Hear! Here!

VINYL FORMAT. Of all the English bands who achieved international success during the first wave of the British Invasion, none combined youthful rock 'n' roll energy with musical sophistication more compellingly than the Hollies. The Manchester quintet effortlessly combined the effervescent, Everly Brothers-inspired vocal harmonies of Allan Clarke, Graham Nash and Tony Hicks with a muscular rhythm section driven by the brilliant drummer Bobby Elliott, creating one of their era's most beloved and enduring musical catalogs. Now, just in time for the Hollies' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sundazed Music presents completely restored vinyl editions of the rare U.S. versions of the band's first two albums. Sundazed Music's new vinyl editions of Here I Go Again and Hear! Here! restore these landmark albums to the form in which American listeners first heard them. They're mastered from the original mono master tapes and pressed on pristine 180 gram vinyl, with complete original cover art.

Hear! Here!, the Hollies' second American album, was issued stateside in 1965 by Imperial Records. It's a reworked - and, for many listeners, improved - variation on the original British LP known simply as Hollies, with the U.S. version adding the hits "Look Through Any Window" (the Hollies' first American Top 40 single) and "I'm Alive." Hear! Here! finds the band members' original compositions beginning to dominate the Hollies' repertoire, with their songwriting skills shining on such standout tracks as "Put Yourself In My Place," "So Lonely," and "I've Been Wrong." Elsewhere on the album, the group's interpretive skills shine through on Curtis Mayfield's "You Must Believe Me," Roy Orbison's "Down the Line," and Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."