THE HOLLIES EVOLUTION RARE 60'S PSYCH ROCK MONO PARLOPHONE FIRST PRESSING

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Nov 4, 2012 Sold Date

Oct 25, 2012 Start Date

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THE HOLLIES - EVOLUTION, RARE PSYCH LP, MONO PRESS ON PARLOPHONE UK 1967....CONDITION OF VINYL IS EXCELLENT MINUS, PLAYS PERFECTLY BUT WOULD PROBABLY BENEFIT FROM A CLEAN. LABELS SHOW FAINT SIGNS OF BEING PLAYED.PROBABLY TWICE! SLEEVE HAS FAINT CREASES AND RINGWEAR BUT NOTHING REALLY HEAVY. FIRST PRESS AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, CATALOGUE NUMBER IS PMC 7022, RUNOFF CODES ARE XEX 635-1, XEX 636-1. YELLOW AND BLACK LABELS. LAMINATED FRONT SLEEVE WITH FLIPBACK FOLDS. GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE.

NOTES FROM WIKIPEDIA.........

Album profile

Like its predecessor, For Certain Because, this album features only songs written by group members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Tony Hicks. None of the songs on the album were selected for single or EP release in the UK.

The album cover artwork was created by The Fool, with the psychedelic cover photo by Karl Ferris, who is credited with creating the first truly psychedelic photograph for an album cover.[3]

Ferris commented on the making of the album cover during a special signing of cover prints in 1997:

“ ... they wanted to break from their 'Pop Beat' sound into something more psychedelic. So I listened to the music that they were recording at Abbey Road Studios, and got an image of them pushing through a membrane into 'the Psychedelic world', and so in summer of 1966 I took a studio shot of them pushing out their hands and the lead singer pointing through clear plastic. Over this I superimposed a shot of William Morris Art Nouveau wallpaper with an illustration and 'Love' lettering drawn by my girl friend Anke. This combination created the image of the Hollies 'pushing through to a new wave of music style and consciousness'. I worked with The Fool (lead by Simon Posthuma) on this, and they did the lettering, the back cover design and the group’s costumes.[4] ”

In 1978, Parlophone reissued the stereo version of Evolution, along with Butterfly and Confessions of the Mind.

The song "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" was released earlier (in September 1966) both by The Searchers and Paul and Barry Ryan as single a-sides. It was first released by the Everly Brothers on their Two Yanks in England album.

Recording

Evolution and its respective singles were recorded in just six days time over the course of three months in early 1967 at the same time the Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at the same studio. The first session occurred on 11 January where "When Your Lights Turned On", "Have You Ever Loved Somebody" and the B-side "All the World is Love" were completed. Work began on but was not completed for the eventual single "On a Carousel". That song was completed during the next session on 13 January along with the album track, "Lullaby to Tim". Two songs sung in Italian, "Non Prego Per Me" and "Devi Avere Fiducia In Me", were also recorded on that day specifically for release as a single in Italy. The next session on 22 February was dedicated to two more songs meant specifically for release in Italy, "We're Alive" and "Kill Me Quick". "The Games We Play" as well as the Graham Gouldman-penned "Schoolgirl" were also begun during this session. The bulk of album work took place in March on the 3rd, 8th and 17th. "Schoolgirl" was attempted again on the 8th but was ultimately left unfinished for reasons unknown. The final songs recorded before the album's release in June were "Carrie Anne" on 1 May and its B-side, "Signs That Will Never Change", on the following day.

Stereo vs. mono

The stereo version of this album features the "instruments on one channel, vocals on the other" mixing style heard on earlier Hollies stereo albums. Tracks from this album used in later compilations are just as likely to be in mono as stereo.

UK track listing

All tracks composed by Graham Nash, Allan Clarke and Tony Hicks

Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Then the Heartaches Begin" Clarke 2:48 2. "Stop Right There" Nash 2:28 3. "Water on the Brain" Clarke 2:27 4. "Lullaby to Tim" Nash 3:04 5. "Have You Ever Loved Somebody?" Clarke 3:04 6. "You Need Love" Clarke and Nash 2:32 Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
7. "Rain on the Window" Clarke 3:16 8. "Heading for a Fall" Clarke 2:23 9. "Ye Olde Toffee Shoppe" Nash and Clarke 2:22 10. "When Your Light's Turned On" Clarke and Nash 2:37 11. "Leave Me" Clarke and Nash 2:30 12. "The Games We Play" Clarke and Nash 2:46
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1. MINT:
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2. EXCELLENT:
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3. VERY GOOD:
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4. GOOD:
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