Post by cameron on Nov 13, 2015 12:28:38 GMT
**Updated in November 2021** Hopefully Ron Furmanek's long awaited rarities project might see a few of these unreleased tracks get issued next year!
Following on from nashfan076's post about a few 'lost' Hollies tracks, I began searching the internet for an old post I used to check up on every now and then detailing what was left unofficially released by the Hollies. Sadly this post has now been lost when the old EO forum went down. So here it is again, an up to date list of rarities/unreleased recordings by the Hollies. Let's see what we can add to it!
UNRELEASED:
1962 - Crying In The Rain (Fourtones Acetate), Learn How To Twist (Fourtones Acetate)
1963 - Fortune Teller (early take), Searchin' (three early takes), I Understand (early take)
1964 - Party Line, It's Raining Teardrops, Cry Now
1965 - You Must Believe me (early take), Honey And Wine (early take), Now That You're Gone, Stay Away
1966 - Have You Ever Loved Somebody (two early takes), Stop! Stop! Stop! (early take)
1967 - Green Eyes, You Know Me Babe, Step Inside (early take), Ashes To Ashes
1968 - You Were A Pretty little Girl, Marrakesh Express, Survival Of The Fittest (early version), This Wheel's On Fire (early version)
1969 - Angel Of The Morning, Dang Me (two takes, one with Terry Sylvester, one without), The Race Is On, Kentucky Woman, Sign Of The Times (early take)
1970 - Wings (Terry Sylvester remake), Bobby's Prologue (two takes), [No More] Snow On Heather Moor
1971 - Salvation Band, Father Machine
1972 - Heaven In Her Heart, On The Summer Side Of Life, Nearer To You (early take)
1974 - Untitled Track
1975 - Born To Run
1976 - Maureen
1977 - Is It True, I'd Like To Be That Man
1978 - It's In Every One Of Us (early take), Get Up, Stormy Waters (early take), Harlequin (Gary Brooker on vocals)
1979 - Is It True
1981 - I Don't Understand You (three takes)
1984 - Don't Close Your Eyes
1986 - Hard To Forget (A tv clip has surfaced on YouTube of a promotional performance, but the audio remains unreleased)
RARITIES (NOT CURRENTLY OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE ON CD):
1963 - Poison Ivy (early take with bad ending from Australian LP)
1964 - In The Hollies Style LP (stereo mix)
1965 - Hollies LP [1965] (stereo mix), I'm Alive (mono mix), Look Through Any Window (mono mix), You Know He Did (stereo), Honey And Wine (stereo), Go Away (demo), You Must Believe Me (alternative stereo mix with centralised vocals from Australian LP)
1966 - Don't Run And Hide (original stereo mix), After The Fox (mono mix)
1967 - On A Carousel (recording session), Non Prego Per Me (original mono mix), Devi Aver Fiducia In Me (original mono mix), Try It (early take), Wishyouawish (U.S. stereo mix), Postcard (U.S. stereo mix), Charlie And Fred (U.S. stereo mix), Elevated Observations (German 'double' version), King Midas In Reverse (mono mix), alternative stereo mixes of ten of the 'Evolution' tracks are on a self-titled German S*R International LP from 1967
1968 - Jennifer Eccles (mono mix), Complete Live At Lewisham Odeon set (few tracks believed to be missing from the 2011 release)
1969 - Hollies Sing Dylan (original mono mix), Blowin' In The Wind (Live German promo LP)
1970 - Gasoline Alley Bred (correct tempo mix), Too Young To Be Married (New Zealand radio edit, mono)
1971 - Cable Car (stereo single mix), Long Cool Woman (U.S. DJ promo mono mix)
1973 - Out On The Road LP
1974 - The Day That Curly billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (Longer version)
1976 - Hollies Live Hits (appeared briefly on the now out of print 'Long Road Home' boxset in 2003), Russian Roulette LP, Draggin My Heels (extended 12" disco edit)
1978 - A Crazy Steal LP
1979 - 5317704 LP
1983 - What Goes Around LP
1988 - Rarities LP
1993 - Purple Rain (studio version)
*Note* the tracks from 'Out On The Road' (1973), 'Russian Roulette' (1976), 'A Crazy Steal' (1978), '5317704' (1979) and 'What Goes Around' (1983) were released on the 'Changin Times' and 'Head out of Dreams' boxsets, but the albums as they were originally released aren't currently available on CD officially.
