''Stay with The Hollies'', also known by its American release title ''Here I Go Again'', is the debut
album
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by the British
rock
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band
the Hollies
The Hollies are a British pop rock band, formed in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Allan Clarke (singer), Allan Clarke and Graham ...
and was released in January 1964 on
Parlophone Records
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(''see''
1964 in music
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). In Canada, it was released on
Capitol
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in July 1964, with a different track listing. In the US,
Imperial Records
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Early years to 19 ...
issued the album under the title ''Here I Go Again'' in June 1964 to capitalize on the moderate success of the singles "
Here I Go Again
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" (No. 107) and "
Just One Look" (No. 98).
It also features covers of well-known R&B songs, not unusual for
Beat group
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s of the day.
Background
After the success of the
Liverpool
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-based group
The Beatles
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, many
artists and repertoire
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men from London-based
record label
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s went to Liverpool in search of other
beat
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groups. When
Ron Richards from Parlophone visited Liverpool in early 1963, the group playing that night at the
Cavern Club
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The Cavern Club opened in 1957 as a jazz club, later becoming a centre of the rock and roll scene in Liverpool in the late 50s and early 1960s. The club became closely assoc ...
was
The Hollies
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, who were actually from
Manchester
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. Richards promptly signed them to Parlophone, which was also The Beatles' label.
Recording, production and songs
After the group was signed to
Parlophone
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, the Hollies made their studio recordings at
EMI Studios
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, located on
Abbey Road
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in London – which later had its name changed to Abbey Road Studios. The group was produced by Ron Richards, who was the primary assistant to
George Martin
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, produced other Abbey Road artists such as
Gerry & the Pacemakers
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, and later started
Associated Independent Recording
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with Martin and John Burgess. Because Parlophone already had The Beatles, Richards had The Hollies release a series of singles. However, by the end of 1963, despite the departure of original drummer Don Rathbone, The Hollies' single releases had been successful enough for Parlophone to release an
album
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by the group.
From the beginning, the songs performed by The Hollies were known for the
vocal harmony
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between Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, and Graham Nash, which enabled them to bring a different sound to older tunes. In fact, most of the songs on the album were originally written and performed by
Americans
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, including
Chuck Berry
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, a favourite among beat groups. The only original composition on the British album was "Little Lover", written by
Allan Clarke and
Graham Nash
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. The American release also only had one original, the
Bobby Elliott
Robert Hartley Elliott (born 8 December 1941) is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with The Hollies. He has been described as "one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock".
Early life
Elliott discovered jazz music when he w ...
/
Tony Hicks
Anthony Christopher Hicks (born 16 December 1945) is an English guitarist and singer who has been a member of the British rock/pop band the Hollies since 1963, and as such was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. His main rol ...
composition "Keep Off That Friend of Mine", while the Canadian release included both "Little Lover" and the Graham Nash composition "Hey What's Wrong with Me".
Charts
The single "Stay" was released by Parlophone in November 1963 and eventually peaked at No. 8 on the
UK Singles Chart
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. ''Stay with The Hollies'' followed three months later and peaked at No. 2 on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Track listing
The US version (''Here I Go Again'')
In June 1964,
Imperial Records
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acquired the US rights to The Hollies and released the first LP as ''Here I Go Again'' after the moderate success of that single and its immediate predecessor "Just One Look" in America. Imperial removed five UK LP tracks – "Baby Don't Cry", "Mr. Moonlight", "Little Lover", "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" and "Candy Man" – and added the singles "Just One Look" and "Here I Go Again" along with the Hicks/Elliott original "Keep Off That Friend of Mine" (B-side of "Just One Look", the first time this song appeared on an LP) to create the US release. In 2010, the mono version of this LP was reissued on 180 gram vinyl in the USA by
Sundazed Records
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.
In 1966, the 1963 recordings of "Candy Man", "Little Lover" (mistitled on some covers as "Little Love") and "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" were included on the new Imperial album "Bus Stop". The Hollies were not happy with Imperial's decision to release that collection, and it was one of the reasons cited by the group in their decision to leave Imperial in 1967 and sign with
Epic Records
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for distribution of their music in the USA.
Technical
*
Ron Richards –
producer
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* Gene Weed –
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"Just One Look" charted again at number 44 in 1967 when it was re-released from ''
The Hollies' Greatest Hits'' album.
US track listing (''Here I Go Again'')
;Side one
# "
Here I Go Again
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"
(Mort Shuman
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, Clive Westlake) – 2:19
# "Stay" - 2:13
# "Lucille" - 2:27
# "Memphis" - 2:34
# "You Better Move On" - 2:46
# "Talkin' 'bout You" - 2:09
;Side two
# "
Just One Look"
(Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne
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) – 2:31
# "Keep Off That Friend of Mine"
(Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks) – 2:10
# "Rockin' Robin" - 2:17
# "Do You Love Me" - 2:10
# "What Kind of Girl Are You" - 3:03
# "It's Only Make Believe" - 3:13
The Canadian album
''Stay with the Hollies'' was also the title of the Hollies' first Canadian LP, released on 20 July 1964 as Capitol T-6073. The LP was released on the Capitol 6000 label, a label available only in Canada that released mainly recordings of British artists that were signed to an EMI-owned label in the UK
The Canadian album, which was compiled and supervised by Paul White for release in Canada, is very different from both the original UK release and its US counterpart, ''Here I Go Again''. Like the US album, it includes the non-LP singles "Just One Look" and "Here I Go Again"; in addition, it contains the Hollies' first two UK hit singles, "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" and "Searchin'", plus one non-album B-side, "Hey What's Wrong with Me". To add these five songs, it omits the tracks "Baby Don't Cry", "Rockin' Robin", "It's Only Make Believe", "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" and "Candy Man" from the UK edition.
Canadian track listing
;Side 1
#"(Ain't That) Just Like Me"
(Earl Carroll, Billy Guy) – 2:09
#"Hey What's Wrong with Me"
(Graham Nash) – 1:52
#"I'm Talking About You"
#"Mr. Moonlight"
#"You Better Move On"
#"Lucille"
#"Stay"
;Side 2
#"Here I Go Again"
#"Memphis"
#"
Searchin'
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"
(Jerry Leiber
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, Mike Stoller
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) – 2:26
#"Do You Love Me"
#"What Kind of Girl Are You"
#"Little Lover"
#"Just One Look"
Personnel
The Hollies
*
Allan Clarke – vocals, harmonica
*
Eric Haydock
Eric Haydock (born Eric John Haddock; 3 February 1943 – 5 January 2019) was a British musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of The Hollies from December 1962 until July 1966. He was one of the first British musicians to play a F ...
– bass guitar
*
Tony Hicks
Anthony Christopher Hicks (born 16 December 1945) is an English guitarist and singer who has been a member of the British rock/pop band the Hollies since 1963, and as such was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. His main rol ...
– vocals, lead guitar
*
Graham Nash
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– vocals, rhythm guitar
*
Bobby Elliott
Robert Hartley Elliott (born 8 December 1941) is an English rock drummer, best known for playing with The Hollies. He has been described as "one of the very finest drummers in all of pop/rock".
Early life
Elliott discovered jazz music when he w ...
– drums, except as noted
*Don Rathbone – drums on "Little Lover", "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" and "Searchin'"
Additional personnel
*
Ron Richards –
production
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*Tommy Sanderson – piano on "Searchin'"
References
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1964 debut albums
The Hollies albums
Parlophone albums
Albums produced by Ron Richards (producer)
Imperial Records albums