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1) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (B Russell/B Scott)
Chelsea Music Publishing Co Ltd/Jenny Music
A single 'A' side.
2) Marigold/Gloria Swansong (Allan Clarke & Terry Sylvester/Allan Clarke)
Copyright Control
3) Goodbye Tomorrow (Allan Clarke)
Alto Music
Two more tracks from the album 'Hollies Sing Hollies'.
4) Man Without A Heart (Allan Clarke/Terry Sylvester)
Alto Music
Produced by The Hollies.
5) Confessions Of A Mind (Tony Hicks)
Alto Music
Produced by The Hollies.
6) Too Young To Be Married (Tony Hicks)
Alto Music
Produced by The Hollies
Three tracks from the album 'Confessions Of The Mind'.
7) I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top (Guy Fletcher/Doug Flett)
A single 'A' side
8) Promised Land (Tony Hicks/Kenny Lynch)
Copyright Control
Produced by The Hollies.
9) Long Dark Road (Tony Hicks/Kenny Lynch)
Copyright Control
Produced by The Hollies.
10) Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress (Roger Cook/Allan Clarke/Roger Greenaway)
BMG Music Publishing Ltd/Universal/Dick James Music Ltd
Produced by The Hollies.
Three tracks from the 'Distant Light' album. Long Cool Woman was released as a single in the US and became their biggest hit reaching number 2 in July 1972.
This occurred after Allan Clarke (who sings on it) had left the group to be replaced by Michael Rickfors. In the UK they had changed record companies moving from EMI to Polydor (where they had chart success in February 1972 with 'The Baby' ) and the US success prompted EMI to issue 'Long Cool Woman' as a single where it got to number 32 in September 1972.
11) The Baby (Chip Taylor)
EMI Songs Ltd
A single 'A' side and one which featured new vocalist Mikael Rickfors who also sings on the next three tracks.
12) Magic Woman Touch (CH Jennings/Watt-Roy)
Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd)
Produced by The Hollies.
A single and taken from the album 'Romany'.
13) Jesus Was A Crossmaker (Judee Sill)
April Music Ltd
Produced by The Hollies.
A Judee Sill song which received heavy airplay in the US where it was released as a single but without chart success.
14) I Had A Dream (Terry Sylvester)
Intro Music Ltd
A Terry Sylvester song which was the 'B' side of 'Jesus Was A Crossmaker'.
15) Mexico Gold (Alexander/Campbell/Overton)
Standard Music Ltd/Standard Music Ltd (library)
Produced by Ron Richards & The Hollies.
The first song recorded on Allan Clarke's return to the band in August 1973. It lost out to 'Curly Billy' (done at the Abbey Road session) as a single and remained unissued until its appearance on the 'Rarities' CD in 1988.
16) Don't Let Me Down (Allan Clarke)
Copyright Control
Produced by Ron Richards & The Hollies.
A track from the 'Hollies' album (1974).
17) Second Hand Hangups (Terry Sylvester/Allan Clarke/Tony Hicks)
Charlotte Music/Intersong Music Ltd/T H Music
18) Lonely Hobo Lullaby (Terry Sylvester/Allan Clarke)
Charlotte Music/Intersong Music Ltd/T H Music
19) Give Me Time (Terry Sylvester/Allan Clarke)
Warner-Chappell Music Ltd/ BMG Music Publishing Ltd
Three tracks from the album 'Another Night'.
All tracks produced by Ron Richards unless stated otherwise.
Digital Remaster p1995 tracks 17-19 p1996 tracks 13 & 16, p1999 tracks 2-6, 8 & 9 p2003 tracks 1, 7, 10-12 , 14 & 15 the Copyright in this sound recording is owned by Hollies Ltd under exclusive license to EMI Records Ltd