OFFICIALLY UNAVAILABLE BBC TRACKS:
1963 - Searchin'
1964 - Roll Over Beethoven, We're Through, Set Me Free, Hey What's Wrong With Me, Keep Off Of That Friend Of Mine, What Kind Of Love, Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It
1965 - We're Through, Yes I Will, Mickey's Monkey, Too Much Monkey Business, Stay(2), I'm Alive, You Know He Did(2), Nobody, I've Been Wrong Before, A Taste Of Honey
1966 - To You My Love, Set Me Free, I've Been Wrong Before, Don't Even Think About Changing, Bus Stop, Stop! Stop! Stop!(TV)
1967 - King Midas In Reverse, Step Inside, Postcard
1968 - Jennifer Eccles, Pegasus, King Midas In Reverse, Stop! Stop! Stop!(TV), Very Last Day(TV), Carrie Anne(TV), Listen To Me(TV), A Taste Of Honey(TV), Blowin' In The Wind(TV), Stewball(TV), Just One Look, Stay
1969 - Sorry Suzanne, (TV): Carrie Anne, Just Like A Woman, Medley: Just One Look/Bus Stop/On A Carousel/Sorry Suzanne, Quit Your Low Down Ways, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Maybe I’ll Settle Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Mighty Quinn, Blowin’ In The Wind, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
1970 - Gasoline Alley Bred(TV), 'Frightened Lady', 'Survival of the Fittest', 'Isn't It Nice', 'Survival of the Fittest(2)'
1971 - Frightened Lady(TV), Long Cool Woman, Hold On, Look What We've Got
1972 - The Baby
1973 - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee(TV)
1974 - The Air That I Breathe(TV)
LIVE CONCERTS (KNOWN SURVIVING RECORDINGS):
1966 - Stockholm, Sweden (I Can't Let Go, You Don't Know Like I Know, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Very Last Day, The Times' They Are A Changin', What's Wrong With The Way I Live, Reach Out, I'll Be There, Too Much Monkey Business, Stop! Stop! Stop!) *Note* a clean complete version of this has since turned up including 'A Taste of Honey', 'Stewball' and 'Very Last Day' that were edited out of the 1980s rebroadcast.
1968 - Lewisham Odeon, England (Stop! Stop! Stop!, Look Through Any Window, The Times They Are A Changin', On A Carousel, King Midas In Reverse, Butterfly, Jennifer Eccles, Carrie Anne. *Note* As it was intended for official release, ten tracks is a bit light for a vinyl LP. Based on setlists of the time, Dang Me, Stewball, A Taste Of Honey, Puff The Magic Dragon, Just One Look, Stay and Very Last Day are also rumoured to be part of the set).
Split, Croatia (Stewball, On A Carousel, Dang Me, Very Last Day, Do The Best You Can, A Taste Of Honey, Jennifer Eccles, Carrie Anne. Encore (unissued): Bus Stop, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine)
1969 - Golders Green, England (Carrie Anne, Just Like A Woman, Medley: Just One Look/Bus Stop/On A Carousel/Sorry Suzanne, Quit Your Low Down Ways, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Maybe I’ll Settle Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Mighty Quinn, Blowin’ In The Wind) *Note* a good quality bootleg of this emerged as 'Live In London 1969' with a cover using the same photo as the EMI 'Greatest Hits Vol.2' which is easy to find.
