Showing posts with label Hollies Fame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollies Fame. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Hollies - The EP Collection

The Hollies 1987's sampler of items from 1964-1966. It does include two fine Merseyish originals from their debut 1964 EP, What Kind of Love and When I'm Not There, that never made it onto LP otherwise. Except for the British 1978 LP compilation The Best of the Hollies EP's, which duplicates the track listing of this disc almost exactly.

Terry Sylvester - I Believe

Terry Sylvester was born on the 8th January 1947 in Liverpool, England. He was raised in the Allerton area of Liverpool, and lived in the next road to Paul & Mike McCartney. He left school just before his 15th birthday and worked for one year as an apprentice panel beater for Peter Harrison, George Harrison's older brother. In December 1968, Graham Nash left the Hollies to form Crosby, Stills, & Nash. The remaining members of the Hollies remembered Terry contact was made & the rest is history.
Terry also released a solo album, I Believe, produced by Alan Parsons and the Hollies producer Ron Richards. It was released in 1976 and re-released in 1997 on CD.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Hollies - Hollies Sing Hollies

Here we have another British Invasion group from the early sixties, hugely overseen today. 1969's Hollies sing Hollies was made when Graham Nash already had decided to leave the Hollies to fund Crosby, Stills & Nash. It is the second album featuring Terry Sylvester.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Mud - Mudrock

Mud were an English band, formed in 1968, best remembered for their string of singles throughout the mid 70's, including Tiger Feet which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974. After teaming up with writers Chinn/Chapman, this good-time band had a noteworthy run of hits, including three number ones.

Line-up:
Rob Davis (g, v) Les Gray (v) Dave Mount (d,v) Ray Stiles (b,v)

Les Gray died of a heart attack on 21 February 2004. Dave Mount died on 2 Dec 2006. Ray Stiles is a member of the Hollies since 1986. Rob Davis went on to co-write several highly successful dance hits for artists such as Kylie Minogue.