Stay with the Hollies is the first album by The Hollies. It's essentially an album of covers, "Little Lover" being the lone original composition and the shortest track on the original album. In Canada, Stay with the Hollies was released on its Capitol 6000 label with a completely different track listing from this LP and the US LP, Here I Go Again on Imperial. 01 - I´m Talking About You 02 - Mr Moonlight 03 - You Better Move On 04 - Lucille 05 - Baby Don´t Cry 06 - Memphis 07 - Stay 08 - Rockin´ Robin 09 - Watcha Gonna Do ´bout It 10 - Do You Love Me 11 - It´s Only Make Believe 12 - What Kind Of Girl Are You 13 - Little Lover 14 - Candy Man LINK
In The Hollies Style is The Hollies' second LP for Parlophone. Originally available in mono only, it was reissued in true stereo under the title The Vintage Hollies in 1967. In 1997, British EMI put both mono and stereo versions of this album onto a single CD. Upon being released, The Hollies' second album drew little success. While their debut and third album both reached the top five in the UK album charts, In The Hollies Style did not make the top twenty. However, it managed to retain the energy and excitement of their debut and demonstrated the development of The Hollies' songwriting. The debut album featured one original song; nearly half of the songs on In The Hollies Style (credited to "Ransford") are original. "To You My Love" was Graham Nash's first solo performance on a Hollies album according to the liner notes, which were written by producer Ron Richards. For reasons unknown, none of the tracks on this album have been issued in the United States. 01 - Nitty Gritty Something's Got A Hold On Me 02 - Don't You Know 03 - To You My Love 04 - It's In Her Kiss 05 - Time For Love 06 - What Kind Of Boy 07 - Too Much Monkey Business 08 - I Thought Of You Last Night 09 - Please Don't Feel Too Bad 10 - Come On Home 11 - You'll Be Mine 12 - Set Me Free LINK
Hollies is The Hollies' third LP for Parlophone. This is also referred to as Hollies '65 to differentiate it from the similarly-titled 1974 album. It went to #8 in the UK album charts. Originally available in mono only, it was reissued in stereo under the title Reflection in 1969. In 1997, British EMI put both mono and stereo versions of this album onto a single CD. Of the twelve tracks on this album, only "So Lonely" was issued on 45 in Great Britain; even then, it was the B-side to the 1965 hit "Look Through Any Window", a song recorded concurrent with the rest of this album. On the original album, only four of the twelve songs are band originals with the rest being covers. In Scandinavia "Very Last Day" and "Too Many People" were issued on 45, with the former becoming a major hit in Sweden. 01 - Very Last Day 02 - You Must Believe Me 03 - Put Yourself In My Place 04 - Down The Line 05 - That's My Desire 06 - Too Many People 07 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 08 - When I Come Home To You 09 - Fortune Teller 10 - So Lonely 11 - I've Been Wrong 12 - Mickey's Monkey LINK
In 1965 Imperial Records released Hollies with a different track listing as Hear! Here!. Imperial removed "Fortune Teller" and "Mickey's Monkey", added the singles "I'm Alive" and "Look Through Any Window" (the Hollies first American Top 40 hit) and re-arranged the track listing. Strangely, the cover used the photo from the UK In The Hollies Style LP, which was never released in the USA. "Mickeys Monkey" later appeared in 1966 on Imperial's "Bus Stop" album. In 2010, the mono version of this LP was reissued on 180 gram vinyl in the USA by Sundazed Records. 01 - He Hollies I'm Alive 02 - The Very Last Day 03 - You Must Believe Me 04 - Put Yourself In My Place 05 - Down The Line 06 - That's My Desire 07 - Look Through Any Window 08 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy 09 - When I Come Home To You 10 - So Lonely 11 - I've Been Wrong 12 - Too Many People LINK
This was The Hollies' third U.S. album; it was released under the title Beat Group! (Imperial LP-9312 (Mono)/LP-12312 (Rechanneled stereo)) one month before Would You Believe? in the U.K.. Several tracks from Would You Believe? that weren't used for this album were carried over to the next U.S. album Bus Stop, released in mid-1966, which compiled these, the title track and other stray songs from previous U.K. albums and singles dating as far back as 1964. The version of "A Taste of Honey" was exclusive to this album and wasn't released in the UK at the time. It differs from the version released on the box set The Long Road Home which was recorded in 1968. 01 - I Can't Let Go 02 - That's How Strong My Love Is 03 - Running Through The Night 04 - Oriental Sadness 05 - A Taste Of Honey 06 - Mr Moonlight 07 - Don't You Even Care 08 - Hard Hard Year 09 - Take Your Time 10 - Fifi The Flea 11 - I Take What I Want LINK
For Certain Because is the fifth UK album by The Hollies and their second released in 1966. This was also the first Hollies album in which all the songs were written by members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. Retitled Stop! Stop! Stop! for the US and Canadian markets, this was the first Hollies album in which the track listing on both US and UK versions remained the same. In addition, other markets used the title Stop! Stop! Stop! when reissuing this album. In 1983, Liberty Records reissued this album as Pay You Back With Interest without the tracks "Stop! Stop! Stop!" and "High Classed". Stop! Stop! Stop! was also the Hollies' last new album for Imperial Records in the US and Capitol Records in Canada. Their next album, Evolution, would be released in the US and Canada on Epic Records while remaining on Parlophone/EMI in the UK. Stop! Stop! Stop! tells the story of a young man watching an exotic dancer who completely captivates him, so much so that he jumps up on stage to dance with her and promptly gets thrown out of the nightclub (presumably by a bouncer). All current CD issues of this album retain the original album title and artwork. 01 - What´s Wrong With The Way I Live 02 - Pay You Back With Interest 03 - Tell Me To My Face 04 - Clown 05 - Suspicious Look In Your Eyes 06 - It´s You 07 - High Classed 08 - Peculiar Situation 09 - What Went Wrong 10 - Crusader 11 - Don´t Even Think About Changing 12 - Stop Stop Stop LINK
Strange Days is the second album released by The Doors. The album was a commercial success, earning a gold record and reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Despite this, the album's producer, Paul Rothchild, considered it a commercial failure, even if it was an artistic triumph: "We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it was going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there was no single. The record died on us." Nonetheless, the album managed two Top 30 hits, a Top 3 placing on the US charts, and a platinum certification. Furthermore, the album certainly did nothing to derail the overall success of the Doors, as demonstrated the next year by their chart-topping follow-up Waiting for the Sun.
