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Post by anthony on Mar 21, 2016 13:03:51 GMT
Hi, This Hollies Tour Poster was pulled down off a factory wall around Christmas 1975 here in Melbourne. I saw it one day and I went to work early the next morning and did the dirty deeds. It's one of my prize possessions
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Post by JamesT on Mar 21, 2016 19:35:01 GMT
Nice one, Anthony!
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Post by anthony on Mar 21, 2016 21:58:57 GMT
Does anyone here remember 3UZ back on the Hollies 1975 tour had an hour long interview with Allan Clarke and Terry Sylvester, they spoke about their recent records, I remember talking about Promised Land, They also spoke about how Terry joined the band. The show was replayed the next year. I did tape the show but with the passage of time it's now long lost.
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Post by Gralto on Mar 24, 2016 12:06:20 GMT
Does anyone here remember 3UZ back on the Hollies 1975 tour had an hour long interview with Allan Clarke and Terry Sylvester, they spoke about their recent records, I remember talking about Promised Land, They also spoke about how Terry joined the band. The show was replayed the next year. I did tape the show but with the passage of time it's now long lost. What a shame you don't still have the tape Anthony. The H made the local Aussie music press back in 1971 on a separate 3UZ program when Sylvester criticised local group The Zoot's stunning (IMHO) version of The Beatles' song Eleanor Rigby. How Zoot lead singer Darryl Cotton (massive Hollies fan and really friendly guy who completely unexpectedly died from an aggressive bout of liver cancer in 2012 only months after being diagnosed) must have been wounded by these comments at the time. For any Americans reading this, The Zoot contained Rick (Jessie's Girl) Springfield and Beeb (Little River Band) Bertles amongst its members. A great pop-rock group.
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Post by anthony on Mar 26, 2016 21:50:38 GMT
The only time I felt that a version of a Beatles song sounded better than the original was Eleanor Rigby, Thanks for that info, I had no idea Simon.
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Post by cameron on Mar 27, 2016 0:51:33 GMT
I just had to check that our on Youtube, really not my cup of tea to be honest. One of the YouTuber's remembers the incident: "the Hollies were out here in Sydney and this song was played to them - they laughed and thought it was a mess"
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Post by eric on Jul 15, 2016 12:21:57 GMT
The Zoot performed Eleanor Rigby when they supported The Hollies in Adelaide, Australia on 5th February, 1971. Without wishing to create a Hollies v Zoot situation, IMHO, the high powered Zoot recording makes Hey Willy, released by the Hollies in May 1971, sound very lightweight in comparison. The Zoot’s single went to No. 3 on the Adelaide charts whereas Hey Willy failed to chart, a rare occurrence in Adelaide where the Hollies enjoyed 24 chart entries. It may be the case that Hey Willy was not even released in Australia as Too Young To Be Married was released in OZ in April 1971. TYTBM went to No. 2.
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Post by Gralto on Jul 18, 2016 13:31:49 GMT
Hi Eric - welcome to the board and thanks for your Hollies reminiscences. Yes you are quite right in that you have answered your own question! Hey Willy didn't chart out here because it wasn't released as a 45. Its replacement was a pretty good choice, as you point out.
Interestingly, as Australia has always been a 'rock' country (Air Supply once admitting they HAD to leave Oz to have a career given their soft ballad sound, even if they did have hits at home...), it might have been interesting to see if Hey Willy would have done anything Down Under. (I'll have to check my 45 collection but pretty sure Hey Willy never crept out here).
I always find it fascinating how release of a single can come down to one person in a place of influence at a record company making the call. Surely this must be the reason for the two British 45s of Eric Haydock's first post-Hollies group Haydock's Rockhouse BOTH being released in New Zealand (and from the available evidence absolutely nowhere else in the world, aside from the UK - have never seen Aussie copies of either). I have seen quite a few NZ copies (maybe 4?) of Cupid/She Thinks (1st 45) over the years but never of the 2nd 45 (Lovin' You/Mix A Fix), though I'm assured by a Kiwi disc expert that both were published there.
cheers Simon (in Melbourne!) PS - always interested to know how you came upon the site - membership here has always been pretty slow - I guess not being heavily Facebook-promoted makes this place a bit quaintly old-school!
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Post by eric on Jul 19, 2016 11:34:52 GMT
Hi Simon – thank you for your greetings and for clarifying the “non-release” of Hey Willy in Australia. I have been a huge fan of The Hollies since hearing I’m Alive in 1965 (although I do have a vague memory of previously hearing Lucille). In the early days, Go-Set (an Australian music paper) and the New Musical Express (UK) were sources of information for me, but since the 1980’s news on The Hollies has been thin on the ground for me (maybe I wasn’t looking in the right places). In recent years I had searched the internet for information on the band and discovered Elevated Observations, much to my delight. I have found the members to be very knowledgeable and thought provoking, so I am very appreciative of the information that the members have shared and continue to share with others. I hope I can also provide some interesting information with members and readers, albeit with an emphasis on my Australian experience.
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