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Hi Michael

I'm currently working on it, but it is taking some time.

Looking forward to it Rob.

Hi James!!!

1. BBC Sessions
2. Out On The Road Remastered CD
3. CD Release of the legendary live performance from '68 with Nash
4. Rarities Vol #2
5. Miscellaneous live material
6. DVD of TV performances
7. Live album of current line-up
8. NEW FECKING STUDIO ALBUM!!!!!

You're so right with this list!!!!!! Points 1 - 7 are important and I would love to have them but point 8 is the most important!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT A NEW STUDIO ALBUM...NOW[b][u]
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone know if one comes out or if they have plans to do so!
I need a new one... and I can't stand one more Greatest Hits!

That's good news Rob. Have you got a big collection?

I bought one of those tapes off ebay with about 60 clips but I missed the other two tapes. Hopefully they will pop up again as I really want THE BABY.

I also hope the video quality is decent.

Micheal

Plans for a new album --- yes, I believe Alan Coates will run for US President (much more likely than a new studio album this decade) Rolling Eyes

Considering Alan is ineligible to become US President, the reality of James' prediction on a new Hollies studio album is even more more starkly revealed than it first appears. The odds for a new studio CD in ANY decade are now so infinitesimally small that they define a whole new branch of mathematics... Sad

If the Hollies last until the next decennial celebration in 2013, we may finally get as much as one new track (the first in ten years) on the inevitable All the Hits for the Fiftieth Time in Our Fiftieth Year compilation. Just remember to lower the studio mics to wheelchair height, boys! Razz

Bobby will be 72! Shocked

Will Tony still have authentic Wink

brown hair?

Will botox be the only answer to Carl's worry lines?

Will Ray resort to incontinence pants to get through a 90-minute set?

(and...over the sea and far away...will Graham Nash be creating havoc amongst the randy old spinsters in Santa Fe Residential Care Home?)

Laughing

Hi Anthony. The clip of 'Too Young To Be Married' which you describe seems like the very one I'm talking about. Listening to the studio version and then the live hits version always caused me to question if it actually was Tony playing the guitar solo. However, on this video when the solo is played the camera goes off Tony and seems to disappear into a sort of box like object. When the camera returns to Tony, his right hand is moving in a strumming manner (still during the solo) it makes you wonder.
GordonJ

I've never seen this clip but I will have my speak all the same!

The guitar on the live CD is definately not as intricate as on the studio version but live versions rarely sound as precise guitar-wise as studio versions do. So in the middle of a set Hicks might not bother to exactly finger it as in the studio. Also, the studio track likely has a Spanish guitar for that bridge? I think it would be pretty hard on stage to switch in the middle of a number to get exactly the same sound.

Having said that on the new Cat Stevens DVD Alun Davies plays a very impressive spanish- style bridge on an ordinary guitar.

I'm just thinking if Hicks is/was one of the best guitarists in Britain as has been claimed he should have been well able to play it.

Any thoughts?

Micheal

Hi Micheal. The point is this. On the video which is obviously a mime, Tony dosen't attempt to mimic the solo in any way and surely for somthing as spectacular as this solo, the camera would be on Tony all the time and not dissapearing into space Question

I'm not trying to decry Tony in any way. I've seen him too often and have seen just how accomplished a player he is. It's just something I've been curious about for a very long time and I just felt this clip confirmed my thoughts.
All the best.
GordonJ

The solo is quite 'John Williams-ish'. I've never seen any photos of TH using a Spanish guitar, and on the live record, I presume it would be a steel-strung guitar he used for the solo/whole of the song. I don't think the acoustics were amplified in anyway, but just miked...

I’m alive 40 Jaar Top 40 1965-66 Universal 2004
Look through any window Promo The best of beat Planet Song/Medusa2003
I can’t let go Live, Beat-Club The best of ’66 Radio Bremen 1997
So you wanna be a rock ‘n’ roll star 2003
Beat generation BMG 2003
Dear Eloise PromoRemember 60’s Vol.2 BR Music 2002
Jennifer Eccles Beat-ClubSo you wanna be a rock ‘n’ roll star 2003
Beat generation BMG 2003
Special edition EP Classic pictures 2003
Listen to me Promo Special edition EP Classic pictures 2003
Do the best you can Promo Special edition EP Classic pictures 2003
Blowin’ in the wind Promo 40 Jaar Top 40 1969-70 Universal 2004
Sorry Suzanne Beat-club Remember 60’s Vol.1 BR Music 2002
Special edition EP Classic pictures 2003
Too young to be married Promo Remember the 60’s Vol.1 BR Music 2002
He ain’t heavy (cut) Live Greatest hits of the 70’s Disky 2001
He ain’t heavy Promo Remember 60’s Vol.4 BR Music 2004
He ain’t heavy Live Rock n roll Goldmine ILC Music 2004
Long cool woman Promo Remember the 70’s Vol.1 BR Music 2002
Magic woman touch Promo Remember the 70’s Vol.2 BR Music 2002
The day that Curly Billy.. 40 Jaar Top 40 1973-74 Universal 2004
The air that I breathe (cut) Live Greatest hits of the 70’s Disky 2001
The air that I breathe Promo Remember the 70’s Vol.4 BR Music 2004
Amnesty Promo Remember the 70’s Vol.2 BR Music 2002

And then there's Gasoline Alley bred on the Dutch Sony sampler that I miss Anyone who can help?

I agree. Just because he mimed it poorly doesn't mean he didn't play it...