The Searchers 30th Anniversary Collection 1962–1992 explained

30th Anniversary Collection 1962–1992
Type:compilation
Artist:The Searchers
Cover:30th_Anniversary_Collection_1962–1992.jpg
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Released:1992
Recorded:1963–1983
Genre:Rock/pop
Language:English
Label:Sequel
Producer:Tony Hatch, John Verity, Peter Collins

The Searchers 30th Anniversary Collection 1962–1992 is a compilation album of songs by the English rock band The Searchers released by Sequel Records. This collection including all of their A-sides released on Pye Records, nearly all B-sides and many of their album tracks.[1] The third disc featured rarities, plus previously unreleased material intended for unfinished LP from 1983.[2]

Overview

Album was released on the 30th anniversary of the band's founding.[3] With 84-song set this is a pretty definitive collection of the group's sixties material originally released on Pye Records from 1963 to 1967. The first disc contains singles, the second album tracks and the third rarities. This collection also includes solo singles by the band members Tony Jackson and Chris Curtis ("Stage Door", "Watch Your Step", "Aggravation"), alternate Searchers’ takes ("I'll Be Doggone", "Someday We're Gonna Love Again"), foreign-language versions of their hits ("Tausend Nadelstiche", "Verzeih' My Love", "Süß Ist Sie") or previously unissued songs ("Once Upon a Time", "Bye Bye Johnny" or "Shame Shame Shame"). There are also five songs originally broadcast on various BBC Light Programme, which were never recorded in a studio or released on a Searchers album, incl. version of Bob Dylan’s "Blowin' in the Wind". "It was in vogue and suited our harmony style perfectly," wrote Frank Allen about this track in his autobiography.[4] The package includes discography, a family tree by Peter Frame, and liner notes by the band’s guitarist John McNally, producer Tony Hatch, compiler Roger Dopson or Tim Viney from The Searchers Appreciation Society.[3]

Unfinished LP

In 1981 the band signed to PRT Records. "They were very enthusiastic and talked about a possible album and how we were going to be big again," wrote Mike Pender in 2014.[5] This box consisted of few songs intended for the album that was never completed ("Innocent Victim", "Good Way To Fall", "New Heart"), produced by the Argent guitarist John Verity on September 1983. "In the end we completed four tracks with Verity," wrote Allen, "before PRT pulled the plug on the project and the proposed releases were shelved." There is also the last Searchers’ British single from this period ("I Don't Want To Be The One" / "Hollywood"), included The KinksBob Henrit as a session drummer.[4]

Personnel

The Searchers

Tony Jackson and the Vibrations

Chris Curtis (studio band)

Additional musicians and production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30th Anniversary Collection/ . AllMusic, Richie Unterberger . 5 March 2021.
  2. Book: Colin Larkin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 2011. Omnibus Press . 9780857125958. 1998.
  3. Peter Doggett, Tim Viney, 30th Anniversary Collection 1962–1992 (CD liner notes), Sequel Records, 1992.
  4. Book: Frank Allen. The Searchers And Me: A History of The Legendary Sixties Hitmakers. 2009. Aureus Publishing. 9781899750412.
  5. Book: Mike Pender. The Search for Myself. 2014. Genuine Article Books. 9780993121302. 136.