Hollies' Greatest

Greatest hits album by The Hollies

Released

August 1968

Recorded

1963–1968

Label

Parlophone

Producer

Ron Richards

The Hollies chronology

Butterfly
(1967)

Hollies' Greatest
(1968)

Hollies Sing Dylan
(1969)

Hollies' Greatest is the only number one album in the UK by British band The Hollies. It was released after Graham Nash's departure from the Hollies and was intended to include all of their British hit singles with Nash. Only 3 of the 14 songs on the album – "Stay", "I Can't Let Go" and "Stop! Stop! Stop!" had previously been released on U.K. albums.

It spent seven weeks at the top of the chart in 1968.^[1]^[2] In total, it spent 27 weeks in the British LP chart, and is the most successful album by The Hollies.

The version of "Yes I Will" that appears on the mono version of this album is not the 1965 hit single version, but an earlier and previously unreleased recording from 1964 – the result of an administrative error at EMI which was not noticed until after the album had been released. It features a completely different guitar break with Tony Hicks.

Track listing

All songs by Clarke-Hicks-Nash, unless otherwise noted.

Side One

"I Can't Let Go" § (Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni)
"Bus Stop" (Graham Gouldman)
"We're Through" § (Ransford AKA Clarke-Hicks-Nash)
"Carrie Anne"
"Here I Go Again" § (Mort Shuman, Clive Westlake)
"King Midas In Reverse"
"Yes I Will" § (Gerry Goffin, Russ Titelman)

Side Two

"I'm Alive" § (Clint Ballard, Jr.)
"Just One Look" § (Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne)
"On a Carousel"
"Stay" § (Maurice Williams)
"Look Through Any Window" § (Gouldman, Charles Silverman)
"Stop Stop Stop"
"Jennifer Eccles" (Clarke-Nash)

Personnel

Allan Clarke – vocals, harmonica, guitar
Tony Hicks – lead guitar, vocals
Graham Nash – rhythm guitar, vocals
Bobby Elliott – drums
Eric Haydock – bass guitar on §
Bernie Calvert – bass guitar on rest

References

↑ Virgin Book of Hit Albums
↑ The Complete Book of British Charts, Neil Warwick, Jon Kutner and Tony Brown

External links

Hollies' Greatest at Discogs (list of releases)

Preceded by Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel	UK Albums Chart number-one album 12 October 1968 (6 weeks)	Succeeded by The Sound of Music (soundtrack)
Preceded by The Sound of Music (soundtrack)	UK Albums Chart number-one album 30 November 1968 (one week)	Succeeded by The Beatles (White Album) by The Beatles

The Hollies

The Hollies album discography
Studio albums	Stay with The Hollies In The Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe? For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four Buddy Holly What Goes Around Staying Power Then Now Always
US albums	Here I Go Again Hear! Here! Beat Group! Bus Stop Stop! Stop! Stop! Evolution Dear Eloise/King Midas In Reverse Words and Music By Bob Dylan He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Moving Finger Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott
Extended plays	The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again We're Through In the Hollies Style I'm Alive I Can't Let Go
Live albums	Hollies Live
Compilations	The Hollies' Greatest Hits (US) Hollies' Greatest (UK) Hollies' Greatest Hits (GER) Hollies' Greatest Volume 2 (UK) The Hollies' Greatest Hits (US) The Very Best of the Hollies (US) The History of the Hollies (UK) 20 Golden Greats (UK) The Best of the Hollies E.P.'s (UK) The Other Side of the Hollies (UK) Hollies' Greatest (US version) (US) All the Hits and More – The Definitive Collection (UK) Rarities (UK) The Air That I Breathe – The Very Best of the Hollies (UK) 30th Anniversary Collection 1963-1993 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963 to 1966 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966 to 1970 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973 to 1989 Greatest Hits (UK) A's B's & EP's On a Carousel 1963-1974: The Ultimate Hollies Midas Touch: The Very Best of The Hollies
Box Sets	The Long Road Home - The 40th Anniversary Collection At Abbey Road 1963-1989 Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years: The Complete Hollies April 1963 – October 1968

