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Post by allanclarke on May 18, 2021 19:09:02 GMT
The FB Hollies posted a picture of Bobby. He was back in Abbey Road with his Drums so it seems...
Does anybody know something about that? Is there something on the way?
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Post by JamesT on May 19, 2021 5:50:40 GMT
I wonder what he's up to?
The eternal pessimist in me says he's been recording a new track, a 'Dolphin Days (Then, Now, Always)' on steroids for the 'Diamonds - 60 Sparkling Tracks' compilation which will be the utterly predictable forthcoming new release. I'd be ecstatic to be proved wrong, though... 😉
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Post by baz on May 19, 2021 7:19:44 GMT
I wonder what he's up to? The eternal pessimist in me says he's been recording a new track, a 'Dolphin Days (Then, Now, Always)' on steroids for the 'Diamonds - 60 Sparkling Tracks' compilation which will be the utterly predictable forthcoming new release. I'd be ecstatic to be proved wrong, though... 😉 Or worse still, adding an overdub to a track for the inevitable compilation from half a century or so ago because he doesn't like the original drum part... |
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Post by anthony on May 19, 2021 8:26:26 GMT
Hope we get something special for the 60th anniversary, sadly I’m thinking another greatest hits. Has a group ever had as many greatest hits as the Hollies
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Post by baz on May 19, 2021 8:53:01 GMT
Hope we get something special for the 60th anniversary, sadly I’m thinking another greatest hits. Has a group ever had as many greatest hits as the Hollies They've gotta be high on the list. I also think its safe to say that compilations outweigh the original albums. I think The Who are possibly the worst for that as essentially they released 11 original albums between 1965 and 1982 discounting the compilations and movie soundtracks and since then its been utterly insane - endless hits compilations, "deluxe" reissues, reissues of the reissues some remixed or some restoring original mixes and a fair few boxsets aplenty recycling that core material. |
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Post by stuball on May 19, 2021 13:09:23 GMT
Highly ironic that the group who complained that 'people only pay attention to our hits', now reinforces that narrow-mindedness, by...only paying attention to their hits. You couldn't make this up.
I am long past buying repackaging of tinkering done with the same standard numbers. And I'd be more than surprised if I'm the only one.
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Post by baz on May 19, 2021 21:43:15 GMT
I am long past buying repackaging of tinkering done with the same standard numbers. And I'd be more than surprised if I'm the only one. It's long been the most boring cliche - hits albums with one or two "new" tracks tagged on as exclusive bonuses and I can't help feel they're more like penalty tracks as they're rarely any good nor sit well alongside everything else. I recall the mid 80's See For Miles compilation... "Not The Hits Again" and even then they bemoaned the fact that there were too many Hollies compilations rehashing the hits. The CD age came along and the situation worsened. There were a couple of notable exceptions like "Rarities" and the 30th anniversary set which had an interesting mixture mostly newly remixed and that 2 CD set I didn't know existed from around 2009... otherwise, 'scuse me please whilst I stifle a yawn. As for tinkering, what Bobby did to "King Midas In Reverse" was utterly pointless and unforgivable. That track was fine as it was, just needed a better remix MINUS any new additions and I wonder if that led to a fallout with Graham. I remember around that time Bobby saying in an interview that he felt it was time Graham collaborated with them again as he highlighted the 80's reunion followed by the mid-90's Buddy Holly one. Also around that time, Bobby and Tony declined to be involved with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame event, so knowing Graham, he would have taken that as a snub and then having them dub a pointless overdub on a song that means a lot to him one wouldn't be at all surprised if he took it as an insult and sure enough no such collaboration has happened... instead Allan guested with him and Crosby at one show and it appears he and Graham are working on something new. So yes, its inevitable we're gonna get yet another compilation to commemorate the 60th anniversary when what would be more fitting is a thorough overhaul of their back catalogue, reissue all the albums in deluxe packages containing mono and stereo mixes (and/or new decent mixes of bad stereo), relevant singles tracks and rarities and so on along with Ron Furmanek's vault findings. |
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Post by cameron on Dec 24, 2021 12:29:05 GMT
Just got conformation of what this was about - Tony and Bobby were interviewed by Mary McCartney for her documentary "If These Walls Could Sing", charting the history of Abbey Road studios for their 90th anniversary. It's due out in 2022. It's really great that the Hollies have been recognised as being a part of this. I guess it's possible that they've recorded even more material than the Beatles have done there when you consider that they recorded just about every album and single there from 1963 through to about 1975.
