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The Dave Clark Five had actually broken up a few months before this album appeared in the U.K. near the end of 1970, not even gaining American release. Its failure to appear in the U.S. might not solely have been due to the group's failure to land any big hits there since 1967, as it's not truly a proper album, but actually a collection of tracks from various sources that verges on a hodgepodge. More than half of the tracks had seen release on 1967-70 U.K. and/or U.S. singles, none of them substantial U.S. hits, though their cover of the folk-rock standard "Everybody Get Together" got to the Top Ten in Britain. In a weirder twist, the country twanger "I Am on My Own" had been released way back in 1965 on the American LP I Like It Like That, and the pretty exciting instrumental "Five by Five" certainly sounds like a mid-'60s outtake (though it had been used as a B-side in 1970). For the most part, though, the album collects bits and pieces from the era in which the DC5, to be blunt, became a pretty uninteresting band without many connections to their original style, other than Mike Smith's underrated soulful lead vocals. The songs explore various avenues of mainstream late-'60s British/early-'70s British pop, including "Yellow Submarine"-style whimsy ("Live in the Sky"); good-time music with Creedence Clearwater Revival and Beach Boys influences ("Here Comes Summer"); and soul-pop balladeering ("Julia" almost sounds like Procol Harum trying to go middle-of-the-road). But there aren't many good tunes, unless you count "Everybody Get Together," which was done much better by the Youngbloods on their U.S. hit version.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Jerry Keller, Composer, Writer - Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Chet Powers, Composer, Writer - Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Composer, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano - Lenny Davidson, Composer, Guitar, Writer - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Composer, Producer, Drums, Writer - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Composer, Guitar, Writer - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Dave Clark, Producer, Drums - Mike Smith, Organ, Piano, Vocals - Lenny Davidson, Guitar - The Dave Clark Five, MainArtist - Denny Payton, Saxophone - Rick Huxley, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Harmonica
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Album review
The Dave Clark Five had actually broken up a few months before this album appeared in the U.K. near the end of 1970, not even gaining American release. Its failure to appear in the U.S. might not solely have been due to the group's failure to land any big hits there since 1967, as it's not truly a proper album, but actually a collection of tracks from various sources that verges on a hodgepodge. More than half of the tracks had seen release on 1967-70 U.K. and/or U.S. singles, none of them substantial U.S. hits, though their cover of the folk-rock standard "Everybody Get Together" got to the Top Ten in Britain. In a weirder twist, the country twanger "I Am on My Own" had been released way back in 1965 on the American LP I Like It Like That, and the pretty exciting instrumental "Five by Five" certainly sounds like a mid-'60s outtake (though it had been used as a B-side in 1970). For the most part, though, the album collects bits and pieces from the era in which the DC5, to be blunt, became a pretty uninteresting band without many connections to their original style, other than Mike Smith's underrated soulful lead vocals. The songs explore various avenues of mainstream late-'60s British/early-'70s British pop, including "Yellow Submarine"-style whimsy ("Live in the Sky"); good-time music with Creedence Clearwater Revival and Beach Boys influences ("Here Comes Summer"); and soul-pop balladeering ("Julia" almost sounds like Procol Harum trying to go middle-of-the-road). But there aren't many good tunes, unless you count "Everybody Get Together," which was done much better by the Youngbloods on their U.S. hit version.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:13
- Main artists: The Dave Clark Five
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited ℗ 2019 Dave Clark (London) Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
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