''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 added "Dear Eloise" and "King Midas in Reverse" to give a total of 14 tracks compared to the US/Canadian 12 tracks.

Track listing

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

Side 1

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Hear! Here! ''Hollies'' is the Hollies' third studio album for Parlophone. It is also referred to as ''Hollies '65'' to differentiate it from the similarly titled 1974 album. It went to No. 8 in the UK album charts. Originally available in mono only, it ...

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Side 2

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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!'') #"

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

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-Al Gorgoni) – 2:25 (from '' I Can't Let Go / Look Through Any Window'') #"

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" ( Maurice Williams) - 2:13 (from '' Stay with The Hollies'') #"Pay You Back with Interest" § – 2:39 (from ''Stop! Stop! Stop!'') #"

" (Clive Westlake,

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) – 2:17 (from '' Stay with The Hollies'')

Side 2

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) – 2:51 (from ''

'') #" I'm Alive" (

) – 2:22 (from '' In The Hollies Style'') #"(Ain't That) Just Like Me" (Earl Carroll, Billy Guy) - 2:09 (from '' Stay with The Hollies'') #"

" § – 3:08 (from Capitol of Canada single 72450) #"Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" (

, Gregory Carroll) – 2:17 (non-single LP debut) #" Just One Look" (Payne, Carroll) – 2:30 (from '' Stay with The Hollies'')

Personnel

* Allan Clarke - vocals, harmonica, 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 ...

- lead guitar, vocals *

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is a British and American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 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. Career Haydock's first group, The Deltas, would b ...

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

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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 ...

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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)