Biography
The Hollies are an English pop/rock group, best known for their pioneering and distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. The Hollies became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s (231 weeks on the UK singles charts during the 1960s; the 9th highest of any artist of the decade) and into the mid 1970s. It was formed by Allan Clarke and Graham Nash in 1962 as a Merseybeat type music group in Manchester, although some of the band members came from towns north of there. Graham Nash left the group in 1968 to form the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries (at least 60 singles or EPs and 26 albums charting somewhere in the world spanning over five decades), although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966 with “Bus Stop”. The Hollies had over 30 charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, with major hits on both sides of the Atlantic that included “Just One Look”, “Look Through Any Window”, “Bus Stop”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “On a Carousel”, “Stop Stop Stop”, “Carrie Anne”, “Jennifer Eccles”, and later “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother”, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress” and “The Air That I Breathe”. They are one of the few British pop groups of the early 1960s, along with The Rolling Stones, that have never disbanded and continue to record and perform. In recognition of their achievements, The Hollies were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollies
Album & Cover
The most obscure album in the Hollies’ entire catalog, Out on the Road marked the second half of the “Mikael Rickfors Era,” that two-year period in which the Swedish-born singer provided the group’s lead vocals. The album was originally released only in Germany. This is a slicker, smoother, and harder-rocking version of the Hollies than most casual fans, familiar with their hits of the early ’70s (“Long Dark Road,” “The Air That I Breathe”) might expect. Rickfors is firing on all cylinders as a singer, his vocals every bit as expressive if not as compellingly memorable as those of the man he was (temporarily, as it turned out) replacing. http://www.allmusic.com/album/out-on-the-road
The front cover was by the hand of Colin Elgie, and came laminated. The album came also with a lyric sheet.
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK
Who Did What: Illustration – C. Elgie
Label: Hansa 871191IT(Gremany)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Out On The Road A Better Place They Don’t Realise I’m Down The Last Wind Mr. Heartbreaker I Was Born A Man |
Side Two Slow Down – Go Down Don’t Leave The Child Alone Nearer To You Pick Up The Pieces Trans-Atlantic West Bound Jet |
Credits
Engineer – Mike Jarratt, Peter Bown
Producer – Ron Richards, The Hollies
