The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl

The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl
Greatest hits album by The Easybeats
Released May 1967
Recorded Between 1965-1966. Armstrong Studios, Melbourne. EMI Studios, Sydney and IBC Studios, London.
Genre Rock
Length 35:19
Label Albert Productions/Parlophone
Producer Ted Albert and Shel Talmy
Compiler Albert Productions
The Easybeats chronology
Volume 3
(1966)		 Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl
(1967)		 Good Friday
(1967)

The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl is a compilation album by The Easybeats featuring a selection of songs recorded by the group between 1965 and 1966. The album was originally released in Australia and New Zealand under the Parlophone label under the then current licensing arrangement by the band's production company Albert Productions.

Background

After the success of the band's single "Friday On My Mind" in the U.K., The Easybeats continued work with the single's producer Shel Talmy on a debut album for their international label United Artists Records. The finished album, titled Good Friday, was released in Europe in May 1967. However, due to contract issues, no album of the new material was released in their home country of Australia.[1] Instead Albert Productions compiled "greatest hits" package of the band's most popular Australian singles and EP tracks. Three songs from the Good Friday album were included on the album, with "Pretty Girl" (which hadn't yet seen a release in Australia) promoted as a "new" song. The album was released in May 1967 during the group's homecoming tour of Australia.

Releases

The album was released on CD in the 1980's on the Albert Productions label and again in the 1997 through EMI. On 6 August 2013, the album was remastered and made available through the iTunes Store. For the 2014 Australian Record Store Day, a limited edition 180 gram vinyl LP was released. This vinyl release was released by Albert Productions and remastered by renowned mastering engineer Don Bartley.[2]

Reception

Released May 1967 just before the band's homecoming tour, it reached #3 on the Kent Music Report. It was the 20th highest selling album in Australia of 1967. In October 2010, it was listed at No. 6 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[3]

Track listing

Side A

All songs written and composed by Stevie Wright & George Young except as noted. 

No. TitleOriginally Released on Length
1. "For My Woman"  "For My Woman" single 3:08
2. "She's So Fine"  "She's So Fine" single and Easy album 2:06
3. "Wedding Ring"  "Wedding Ring" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:04
4. "Sad Lonely And Blue"  "Sad Lonely And Blue" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:81
5. "Easy As Can Be"  "Sad Lonely And Blue" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:35
6. "In My Book"  "Women (Make You Feel Alright)" single and It's 2 Easy album 3:10
7. "Women (Make You Feel Alright)"  "Women (Make You Feel Alright)" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:37

Side B

No. TitleOriginally Released on Length
1. "Pretty Girl" (Harry Vanda, Young)The Best of The Easybeats + Pretty Girl later as the B-side to "Heaven and Hell" 3:08
2. "Come And See Her"  "Come And See Her" single and It's 2 Easy album 2:43
3. "I'll Make You Happy"  Easyfever EP 3:12
4. "Too Much"  Easyfever EP 1:48
5. "Sorry"  "Sorry" single and Volume 3 album 2:35
6. "Made My Bed ; Gonna Lie In It" (Vanda, Young)"Friday On My Mind" single 2:10
7. "Friday On My Mind" (Vanda, Young)"Friday On My Mind" single 2:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. New South. ISBN 978 1 74223 217 1.
  2. ↑ "EASYS, STEVIE, ANGELS & TATTS RE-VINYLED!" (ASP). Albert Productions. Albert Productions. Retrieved 21 Feb 2014.
  3. ↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
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