''The Hollies' Greatest Hits'' was the first

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collection by English pop group

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. The album was released by

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in the US in May 1967 and by

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in Canada, under the title ''The Hits of the Hollies'' and with two different tracks, in July 1967. It was the Hollies' highest charting album in the US, peaking at number eleven during a chart stay of forty weeks. When Imperial was dissolved into

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in 1971, this album went out of print, prompting Epic (the group's then-current label) to issue its own "Greatest Hits" album two years later. The album was available in both

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and

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formats. A little over half of the songs on the stereo version were electronically altered (e), meaning that the mono tapes were used. The Canadian version of the album deleted the songs "Memphis" and "Tell Me to My Face", substituting early Hollies hits "Stay" and "(Ain't That) Just Like Me". Neither

, which assumed control of the United Artists catalog in 1979, nor

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, the current holder of the group's catalog, have issued this album on CD, as the 1973 US/Canadian greatest hits album on Epic, also titled '' The Hollies' Greatest Hits'', contains six of these hits ("Bus Stop", "Pay You Back With Interest", "Look Through Any Window", "Stop Stop Stop", "Just One Look" and "On a Carousel"). A version for sale in New Zealand was similar to the US version but replaced "Bus Stop" with "Dear Eloise", and added "King Midas in Reverse".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks, except where indicated.

Side 1

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) – 2:51 (from ''

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'') #"Tell Me to My Face" § stereo – 3:02 (from '' Stop! Stop! Stop!'') #" I'm Alive" e ( Clint Ballard Jr.) – 2:22 (from '' Hear! Here!'') #" Look Through Any Window" (Gouldman, Charles Silverman) – 2:16 (from '' Hear! Here!'')

Side 2

#" Stop Stop Stop" § stereo – 2:52 (from '' Stop! Stop! Stop!'') #"Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" stereo ( Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll) – 2:17 (from ''

'') #" Just One Look" e (Payne, Carroll) – 2:30 (from ''

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On a Carousel "On a Carousel" is a song written by Allan Clarke, Graham Nash and Tony Hicks. It was released by the Hollies as a single in February 1967, having been recorded the previous month, on the Parlophone label in the UK and Imperial in the US. Nash wo ...

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Canadian Track Listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks, except where indicated. Also indicates the original Canadian LP's

Side 1

#" Stop Stop Stop" § – 2:52 (from '' Stop! Stop! Stop!'') #" Look Through Any Window" (

, Charles Silverman) – 2:16 (from '' I Can't Let Go / Look Through Any Window'') #"

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'') #"Pay You Back with Interest" § – 2:39 (from ''Stop! Stop! Stop!'') #"

" (Clive Westlake,

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) – 2:17 (from ''

'')

Side 2

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) – 2:51 (from ''

'') #" I'm Alive" ( Clint Ballard Jr.) – 2:22 (from '' In The Hollies Style'') #"(Ain't That) Just Like Me" (Earl Carroll, Billy Guy) - 2:09 (from ''

'') #"

" § – 3:08 (from Capitol of Canada single 72450) #"Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" ( Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll) – 2:17 (non-single LP debut) #" Just One Look" (Payne, Carroll) – 2:30 (from ''

'')

Personnel

* Allan Clarke - vocals, harmonica, guitar *

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- lead guitar, vocals *

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, photographer, and activist. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and the supergroups Crosby, Stills ...

- rhythm guitar, vocals *

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 ...

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Bernie Calvert Bernard Bamford Calvert (born 16 September 1942) is an English musician who played bass guitar and keyboards with The Hollies from 1966 until 1981. Career He worked with several rock and roll groups during the early 1960s, most notably Rickie ...

- bass guitar on § *

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 ...

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*Don Rathbone - drums on "(Ain't That) Just Like Me"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollies Greatest Hits, The The Hollies compilation albums 1967 greatest hits albums Imperial Records compilation albums Albums produced by Ron Richards (producer)