| | Hollies Long Road Home: 1963-2003 CD Hollies Discography of CDs
Recorded between 1963 & 2003. Includes liner notes by Peter Doggett.
This box is a difficult thing to recommend, good -- no, make that great -- though it is. Partly, that's because it's almost too much of a great thing for most Hollies fans -- if they don't mind paying $120 for the six-CD U.K. import set, but most listeners aren't capitalized that way. And it does have its shortcomings, despite its cost. In contrast to, say, Crossroads by Eric Clapton, or Dreams by the Allman Brothers, it isn't where one could start listening to the Hollies -- there's too much that's not here, including "Bus Stop," and "Look Through Any Window." The shortcomings are understandable in a way, because between EMI in England, Sony Music in America (which still controls the Hollies classic sides from between 1966 and 1973 in that market), and sub-licensors like Disky in Holland, the Hollies may be the most heavily anthologized '60s British group this side of the Who; what to include, and how far to overlap existing collections become major problems, and they seem to have limited the hits to those that are biographically important in the band's history. such as "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother," which re-established them commercially after Graham Nash's departure, or "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress," which precipitated a major personnel crisis. Even with that limitation, there's almost too much here, at 136 tracks spanning 40 years. Disc One is certain to appeal to all of the group's fans, opening in 1963 with the first three tracks they ever recorded, the jangling "Hey, What's Wrong With Me," "Ain't That Just Like Me," and the achingly beautiful ballad "Whole World Over," only one of which has made extensive appearances in the decades since. Then things start jumping around in some pleasing and unexpected ways, between singles and album tracks that do showcase the many sides of the group's sound -- the selection of tracks does perhaps shine the spotlight on Tony Hicks' guitars a little more prominently than they would be with a totally random sampling, but, then, he was always the group's secret weapon; the B-sides with which the group graced British audiences, including "Keep Off That Friend of Mine," "Baby That's All," and "Come on Back," are some of the best songs of their kind that aren't generally known; and one also gets a keen appreciation of the tightening of the band's sound that took place from the moment that Bobby Elliott joined on the drums (one shudders to think what the group's cover of "Mickey's Monkey" would have sounded like with Don Rathbone still in the lineup). Among the jewels making their debut here are a low-wattage rendition of "We're Through," a crunchy, stripped down version of "She Said Yeah," and a trio of group originals, "So Lonely," "Bring Back Your Love to Me," and "Listen Hear to Me." The array of B-sides and album cuts on this disc make for a somewhat heavier, more intense sound than the Hollies were known for by way of their singles -- in a sense, one can understand "Bus Stop" not being included here, amid the heavier and more soulful sounds of "You Must Believe Me," and the near garage rock textures of "She Gives Me Everything I Want"; the only thing missing is "Tell Me to My Face." Almost as an act of defiance against expectation, we're given the folk-rock oriented "If I Needed Someone" and "Stewball," and the pop-exotica of "Oriental Sadness," the latter an LP track that deserved to be a single. It almost breaks up the celebration of their album tracks and B-sides when the disc ends with the Italian-language singl
40th anniversary box has 136 tracks over 6 cds spans their entire career. Includes hits, album tracks, some different mixes, and the sixth cd is all live tracks
THE LONG ROAD HOME: THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION is a box set with 6 disc and a 56 page booklet with liner notes and color pictures.
The Hollies include: Allan Clarke (vocals, guitar); Tony Hicks, Graham Nash (guitar); Bernie CalvertEntertainment Weekly (12/12/03, p.78) - "...[Proof that the Hollies] kept churning out hits long after the 1960s faded....All of those schoolboy screamers are here..." - Rating: B+ Mojo (Publisher) (2/04, p.111) - 3 stars out of 5 - [T]he sound on these songs is fantastic..." Long Road Home: 1963-2003 Music | | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Hey What's Wrong With Me | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Ain't That Just Like Me | |
| 3. | Whole World Over | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Stay  | |
| 5. | You Better Move On | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Keep Off That Friend of Mine | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Baby That's All | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Don't You Know  | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Come on Back | $0.99 | |
