Stay With The Hollies
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US version vs. UK version

In June 1964, Imperial Records
Imperial Records
Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lew Chudd and reactivated in 2006 by label owner EMI.- The independent and Liberty Records years :...

 released the first Hollies LP in the USA as Here I Go Again after the moderate success of that single there. Imperial removed the UK LP tracks "Baby Don't Cry" "Mr. Moonlight", "Little Lover", "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" and "Candy Man" and added the singles "Just One Look" and "Here I Go Again" with the b-side "Keep Off That Friend Of Mine" (the first time this song appeared on a LP) to create a unique 12 song album. In 2010, the mono version of this LP was reissued on 180 gram vinyl in the USA by Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989...

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In 1966 "Candy Man", "Little Lover" (mistitled on some covers as "Little Love") and "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" were released two years later on the Imperial album "Bus Stop". This LP was a hodgepodge of old b-sides, LP tracks and songs never released in the USA before to capitalize on the hit single. The Hollies were not happy with this collection, and it was one of the reasons sited by the group on their decision to leave Imperial to sign with Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...

 in 1967 for distribution of their music in the USA.

US Track listing (Here I Go Again)

Side one
  1. "Here I Go Again" (Mort Shuman, Clive Westlake) – 2:19
  2. "Stay"
  3. "Lucille"
  4. "Memphis"
  5. "You Better Move On"
  6. "Talkin' 'Bout You"

Side 2
  1. "Just One Look
    Just One Look (song)
    "Just One Look" was a hit single co-written and sung by American R&B singer Doris Troy in 1963. The song peaked at #10 in the U.S. singles charts.Details vary as to how the single came to be released on Atlantic Records...

    " (Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
    Doris Troy
    Doris Troy was an American R&B singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul".She was born as Doris Higginson in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's choir...

    )
  2. "Keep Off That Friend of Mine" (Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks) – 2:10
  3. "Rockin' Robin"
  4. "Do You Love Me"
  5. "What Kind Of Girl Are You"
  6. "It's Only Make Believe"

The Canadian album

Stay With The Hollies, was also the title of the Hollies' first Canadian LP released on July 20, 1964 as Capitol T-6073. The album is very different from its US component, "Here I Go Again" on Imperial, and the original UK release, Stay with the Hollies (same title).

The album was compiled and supervised by Paul White for release in Canada. The LP came out on the famous Capitol 6000 label, a label only available in Canada that released mainly British artists' recordings.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" (Earl Carroll, Billy Guy) – 2:09
  2. "Hey What's Wrong With Me" (Graham Nash) – 1:52
  3. "I'm Talking About You"
  4. "Mr. Moonlight"
  5. "You Better Move On"
  6. "Lucille"
  7. "Stay"

Side 2
  1. "Here I Go Again"
  2. "Memphis"
  3. "Searchin'
    Searchin'
    "Searchin" is a song written by Leiber and Stoller specifically for The Coasters. It was released as a single on Atco Records in March 1957, and topped the Rhythm and Blues Chart for twelve weeks...

    " (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:26
  4. "Do You Love Me"
  5. "What Kind of Girl are You"
  6. "Little Lover"
  7. "Just One Look" – 2:31

Personnel

  • Allan Clarke
    Allan Clarke (singer)
    Allan Clarke is a retired British singer who was one of the founding members of The Hollies. He retired in 1999.-Career:...

     – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Bobby Elliott
    Bobby Elliott
    Robert Hartley "Bobby" Elliott is a rock drummer, best known for playing with The Hollies, who has been described as "one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock".-Early life:...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Eric Haydock
    Eric Haydock
    Eric Haydock was the original bass guitarist with The Hollies from December 1962 until 1966. Although considered a great bassist, he was replaced in 1966 by Bernie Calvert, after disputes related to the conduct of the band's managers.-External links:*...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Tony Hicks
    Tony Hicks
    Tony Hicks is a guitarist and singer who has been a member of the British pop group The Hollies since 1963.-Career:...

     – vocals, lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

  • Graham Nash
    Graham Nash
    Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...

     - vocals, rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

  • Ron Richards
    Ron Richards (producer)
    Ron Richards was a British record producer, best known for discovering The Hollies.Born Ronald Richard Pratley in London, England, he played the piano and saxophone for the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Richards later worked at EMI's Parlophone imprint as an assistant to producer George...

     – producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...


Charts

The single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "Stay" was released by Parlophone in November 1963, which eventually peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. Stay with The Hollies followed 3 months later and peaked at #2 on the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

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