  Graham Gouldman, later of 10cc, contributed four songs to the soundtrack including the group's ode to hometown Manchester, "It's Nice to Be Out in the Morning."  Band members co-wrote "Searching for the Southern Sun" with Karl Green, not Peter Noone, on lead vocals.  "Wings of Love" hints at a more psychedelic direction, and both parts of "Daisy Chain" are instrumentals in a style uncommon to the group.

ABKCO's two-on-one CD, Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter/Hold On!, hits stores on May 17.  You'll find a pre-order link and track listing below!

Original Soundtrack Recordings, Herman's Hermits, Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter/Hold On! (ABKCO, 2011)

  1. It's Nice to Be Out in the Morning
  2. Holiday Inn
  3. Ooh, She's Done It Again
  4. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
  5. Lemon and Lime
  6. The Most Beautiful Thing in My Life
  7. Daisy Chain (Part I)
  8. Daisy Chain (Part II)
  9. The World Is For The Young
  10. Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
  11. Hold On!
  12. The George and Dragon
  13. Got a Feeling
  14. Wild Love
  15. Leaning on the Lamp Post
  16. Where Were You When I Needed You
  17. All The Things I Do For You Baby
  18. Gotta Get Away
  19. Make Me Happy
  20. A Must to Avoid

Tracks 1-10 from Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter, MGM LP SE-4548, 1968
Tracks 11-20 from Hold On!, MGM LP SE-4342, 1966

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop, Soundtracks Tags: Herman's Hermits, Peter Noone

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Paul Urbahns says

    November 8, 2011 at 12:20 pm

    I have the original soundtrack albums on MGM. The Hold On is basically the same as been written about for years, but the liners to the original Mrs Brown soundtrack specifically states the band recorded two of their biggest hits (Mrs Brown and Kind Of A Hush) for the film soundtrack. These tracks should have been available in stereo and used as bonus tracks. To this day they have not been issued because MGM pulled the original hit single mono masters and pout them on the otherwise stereo album. Because of this those two recordings have never (to my knowledge ) been issued.

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