Rare Mixes on Export LPs

[cameron]

We were just discussing on Facebook about the German Odeon "Greatest Hits" LP which contains the first ever stereo mix of "You Know He Did" which has apparently never been issued since on CD. It got me thinking, could we collectively compile a list of alternative/first mixes and where to find them? Bonus points too if you can point out why the mix is different. Try and include the catalogue numbers from Discogs if you can, it might help some of the forum followers add to their collections. I'll start the ball rolling with a few... 

1966: 
"Beat Group!" - Imperial (America) LP 12312
"A Taste Of Honey" - the first ever stereo mix/issue of the 1966 version of the track 

"The Hollies" - Regal (UK Export only) SREG 2024 - actually the UK version of the American "Bus Stop" LP, with proper stereo mixes
"Bus Stop" - the first ever stereo mix
"Don't Run And Hide" - first ever stereo mix, hasn't been re-issued on CD as far as I'm aware.

1967: 
"Butterfly" - Hansa (Germany) 77 133 IT
"Dear Eloise" - slightly narrower stereo mix, the end slows down to a complete fade before the intro starts again from scratch rather than cutting straight into Nash's first verse. About 10secs longer than other versions. 
"Elevated Observations?" - same as the UK mix, but at the end it starts again. This second version is missing the wind effects at the end and doesn't speed up at the end of the track. 

"Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse" - Epic (America/Canada) BN 26344
"Wishyouawish" - has a clean intro, no sound effects of running water or birdsong. 
"Charlie And Fred" - Allan's vocal is acapella at the start, there's no horse effect. It stays mono until the backing comes in, whereas the original mix pans from left to right with the walking horse effect. 
"Postcard" - clean intro with no sea effect, plays significantly faster than the original mix. 
"Maker" - has a few seconds chopped off the start of the song, though it appears to missing one of the sitar overdubs throughout the track. 

1968: 
"Hollies' Greatest" - Parlophone (UK) PCS 7057
"Yes I Will" - accidental issue of the alternative version in stereo only. 

"Hollies Greatest Hits" - Hansa (Germany) 78 575 IT
"Carrie Anne" - an alternative mix that makes the instrumental track pseudo stereo with mono vocals to create a more balanced mix. 
"Do The Best You Can" - the first ever stereo mix with banjo in the left channel, does not appear on CD. 
"All The World Is Love" - the first ever stereo mix, didn't reappear on CD until 2011's "Clarke Hicks & Nash Years" set. 
"Everything Is Sunshine" - the first ever stereo mix, does appear on CD. 
"Signs That Will Never Change" - the first ever stereo mix, does appear on CD. 
"Like Every Time Before" - the first ever stereo mix, missing the lead guitar overdubs which appear in mono only. 
"Blowin' In The Wind" - the first issue of the stereo mix of the Nash version. Has been used on CDs ever since. 

1972:
"Romany" - Parlophone (Malaysia) SLPEA 2001A
"Magic Woman Touch" - for some unexplained reason, the acoustic version appears first here. Not released on CD until the official EMI reissue in 2007. 

1978: 
"20 Golden Greats" - Parlophone (Australia) SCA.260875
"I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top" - unissued cleaner mix minus the out of sync guitar, not issued on CD until 2003's "Long Road Home" boxset. 

1985: 
"Hollies" - Music For Pleasure (UK) LP: 41 5727 1
"Poison Ivy" - first release. In stereo. 
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" - first release. In stereo.
"Little Bitty Pretty One" - first release. In stereo. 

1987:
"The Hit List" - J&B Records (Australia) JB292
"Poison Ivy" - accidental release of the alternative mix with the bad note bass ending

[dirtyfaz]

This is a great idea for a post and Cameron has done a great job kicking it off. As he said this came up from an original post on facebook about STEREO “You Know He Did”. The STEREO versions used are always the version on the Ron Furmanek produced & mixed CD “30th Anniversary Collection 1963-1993” on disc 1.

I have added to the list and made a couple of changes just to correct a couple of small errors.

I think the most curious entry here is the acoustic version of "Magic Woman Touch" getting onto the Malaysian version of "Romany". It is track 4 on the LP and that is the same track placing as the UK version. How does something like this happen?
It actually first appeared in STEREO on CD in 1990 on the US Epic CD "Epic Anthology From the Original Master Tapes. A MONO fold down from the STEREO version appears on the LP “Hollies” on the Fanfare label FF12-44 possibly also from Malaysia.

1978 "I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top" actually was on The Music For Pleasure LP "Hollies Greatest" MFP 5850. The version on the Australian version of 20 Golden Greats contains the original shorter different mix version

1987 "Poison Ivy" is actually on that J&B Records release but it was first available on the a budget LP The Hollies Axis AXIS 6361. The original EMI tape box for that LP had written next to Poison Ivy (3 mixes supplied). The content of the other mixes is unknown as to what versions were supplied. It is available on CD on the 2013 Japanese replica sleeve "Stay With The Hollies" Warner/Parlophone WPCR 15415.

1966 "The Hollies" - Regal (UK Export only) SREG 2024 - actually the UK version of the American "Bus Stop" LP, with proper stereo mixes.
This is not strictly correct. “You Know He Did” and “Baby That’s All” have been removed and replaced with “I’m Alive” and “Stop Stop Stop”. I’m sure that adding those 2 hits and removing the B sides would have made the LP more marketable. We even got that release in Australia.
"Don't Run And Hide " - first ever stereo mix, was on that LP. I don’t believe that mix has ever been put on a CD.
It is actually available on the BGO CD “Bus Stop/Stop Stop Stop” BGOCD968. This is a nice collection of tracks and does actually contain the American track listings. "You Know He Did" and "Baby That's All"
are the only 2 MONO tracks on that CD.

A late 60s Australian LP “Best Of The Hollies” Parlophone PCSO 7543 contains a different STEREO mix of “Mickey’s Monkey” to the one appearing on the stereo version of the LP “The Hollies” from 1965. That alternate version of “Mickey’s Monkey” track is also on the BGO CD “Bus Stop/Stop Stop Stop” BGOCD968.


The German Hansa LP/Polydor CD “Butterfly” also had additional tracks with sound effects missing or placed differently. An example is “Pegasus” missing the horse whinnying at the end of the track.
Apparently the Japanese Odeon (?) release of "Butterfly" has some alternate mixes on it. I haven't heard the Japanese one but I think it is closer to the German version without the additional Elevated Observations? One day I will get to hear it.

There are most likely more than these out there.


Chris