1970 - Festival Hall, Australia (Gasoline Alley Bred, Woodstock, Let It Be, Amazing Grace, Stop Stop Stop, Too Young To Be Married, Bus Stop, Carrie Anne,Too Much Monkey Business, He Ain't Heavy and On A Carousel)
1972 - Buffalo Theatre, New York (Carrie Anne, You Know The Score, Pull Down The Blind, Look What We've Got, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Words Don't Come Easy, Romany, Touch, Amazing Grace, Bus Stop, On A Carousel, Long Dark Road, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Long Cool Woman)
1974 - Glasgow Apollo, Scotland (I Can't Let Go, Bus Stop, Don't Let Me Down, 'Pick Up The Pieces, The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee, Amazing Grace, Let It Be, Stop Stop Stop, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Son of a Rotten Gambler, Blowin' In The Wind)
1975 - Swizerland (I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top, Another Night, Sandy, Stop! Stop! Stop!, I'm Down, The Air That I Breathe, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother) *Note* This has been uploaded to YouTube in recent years
1976 - Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand (I Can't Let Go, Just One Look, I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top, Bus Stop, Another Night, Sandy, Star, My Island, I'm Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, Long Cool Woman, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe. Encore: Too Young To Be Married, The Ain't Heavy He's My Brother)
1982 - Mainz, Germany (I Can't Let Go, Just One Look, Another Night, Sandy, Bus Stop, Draggin My Heels, Write On, Something Ain't Right, Medley, Take My Love And Run, King Midas In Reverse, Too Young To Be Married, On A Carousel, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe. Encore: Soldier Song, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Blowin' In The Wind, Johnny B. Good, Long Cool Woman)
1990 - (Unknown) Germany (We're Through, Soldier's Song, Medley, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Blowin' In the Wind, On a Carousel, Purple Rain, Medley, Stop! Stop! Stop!, Wasted on the Way, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Johnny B. Goode, Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby)
1993 - Loreley, Germany (Just One Look, Listen To Me, Sandy, Bus Stop, Stay, King Midas In Reverse, Jennifer Eccles, Soldier’s Song, We’re Through, Sorry Suzanne, Purple Rain, On A Carousel, Chains)
Following on from nashfan076's post about a few 'lost' Hollies tracks, I began searching the internet for an old post I used to check up on every now and then detailing what was left unofficially released by the Hollies. Sadly this post has now been lost when the old EO forum went down. So here it is again, an up to date list of rarities/unreleased recordings by the Hollies. Let's see what we can add to it!
UNRELEASED:
1962 - Crying In The Rain (Fourtones Acetate), Learn How To Twist (Fourtones Acetate)
1963 - Fortune Teller (early take), Searchin' (three early takes), I Understand (early take)
1964 - Party Line, It's Raining Teardrops, Cry Now
1965 - You Must Believe me (early take), Honey And Wine (early take), Now That You're Gone, Stay Away
1966 - Have You Ever Loved Somebody (two early takes), Stop! Stop! Stop! (early take)
1967 - Green Eyes, You Know Me Babe, Step Inside (early take), Ashes To Ashes
1968 - You Were A Pretty little Girl, Marrakesh Express, Survival Of The Fittest (early version), This Wheel's On Fire (early version)
1969 - Angel Of The Morning, Dang Me (two takes, one with Terry Sylvester, one without), The Race Is On, Kentucky Woman, Sign Of The Times (early take)
1970 - Wings (Terry Sylvester remake), Bobby's Prologue (two takes), [No More] Snow On Heather Moor
1971 - Salvation Band, Father Machine
1972 - Heaven In Her Heart, On The Summer Side Of Life, Nearer To You (early take)
1974 - Untitled Track
1975 - Born To Run
1976 - Maureen
1977 - Is It True, I'd Like To Be That Man
1978 - It's In Every One Of Us (early take), Get Up, Stormy Waters (early take), Harlequin (Gary Brooker on vocals)
1979 - Is It True
1981 - I Don't Understand You (three takes)