01 - Strange days 02 - You´re lost little girl 03 - Love me two times 04 - Unhappy girl 05 - Horse latitudes 06 - Moonlight drive 07 - People are strange 08 - My eyes have seen you 09 - I can´t see your face in my mind 10 - When the music´s over
Waiting for the Sun is The Doors' third studio album. It was released in 1968 and became the band's first and only number one album and spawned their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it peaked at #16 in the chart. With the exception of two songs, the material for this album was written after the band's initial songs from the formation of the group had been recorded for their debut album and second album, Strange Days. The highlight of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "Celebration of the Lizard", but in the end only the "Not to Touch the Earth" section was used. The song "Waiting for the Sun" would not appear on an album until Morrison Hotel. 01 - Hello, I Love You 02 - Love Street 03 - Not To Touch The Earth 04 - Summer's Almost Gone 05 - Wintertime Love 06 - The Unknown Soldier 07 - Spanish Caravan 08 - My Wild Love 09 - We Could Be So Good Together 10 - Yes, The River Knows 11 - Five To One 12 - Albinoni's Adagio In G Minor (Bonus) 13 - Not To Touch The Earth (Dialogue) (Bonus) 14 - Not To Touch The Earth (Take 1) (Bonus) 15 - Not To Touch The Earth (Take 2) (Bonus) 16 - Celebration Of The Lizard (An Experimentwork In Progress) (Bonus) LINK
The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by The Doors, released in 1969. The album met with some controversy among fans and critics due to its inclusion of brass and string instrument arrangements, as opposed to the more stripped-down sound of their earlier recordings. Fans also complained that The Soft Parade followed the lyrical formulas of previous albums, and thus was not very innovative. In reviewing the 40th anniversary remix (for the August 2007 issue of Downbeat Magazine) correspondent Dan Ouellette thought otherwise, declaring it to be "the apex" of the band's creativity. Due to Jim Morrison's increasing alcoholism and interest in poetry, guitarist Robby Krieger has a stronger presence on The Soft Parade than on any other Doors album from the Morrison era, contributing around half the material, instead of merely a song or two as he had on previous efforts. 01 - Tell all the people 02 - Touch Me 03 - Shaman´s blues 04 - Do it 05 - Easy ride 06 - Wild child 07 - Runnin´ blue 08 - Wishful sinful 09 - The Soft Parade LINK
Recorded live In Detroit (Cobo Hall, 05/08/1970). Detroit's Cobo Hall on May 8, 1970, is the setting for Live in Detroit, the first complete concert performance on the Doors' own Bright Midnight label. This is the Doors the way they deserve to be remembered -- tight and overtly bluesy. However, that oversimplification unfairly discounts the multiple sonic detours made along the way. Strange but true, this is the very first complete concert recording by the Doors to be offered for mass consumption -- allowing for some poetic justice. Live in Detroit is an initial step in removing the rumor and innuendo regarding Jim Morrison's loss of ability to perform on stage -- with the threat of an impending legal trial. No, this isn't the same trippy, hippy, psychedelic band that raised eyebrows by singing "higher" on The Ed Sullivan Show. Similarly, the world had grown in the intervening years. While this set is chocked full of early favorites such as "Break on Through," "Light My Fire," and the rarely documented "The End," the Doors' souls are full of the blues. 01 - Tuning 02 - Roadhouse Vamp 03 - Hello To The Cities 04 - Dead Cats Dead Rats 05 - Break On Through (To The Other Side) 06 - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) 07 - Back Door Man 08 - Five To One 09 - Roadhouse Blues 10 - You Make Me Real 11 - Ship Of Fools 12 - When The Musics Over 13 - People Get Ready 14 - Mystery Train 15 - Away In India 16 - Crossroads 17 - Tuning 18 - Carol 19 - Light My Fire 20 - Been Down So Long 21 - Love Hides 22 - Mean Mustard Blues 23 - Carol (Reprise) 24 - Close To You 25 - Im A King Bee 26 - Rock Me Baby / Heartbreak Hotel 27 - The End LINK
This is the Miami concert from 1969. Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, Florida, 1st March 1969, with Morrison very drunk. 01 - Medley Back Door Man, Five to One 02 - Fun Rap (Poem) 03 - Touch Me (Attempt) 04 - Love Me Two Times 05 - When the Music's Over 06 - Wake Up! 07 - Light My Fire 08 - Who Scared You 09 - Spanish Caravan 10 - Wild Child 11 - Touch Me 12 - The Unknown Soldier LINK
Recorded Live at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden - September 20, 1968. 01 Five To One 02 Mack the Knife. Alabama Song 03 Back Door Man 04 You're Lost, Little Girl 05 Love Me Two Times 06 When The Music's Over 07 Wild Child 08 Money 09 Wake Up 10 Light My Fire 11 The End 12 Unknown Soldier LINK