| 10. | We're Through - (first version)  | |
| 11. | She Said Yeah | |
| 12. | Nobody  | $0.99 | |
| 13. | So Lonely  | $0.99 | |
| 14. | Bring Back Your Love to Me | |
| 15. | Listen Here to Me | |
| 16. | Honey and Wine  | |
| 17. | Very Last Day, The  | |
| 18. | Mickey's Monkey | $0.99 | |
| 19. | You Must Believe Me  | |
| 20. | She Gives Me Everything I Want | |
| 21. | I've Got a Way of My Own | |
| 22. | You in My Arms | |
| 23. | If I Needed Someone  | |
| 24. | Stewball  | |
| 25. | Don't You Even Care (What's Gonna Happen to Me) | |
| 26. | Oriental Sadness | |
| 27. | After the Fox | |
| 28. | Don't Run and Hide  | $0.99 | |
| 29. | Pay You Back With Interest - (mono)  | |
| 30. | It's You - (mono) | |
| 31. | What's Wrong With the Way I Live - (mono) | |
| 32. | Crusader - (mono) | |
| 33. | Non Prego Per Me | |
| | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Kill Me Quick  | |
| 2. | We're Alive  | |
| 3. | Schoolgirl | |
| 4. | All the World Is Love  | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Rain on the Window  | $0.99 | |
| 6. | You Need Love  | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Stop Right There  | $0.99 | |
| 8. | Signs That Will Never Change  | $0.99 | |
| 9. | Everything Is Sunshine  | $0.99 | |
| 10. | King Midas in Reverse  | |
| 11. | Dear Eloise  | |
| 12. | Maker  | $0.99 | |
| 13. | Would You Believe  | $0.99 | |
| 14. | Elevated Observations  | $0.99 | |
| 15. | Butterfly  | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Open up Your Eyes  | $0.99 | |
| 17. | Relax | |
| 18. | Wings  | |
| 19. | Like Everytime Before | |
| 20. | Man With No Expression (Horses Through a Rainstorm) | |
| 21. | Taste of Honey, A | |
| 22. | Blowin' in the Wind - (Nash version) | |
| 23. | Quit Your Low Down Ways  | |
| 24. | My Back Pages  | |
| 25. | Not That Way at All  | |
| 26. | Why Didn't You Believe?  | |
| 27. | Please Let Me Please  | |
| | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 Album DISC 3: |
| 1. | He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother | |
| 2. | Marigold / Gloria Swansong  | |
| 3. | Goodbye Tomorrow  | |
| 4. | Man Without a Heart  | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Confessions of a Mind  | $0.99 | |
| 6. | Too Young to Be Married  | |
| 7. | Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top | |
| 8. | Promised Land | |
| 9. | Long Dark Road | |
| 10. | Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress  | $0.99 | |
| 11. | Baby, The | |
| 12. | Magic Woman Touch | |
| 13. | Jesus Was a Cross Maker | |
| 14. | Had a Dream | |
| 15. | Mexico Gold | |
| 16. | Don't Let Me Down | |
| 17. | Second Hand Hang Ups | |
| 18. | Lonely Hobo Lullaby | |
| 19. | Give Me Time | $0.99 | |
| | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 CD DISC 4: |
| 1. | Air That I Breathe, The | |
| 2. | Sandy - (4th Of July, Asbury Park) | |
| 3. | I'm Down  | |
| 4. | Star | |
| 5. | Write On | |
| 6. | Love Is the Thing | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Won't Move Over | |
| 8. | Draggin' My Heels | |
| 9. | Daddy Don't Mind  | |
| 10. | Boulder to Birmingham  | |
| 11. | Writing on the Wall | |
| 12. | Burn Out | |
| 13. | Hello to Romance | |
| 14. | Amnesty | |
| 15. | Harlequin | |
| 16. | When I'm Yours | |
| 17. | Something to Live For | |
| 18. | It's in Every One of Us | |
| | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 Songs DISC 5: |
| 1. | Say It Ain't So | |
| 2. | Sanctuary | |
| 3. | Soldiers Song, The  | |
| 4. | Can't Lie No More | |
| 5. | If the Lights Go Out  | |
| 6. | Heartbeat  | |
| 7. | What to Do  | |
| 8. | Carrie | |
| 9. | Take My Love and Run | |
| 10. | Let Her Go Down | |
| 11. | Laughter Turns to Tears | |
| 12. | Too Many Hearts Get Broken | |
| 13. | This Is It | |
| 14. | Reunion of the Heart | |
| 15. | Stand by Me - (12" mix) | |
| 16. | Shine Silently | |
| 17. | Find Me a Family | |
| 18. | Woman I Love, The | |
| 19. | How Do I Survive  | $0.99 | |
| | Long Road Home: 1963-2003 Album DISC 6: LIVE PERFORMANCES: |
| 1. | Reach Out I'll Be There | |
| 2. | Too Much Monkey Business | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Stop! Stop! Stop! | |
| 4. | Times They Are a Changin', The | |
| 5. | Can't Let Go | |
| 6. | Just One Look  | |
| 7. | Can't Tell the Bottom From the Top | |
| 8. | Bus Stop  | |
| 9. | Another Night  | $0.99 | |
| 10. | Sandy (4th of July, Astbury Park) | |
| 11. | Star | |
| 12. | My Island | $0.69 | |
| 13. | I'm Down  | |
| 14. | Stop! Stop! Stop! | |
| 15. | Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress  | $0.99 | |
| 16. | Carrie Anne  | |
| 17. | Air That I Breathe, The | |
| 18. | Too Young to Be Married  | |
| 19. | He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother | |
| 20. | Purple Rain | |
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