1984 - Don't Close Your Eyes
1986 - Hard To Forget (A tv clip has surfaced on YouTube of a promotional performance, but the audio remains unreleased)
RARITIES (NOT CURRENTLY OFFICIALLY AVAILABLE ON CD):
1963 - Poison Ivy (early take with bad ending from Australian LP)
1964 - In The Hollies Style LP (stereo mix)
1965 - Hollies LP [1965] (stereo mix), I'm Alive (mono mix), Look Through Any Window (mono mix), You Know He Did (stereo), Honey And Wine (stereo), Go Away (demo), You Must Believe Me (alternative stereo mix with centralised vocals from Australian LP)
1966 - Don't Run And Hide (original stereo mix), After The Fox (mono mix)
1967 - On A Carousel (recording session), Non Prego Per Me (original mono mix), Devi Aver Fiducia In Me (original mono mix), Try It (early take), Wishyouawish (U.S. stereo mix), Postcard (U.S. stereo mix), Charlie And Fred (U.S. stereo mix), Elevated Observations (German 'double' version), King Midas In Reverse (mono mix), alternative stereo mixes of ten of the 'Evolution' tracks are on a self-titled German S*R International LP from 1967
1968 - Jennifer Eccles (mono mix), Complete Live At Lewisham Odeon set (few tracks believed to be missing from the 2011 release)
1969 - Hollies Sing Dylan (original mono mix), Blowin' In The Wind (Live German promo LP)
1970 - Gasoline Alley Bred (correct tempo mix), Too Young To Be Married (New Zealand radio edit, mono)
1971 - Cable Car (stereo single mix), Long Cool Woman (U.S. DJ promo mono mix)
1973 - Out On The Road LP
1974 - The Day That Curly billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (Longer version)
1976 - Hollies Live Hits (appeared briefly on the now out of print 'Long Road Home' boxset in 2003), Russian Roulette LP, Draggin My Heels (extended 12" disco edit)
1978 - A Crazy Steal LP
1979 - 5317704 LP
1983 - What Goes Around LP
1988 - Rarities LP
1993 - Purple Rain (studio version)
*Note* the tracks from 'Out On The Road' (1973), 'Russian Roulette' (1976), 'A Crazy Steal' (1978), '5317704' (1979) and 'What Goes Around' (1983) were released on the 'Changin Times' and 'Head out of Dreams' boxsets, but the albums as they were originally released aren't currently available on CD officially.
OFFICIALLY UNAVAILABLE BBC TRACKS:
1963 - Searchin'
1964 - Roll Over Beethoven, We're Through, Set Me Free, Hey What's Wrong With Me, Keep Off Of That Friend Of Mine, What Kind Of Love, Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It
1965 - We're Through, Yes I Will, Mickey's Monkey, Too Much Monkey Business, Stay(2), I'm Alive, You Know He Did(2), Nobody, I've Been Wrong Before, A Taste Of Honey
1966 - To You My Love, Set Me Free, I've Been Wrong Before, Don't Even Think About Changing, Bus Stop, Stop! Stop! Stop!(TV)
1967 - King Midas In Reverse, Step Inside, Postcard
1968 - Jennifer Eccles, Pegasus, King Midas In Reverse, Stop! Stop! Stop!(TV), Very Last Day(TV), Carrie Anne(TV), Listen To Me(TV), A Taste Of Honey(TV), Blowin' In The Wind(TV), Stewball(TV), Just One Look, Stay
1969 - Sorry Suzanne, (TV): Carrie Anne, Just Like A Woman, Medley: Just One Look/Bus Stop/On A Carousel/Sorry Suzanne, Quit Your Low Down Ways, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Maybe I’ll Settle Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Mighty Quinn, Blowin’ In The Wind, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
1970 - Gasoline Alley Bred(TV), 'Frightened Lady', 'Survival of the Fittest', 'Isn't It Nice', 'Survival of the Fittest(2)'
1971 - Frightened Lady(TV), Long Cool Woman, Hold On, Look What We've Got
1972 - The Baby
1973 - The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee(TV)
1974 - The Air That I Breathe(TV)
LIVE CONCERTS (KNOWN SURVIVING RECORDINGS):
1966 - Stockholm, Sweden (I Can't Let Go, You Don't Know Like I Know, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Very Last Day, The Times' They Are A Changin', What's Wrong With The Way I Live, Reach Out, I'll Be There, Too Much Monkey Business, Stop! Stop! Stop!) *Note* a clean complete version of this has since turned up including 'A Taste of Honey', 'Stewball' and 'Very Last Day' that were edited out of the 1980s rebroadcast.
