The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl

The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl
Greatest hits album by The Easybeats
Released May 1967
Genre Rock
Label Albert Productions
The Easybeats chronology
Volume 3
(1966)		 Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl
(1967)		 Vigil
(1968)

The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl is a compilation album by The Easybeats featuring a selection of songs recorded by the group between 1965 and 1966. The album was originally released in Australia and New Zealand under the Parlophone label under the then current licensing arrangement by the band's production company Albert Productions.

History

After the success of the band's single "Friday On My Mind" in the U.K., The Easybeats continued work with the single's producer Shel Talmy on a debut album for their international label United Artists Records. The finished album, titled Good Friday, was released in Europe in May 1967. However, due to contract issues, no album of the new material was released in their home country of Australia.[1] Instead Albert Productions compiled "greatest hits" package of the band's most popular Australian singles and EP tracks. Three songs from the Good Friday album were included on the album, with "Pretty Girl" (which hadn't yet seen a release in Australia) promoted as a "new" song. The album was released in May 1967 during the group's homecoming tour of Australia.

In October 2010, it was listed at No. 6 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[2]

On 6 August 2013, the album was remastered and made available through the iTunes Store. For the 2014 Australian Record Store Day, a limited edition 180 gram vinyl LP was released. This vinyl release was released by Albert Productions and remastered by renowned mastering engineer Don Bartley.[3]

Track listing

Side A

All songs written and composed by All songs written by Stevie Wright & George Young except as noted. 

No. TitleOriginally Released on Length
1. "For My Woman"  "For My Woman" single 3:08
2. "She's So Fine"  "She's So Fine" single and Easy album 2:06
3. "Wedding Ring"  "Wedding Ring" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:04
4. "Sad Lonely And Blue"  "Sad Lonely And Blue" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:81
5. "Easy As Can Be"  "Sad Lonely And Blue" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:35
6. "In My Book"  "Women (Make You Feel Alright)" single and It's 2 Easy album 3:10
7. "Women (Make You Feel Alright)"  "Women (Make You Feel Alright)" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:37

Side B

No. TitleOriginally Released on Length
1. "Pretty Girl" (Harry Vanda, Young)The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl later as the B-side to "Heaven and Hell" 3:08
2. "Come And See Her"  "Come And See Her" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:43
3. "I'll Make You Happy"  Easyfever EP 3:12
4. "Too Much"  Easyfever EP 1:48
5. "Sorry"  "Sorry" single and Volume 3 album 2:35
6. "Made My Bed ; Gonna Lie In It" (Vanda, Young)"Friday On My Mind" single 2:10
7. "Friday On My Mind" (Vanda, Young)"Friday On My Mind" single 2:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. New South. ISBN 978 1 74223 217 1.
  2. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  3. ↑ "EASYS, STEVIE, ANGELS & TATTS RE-VINYLED!" (ASP). Albert Productions. Albert Productions. Retrieved 21 Feb 2014.


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