The Hollies singles discography
UK and US (All Labels)	1963 "Stay" / "Now's the Time" 1964 "Just One Look" / "Keep Off That Friend of Mine" "Here I Go Again" / "Baby That's All" (UK) - "Lucille" (US) "We're Through" / "Come On Back" 1965 "Yes I Will" / "Nobody" "I'm Alive" / "You Know He Did" "Look Through Any Window" / "So Lonely" 1966 "I Can't Let Go" / "Running Through the Night (UK) - "I've Got a Way of my Own" (US) "Bus Stop" / "Don't Run and Hide" "After the Fox (with Peter Sellers)" / "The Fox Trot (Gold, Gold, Who's Got the Gold)" (Burt Bacharach) "Stop Stop Stop" / "It's You" 1967 "On a Carousel" / "All the World Is Love" "Carrie Anne" / "Signs That Will Never Change" "King Midas In Reverse" / "Everything Is Sunshine" (UK) - "Water on the Brain" (US) 1968 "Jennifer Eccles" / "Open Up Your Eyes" (UK) - "Try It" (US) "Listen to Me" / "Do the Best You Can" (UK) - "Everything is Sunshine" (US) 1969 "Sorry Suzanne" / "Not That Way At All" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" / "Cos You Like to Love Me" 1970 "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" / "Mad Professor Blyth" "Gasoline Alley Bred" / "Dandelion Wine" 1971 "Hey Willy" / "Row the Boat Together" 1972 "The Baby" / "Oh Granny" "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" / "Cable Car" (UK) - "Look What We've Got" (US) "Magic Woman Touch" / "Indian Girl" (UK) - "Blue in the Morning" (US) 1973 "The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" / "Born a Man" 1974 "The Air That I Breathe" / "No More Riders" "I'm Down" / "Hello Lady Goodbye" (UK) - "Look Out Johnny (There's a Monkey on Your Back)" (US-1975) "Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)" / "Second Hand Hang-Ups" 1983 "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "Musical Pictures"
UK only (Parlophone) (Polydor) (EMI)	1963 "(Ain't That) Just Like Me" / "Hey What's Wrong With Me" "Searchin'" / "Whole World Over" 1965 "If I Needed Someone" / "I've Got a Way of My Own" 1974 "Son of a Rotten Gambler" / "Layin' to the Music" 1976 "Boulder to Birmingham" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)" "Star" / "Love is the Thing" "Daddy Don't Mind" / "C'Mon" "Wiggle That Whotsit" / "Corrine" 1977 "Hello to Romance" / "48 Hour Parole" "Amnesty" / "Crossfire" 1979 "Something to Live For" / "Song of the Sun" 1980 "Soldier's Song" / "Draggin' My Heels" "Heartbeat" / "Take Your Time (new version)" 1981 "Holliedaze (A Medley)" / "Holliepops (A Medley)" "Take My Love and Run" / "Driver" 1985 "Too Many Hearts Get Broken" / "You're All Woman" 1987 "This Is It" / "You Gave Me Strength" "Reunion of the Heart" / "Too Many Hearts Get Broken" 1989 "Find Me a Family" / "No Rules" 1993 "The Woman I Love" / "Purple Rain (Live Version)" 2005 "Hope" / "Shine On Me"
US only (Imperial) (Epic) (Atlantic)	1967 "Pay You Back With Interest" / "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" "Just One Look" / "Running Through the Night" "Dear Eloise" / "When Your Light's Turned On" "If I Needed Someone" / "Yes I Will" 1968 "Do the Best You Can" / "Elevated Observations" 1971 "Survival of the Fittest" / "Man Without a Heart" 1972 "Long Dark Road" / "Indian Girl" 1973 "Jesus Was a Crossmaker" / "I Had a Dream" "Slow Down" / "Won't We Feel Good" 1974 "Don't Let Me Down" / "Layin' to the Music" 1975 "Another Night" / "Time Machine Jive" 1976 "Write On" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)" 1977 "Draggin' My Heels" / "I Won't Move Over" 1978 "Writing on the Wall" / "Burn Out" 1983 "If the Lights Go Out" / "Someone Else's Eyes" "Casualty" / "Someone Else's Eyes"
Italy only (Parlophon)	1967 "Non Prego Per Me" / "Devi Avere Fiducia in Me" "Kill Me Quick" / "We're Alive"

See also: Discography; Band members

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