1968 - Lewisham Odeon, England (Stop! Stop! Stop!, Look Through Any Window, The Times They Are A Changin', On A Carousel, King Midas In Reverse, Butterfly, Jennifer Eccles, Carrie Anne. *Note* As it was intended for official release, ten tracks is a bit light for a vinyl LP. Based on setlists of the time, Dang Me, Stewball, A Taste Of Honey, Puff The Magic Dragon, Just One Look, Stay and Very Last Day are also rumoured to be part of the set).
Split, Croatia (Stewball, On A Carousel, Dang Me, Very Last Day, Do The Best You Can, A Taste Of Honey, Jennifer Eccles, Carrie Anne. Encore (unissued): Bus Stop, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine)
1969 - Golders Green, England (Carrie Anne, Just Like A Woman, Medley: Just One Look/Bus Stop/On A Carousel/Sorry Suzanne, Quit Your Low Down Ways, I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, Maybe I’ll Settle Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, A Taste Of Honey, Stewball, Mighty Quinn, Blowin’ In The Wind) *Note* a good quality bootleg of this emerged as 'Live In London 1969' with a cover using the same photo as the EMI 'Greatest Hits Vol.2' which is easy to find.
1970 - Festival Hall, Australia (Gasoline Alley Bred, Woodstock, Let It Be, Amazing Grace, Stop Stop Stop, Too Young To Be Married, Bus Stop, Carrie Anne,Too Much Monkey Business, He Ain't Heavy and On A Carousel)
1972 - Buffalo Theatre, New York (Carrie Anne, You Know The Score, Pull Down The Blind, Look What We've Got, Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Words Don't Come Easy, Romany, Touch, Amazing Grace, Bus Stop, On A Carousel, Long Dark Road, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Long Cool Woman)
1974 - Glasgow Apollo, Scotland (I Can't Let Go, Bus Stop, Don't Let Me Down, 'Pick Up The Pieces, The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee, Amazing Grace, Let It Be, Stop Stop Stop, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Son of a Rotten Gambler, Blowin' In The Wind)
1975 - Swizerland (I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top, Another Night, Sandy, Stop! Stop! Stop!, I'm Down, The Air That I Breathe, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother) *Note* This has been uploaded to YouTube in recent years
1976 - Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand (I Can't Let Go, Just One Look, I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top, Bus Stop, Another Night, Sandy, Star, My Island, I'm Down, Stop! Stop! Stop!, Long Cool Woman, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe. Encore: Too Young To Be Married, The Ain't Heavy He's My Brother)
1982 - Mainz, Germany (I Can't Let Go, Just One Look, Another Night, Sandy, Bus Stop, Draggin My Heels, Write On, Something Ain't Right, Medley, Take My Love And Run, King Midas In Reverse, Too Young To Be Married, On A Carousel, Carrie Anne, The Air That I Breathe. Encore: Soldier Song, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Blowin' In The Wind, Johnny B. Good, Long Cool Woman)
1990 - (Unknown) Germany (We're Through, Soldier's Song, Medley, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Blowin' In the Wind, On a Carousel, Purple Rain, Medley, Stop! Stop! Stop!, Wasted on the Way, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother, Johnny B. Goode, Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby)
1993 - Loreley, Germany (Just One Look, Listen To Me, Sandy, Bus Stop, Stay, King Midas In Reverse, Jennifer Eccles, Soldier’s Song, We’re Through, Sorry Suzanne, Purple Rain, On A Carousel, Chains)