THE HOLLIES - EVOLUTION - EPIC WHITE LABELED PROMO 1967

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Important General Information

This and upcoming auctions of vintage LPs, EPs and select 45s are a continuation of my earlier offerings of  2001.  Most of the pieces are from my personal collection of over 45 years of accumulation.  The music genres are largely rock, psych, garage, blues and progressive material. Some albums retain their original shrink wrap.  Most contain any and all inserts that were used in packaging and have their original inner sleeves.

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ARTIST:  The Hollies

TITLE:  Evolution

LABEL: Epic - LN-24315 Mono White Labeled Promo

RELEASE DATE:  1967

COMMENTS:

The Hollies are an English rock and roll band formed in the early 1960s. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style (which influenced many other groups) they became one of the leading British bands of the era, and they enjoyed considerable popularity in many other countries (including Australia) although they did not achieve major US chart success until the early 1970s. Like The Rolling Stones they are also notable as one of the only British pop bands of the Sixties that has not broken up and which continues to record and perform to the present.  The Hollies was one of the most successful British 'singles' bands of the 1960s, scoring twenty-two UK Top 40 placings between 1964 and 1970. Their hits include "Here I Go Again" (#4, 1964), "Look Through Any Window" (#4, 1965, U.S. #32), "Yes I Will" (#9, 1965), their only British #1 single "I'm Alive" (U.S. #103) (1965), three UK #2 hits during 1966 -- "Bus Stop" (U.S. #5) (written by future 10CC member Graham Gouldman), "I Can't Let Go" (U.S. #42) and "Stop Stop Stop" (U.S. #7) -- "Carrie Anne" (#3, 1967, U.S. #9, from which actress Carrie-Anne Moss got her name, having been born when the song was on the charts), "On a Carousel" (#4, 1967, U.S. #11) and "Jennifer Eccles" (#7, 1968, U.S. #40), their last single with Graham Nash.  Some of their songs had folk rock elements (e.g., Would You Believe?), and psychedelic influences (For Certain Because, Evolution and Butterfly). "If I Needed Someone" (No. 20, 1965), was a George Harrison composition, recorded by The Beatles on Rubber Soul. "King Midas in Reverse" (No. 18, 1967), an original Hollies song, was influenced by prevailing trends in psychedelia, with a strings, brass and flute arrangement.

CONDITION:

For the Hollies, this was about as pychedelic a cover as they would offer!   The front cover is extremely bright and crisp showing a bit of wear at the very bottom edge.  The white reverse is very clean and bright.  The vinyl is clearly a near mint grade both under an incandescent light as well as on playback.  These white labeled promos come far and few in between.  A beautiful copy! VG++/NM