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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2021 17:17:58 GMT
Cameron, not sure where you get the idea that The Small Faces' albums "sold very poorly on release on the whole". Of the 3 proper albums released in their short life span, their debut got to No. 3, the first immediate LP got to No. 12 and 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' topped the charts! Even 'From The Beginning' (effectively an album of leftovers) reached No. 17.
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 26, 2021 22:27:36 GMT
Cameron, not sure where you get the idea that The Small Faces' albums "sold very poorly on release on the whole". Of the 3 proper albums released in their short life span, their debut got to No. 3, the first immediate LP got to No. 12 and 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' topped the charts! Even 'From The Beginning' (effectively an album of leftovers) reached No. 17. Sadly, in North America, they're merely the "Itchycoo Park" dudes.
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Post by cameron on Jan 26, 2021 23:32:47 GMT
Cameron, not sure where you get the idea that The Small Faces' albums "sold very poorly on release on the whole". Of the 3 proper albums released in their short life span, their debut got to No. 3, the first immediate LP got to No. 12 and 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' topped the charts! Even 'From The Beginning' (effectively an album of leftovers) reached No. 17. Only 'Ogdens' and to a much lesser degree 'Autumn Stone' ever made re-pressings in the UK. Although the Decca albums sold well upon release, none of them survived in print past the 1960s on Decca, I *think* 'From The Beginning' survived onto one short run on the boxed Decca label in 1969. The Hollies, on the other hand, were still having 'Would You Believe' pressed by EMI in 1970, ditto 'Hollies Sing Dylan' survived in print consistently until 1978. 'Evolution' and 'Butterfly' sold enough to warrant a repress on Parlophone in 1978. Everything from 'Hollies' [1965] through to 'Evolution' was consistently kept in print on various EMI budget labels well into the 1970s, with 'I Can't Let Go' (originally 'Would You Believe'), 'The Hollies' (originally 'Evolution') and 'Stop! Stop! Stop!' (originally 'For Certain Because') all surviving a few re-pressings with revised labels and artwork. The point is this: the Hollies were in demand beyond the greatest hits packages - of which there were LOTS! They consistently sold far more records than the Kinks or Small Faces right up until the late 1970s, but they're almost completely overlooked now compared to those bands, who seem to enjoy legendary status among the rock elite. Both of those bands also issued some pretty questionable LPs in the 1970s, which seem to have done nothing to dent their reputation. I can only assume that the Hollies' lack of equal standing is down to how their image has been cultivated over the years and their back catalogue not pushed, because the demand was there for this material over a decade after it was originally released!
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