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Post by anthony on Dec 27, 2021 21:17:47 GMT
Just got conformation of what this was about - Tony and Bobby were interviewed by Mary McCartney for her documentary "If These Walls Could Sing", charting the history of Abbey Road studios for their 90th anniversary. It's due out in 2022. It's really great that the Hollies have been recognised as being a part of this. I guess it's possible that they've recorded even more material than the Beatles have done there when you consider that they recorded just about every album and single there from 1963 through to about 1975. thats a real pity I thought it would be a Doc on the Hollies. |
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Post by gee on Dec 27, 2021 22:43:20 GMT
I expect Mary McCartney will be interviewing Bobby asking him all about what he remembers The Beatles were up to in each Abbey Road studio and what he saw of how The Beatles worked and how Ron Richards was so 'knocked out' by being in the control booth listening to 'A Day in The Life' being recorded by The Beatles...and how Paul asked Tony Hicks opinion of The Beatles new album 'Abbey Road' which Tony said he thought was The Beatles best album so far and even better than The Beatles so ground breaking Sgt Pepper which had revolutionised popular music...
Bobby might also be asked about his memories of The Beatles producer Sir George Martin as well...
maybe Paul Hicks will contribute too...saying how he worked on The Beatles back catalogue which was SO important...
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Post by sandy on Dec 28, 2021 10:45:29 GMT
I expect Mary McCartney will be interviewing Bobby asking him all about what he remembers The Beatles were up to in each Abbey Road studio and what he saw of how The Beatles worked and how Ron Richards was so 'knocked out' by being in the control booth listening to 'A Day in The Life' being recorded by The Beatles...and how Paul asked Tony Hicks opinion of The Beatles new album 'Abbey Road' which Tony said he thought was The Beatles best album so far and even better than The Beatles so ground breaking Sgt Pepper which had revolutionised popular music... Bobby might also be asked about his memories of The Beatles producer Sir George Martin as well... maybe Paul Hicks will contribute too...saying how he worked on The Beatles back catalogue which was SO important... 👌😂😂😂😂So true!!!!😂 |
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Post by cameron on Dec 28, 2021 20:35:30 GMT
I'd like to think not, after all, the Hollies were incredibly lucky to have been in the unique position of recording at Abbey Road throughout the Beatles' entire career, pretty much from the beginning, so they have a truly unique perspective. I know a lot of emphasis gets put on Pink Floyd recording 'Piper At The Gates of Dawn' at the same time as 'Sgt. Pepper', but as a new left-field EMI act, they'd have had no access to the Beatles whatsoever other than bumping into them on the corridor. By the time Pink Floyd would have had any clout there, the Beatles had disbanded. Let's also not forget that the Hollies' 1967 'On A Carousel' film session probably shows more of the inner workings of constructing a pop song at Abbey Road (including lots of shots of the control room and tape operatives) than any other artist in the 1960s, and the surviving footage of the Beatles at Abbey Road has been widely used/seen.
The Hollies also have footage of recording 'Magic Woman Touch' there in 1972, and I believe 'Take My Love and Run' in 1982. So there's a nice symmetry to seeing the Hollies at Abbey Road at various points in their career.
I really hope a documentary like this, that's likely to attract a lot of attention because of its Beatles link, will help raise the profile of the Hollies further.
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