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This double-CD set isn't a greatest-hits collection -- though it has more than a few of those on it -- nor is it precisely a best-of. The package refers to it as an "alternative" best-of, which sort of makes it roughly analogous to what More Hot Rocks was to the Rolling Stones. It is also the most ambitiously devised and programmed comprehensive collection to come out of the EMI Gold series to date, which, itself, is something of a tribute to the Hollies' appeal, over 130 minutes of music by the band covering 43 years in their history, from 1963 through 2006 (with a large gap between the end of the '70s and the last track). The sound is impeccable throughout, featuring the crispest state-of-the-art mastering and matching (if not surpassing) the quality on the five-disc career-spanning box, and the selection is a delightfully strange one, juxtaposing pop/rock classics like "Bus Stop" with bold creative and thematic statements such as "Schoolgirl." It's also not exactly weighted evenly across their history, as the Graham Nash material extends five tracks' deep onto disc two -- but given the mystique surrounding those early years, and the decidedly lower appeal of their '70s work, it's also an understandable accommodation. Everything here -- with the possible exception of "Russian Roulette" (a regrettable foray into disco-based pop/rock from the height of the disco boom) -- works well, and the group's singing and playing is consistent enough so that one hardly notices the 20-year-plus jump between the penultimate track and the final cut, "Let Love Pass," featuring the 2006 lineup of the band. Drummer Bobby Elliott provides the annotation to this set and his recollections fill in some interesting holes in the group's history, but one wishes that his essay were longer, and also that he'd addressed the individual cuts and their particular significance. But as a budget/mid-priced item that covers a lot of ground never touched by their U.S. catalog, this set would be a welcome addition to virtually any collection of the Hollies' music.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Tommy Sanderson, Piano - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Don Rathbone, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Albert Collins, Writer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Little Richard, Writer - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - Chuck Berry, Writer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Doris Payne, Writer - Gregory Carroll, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Don Rathbone, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Leroy Kirkland, Writer - Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals - LINCOLN CHASE, Writer - Pearl Woods, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Etta James, Writer - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums, Percussion
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - Chuck Berry, Writer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums, Percussion
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Rudy Clark, Writer - Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums, Percussion
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Clint Ballard Jr., Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Naomi Neville, Writer - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Harmonica - Paul Simon, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Engineer, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Guitar, Vocals - Allan Clarke, Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Graham Gouldman, Writer - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Guitar - Bobby Elliot, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Banjo, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Banjo, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elloitt, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - The Hollies, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Graham Gouldman, Writer - Paul Hicks, Mixer, Engineer, Production - Mitch Mitchell, Drums
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Director - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Elton John, Hammond Organ - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Director - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Director - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - John Scott, String Arranger, Horns Arranger - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - John Scott, String Arranger, Horns Arranger - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - John Scott, String Arranger, Horns Arranger - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Mixer - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Recorder, RecordingEngineer - The Hollies, Vocals, Performance, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Graham nash, Writer - Terry Reid, Writer - Peter Hicks, Mixer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1998 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company.
