''Stay with The Hollies'', also known by its American release title ''Here I Go Again'', is the debut

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by the British

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and was released in January 1964 on

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(''see''

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). In Canada, it was released on

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in July 1964, with a different track listing. In the US,

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issued the album under the title ''Here I Go Again'' in June 1964 to capitalize on the moderate success of the singles "

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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 groups of the day.

Background

After the success of the

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-based group

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, many

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men from London-based

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s went to Liverpool in search of other

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groups. When Ron Richards from Parlophone visited Liverpool in early 1963, the group playing that night at the

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was

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, who were actually from

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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

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, the Hollies made their studio recordings at

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, located on

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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

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, produced other Abbey Road artists such as

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, and later started

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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

by the group. From the beginning, the songs performed by The Hollies were known for the

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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

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, including

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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

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. The American release also only had one original, the Bobby Elliott/

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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

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. ''Stay with The Hollies'' followed three months later and peaked at No. 2 on the

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Track listing

The US version (''Here I Go Again'')

In June 1964,

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

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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 for distribution of their music in the USA.

Technical

* Ron Richards – producer * 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 # "

" (

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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) – 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'" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 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 – bass guitar *

– vocals, lead guitar *

– vocals, rhythm guitar * Bobby Elliott – drums, except as noted *Don Rathbone – drums on "Little Lover", "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" and "Searchin'" Additional personnel * Ron Richards –

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*Tommy Sanderson – piano on "Searchin'"

References

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