Tony Hazzard, Writer - Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Ron Richards, Producer - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Eric Haydock, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Banjo, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Harmonica - Bob Dylan, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Bobby Elliott, Drums, Percussion - Terry Sylvester, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Banjo, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Harmonica - Bob Dylan, Writer - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Bobby Elliott, Drums, Percussion - Lou Warburton, Conductor, Arranger - Terry Sylvester, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Organ, Piano
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1993 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Terry Sylvester, Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Harmonica - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Mike Vickers, Director - Peter Mew, Engineer, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Graham nash, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Tony Macaulay, Writer - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2003 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Allan Clarke, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - John Burgess, Producer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Allan Clarke, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - John Burgess, Producer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Tony Hicks, Producer, Rhythm Guitar - Allan Clarke, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer, Lead Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Johnny Scott, Arranger - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - John Punter, Audio Recording Engineer - Alan Harris, AssistantEngineer - Simaen Skofield, AssistantEngineer - Alex Harding, AssistantEngineer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Rhythm Guitar - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Producer, Writer, Rhythm Guitar - Allan Clarke, Producer, Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Peter Mew, Remastering Engineer - Johnny Scott, Arranger, Orchestral Conductor - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - John Punter, Audio Recording Engineer - Alan Harris, AssistantEngineer - Simaen Skofield, AssistantEngineer - Alex Harding, AssistantEngineer - Kenny Lynch, Writer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Rhythm Guitar - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1999 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Producer, Rhythm Guitar - Mikael Rickfors, Producer, Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica - Peter Bown, Audio Recording Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - Alan Parsons, Audio Recording Engineer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Rhythm Guitar - Colin Horton Jennings, Writer - Garth Watt-Roy, Writer - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1972 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Allan Clarke, Lead Vocals - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Mike Hazlewood, Writer - Bobby Elliott, Drums, Percussion - Mike Jarratt , Audio Recording Engineer - Alan Parsons, Audio Recording Engineer - Terry Sylvester, Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Albert Hammond Jr, Writer - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Bobby Elliott, Drums - Bruce Springsteen, Writer - Terry Sylvester, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar - Christopher Gunning, Orchestral Arranger, Orchestra Leader - Bernie Calvert, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1975 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Producer, Banjo, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin, Vocals, Writer - Allan Clarke, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Harmonica - Pete Wingfield, Keyboards - Ron Richards, Producer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums - Alan Parsons, Synthesizer - Tony Hymas, Piano - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Christopher Gunning, String Arranger - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1974 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Producer, Writer, Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Allan Clarke, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Rod Argent, Piano, Synthesizer - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Hans-Peter Arnesen, Recorder
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Producer, Writer, Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Allan Clarke, Producer, Lead Vocals, Writer - Phil Brown, Engineer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Rhett Davies, Engineer - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Writer, Rhythm Guitar, Harmony Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Hans-Peter Arnesen, Keyboards
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1976 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Tony Hicks, Producer, Vocals, Lead Guitar - Allan Clarke, Producer, Vocals, Harmonica - Pete Wingfield, Piano, Synthesizer - The Hollies, MainArtist - Rhett Davies, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Bobby Elliott, Producer, Drums, Percussion - Douma, Writer - Terry Sylvester, Producer, Guitar, Vocals - Bernie Calvert, Producer, Bass Guitar
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1977 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tony Hicks, Banjo, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Sitar - Chris Braide, Writer - Ian Parker, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals - The Hollies, MainArtist - Rob Davis, Writer - Bobby Elliott, Drums, Percussion - Peter Howarth, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals - Steve Lauri, Guitar, Vocals - Ray Stiles, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2006 The Hollies Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd
Album review
This double-CD set isn't a greatest-hits collection -- though it has more than a few of those on it -- nor is it precisely a best-of. The package refers to it as an "alternative" best-of, which sort of makes it roughly analogous to what More Hot Rocks was to the Rolling Stones. It is also the most ambitiously devised and programmed comprehensive collection to come out of the EMI Gold series to date, which, itself, is something of a tribute to the Hollies' appeal, over 130 minutes of music by the band covering 43 years in their history, from 1963 through 2006 (with a large gap between the end of the '70s and the last track). The sound is impeccable throughout, featuring the crispest state-of-the-art mastering and matching (if not surpassing) the quality on the five-disc career-spanning box, and the selection is a delightfully strange one, juxtaposing pop/rock classics like "Bus Stop" with bold creative and thematic statements such as "Schoolgirl." It's also not exactly weighted evenly across their history, as the Graham Nash material extends five tracks' deep onto disc two -- but given the mystique surrounding those early years, and the decidedly lower appeal of their '70s work, it's also an understandable accommodation. Everything here -- with the possible exception of "Russian Roulette" (a regrettable foray into disco-based pop/rock from the height of the disco boom) -- works well, and the group's singing and playing is consistent enough so that one hardly notices the 20-year-plus jump between the penultimate track and the final cut, "Let Love Pass," featuring the 2006 lineup of the band. Drummer Bobby Elliott provides the annotation to this set and his recollections fill in some interesting holes in the group's history, but one wishes that his essay were longer, and also that he'd addressed the individual cuts and their particular significance. But as a budget/mid-priced item that covers a lot of ground never touched by their U.S. catalog, this set would be a welcome addition to virtually any collection of the Hollies' music.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 02:12:08
- Main artists: The Hollies
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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