''Bus Stop'' is the fourth U.S. album by the British

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, released on

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in mono (LP-9330) and rechanneled stereo (LP-12330) in October 1966. It features songs ranging from both sides of the band's then-current hit single to material recorded in the Hollies' early days on the UK's

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in 1963, 1964 and 1965. The song "Oriental Sadness" had previously been issued in the U.S. on the Hollies' album '' Beat Group!'' earlier in 1966. ''Bus Stop'' was also the fourth Canadian album by The Hollies, released on

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in mono and stereo ((S)T-6195) on November 7, 1966. Unlike its American counterpart, it did not include any material from before the 1965 recording sessions for the ''

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'' album. Instead, the album combined the current single with generally unissued tracks from the UK albums ''Hollies'' and ''Would You Believe?''. Three songs ("Oriental Sadness", "That's How Strong My Love Is" and "I Take What I Want") had previously been issued in Canada on the Hollies' album '' I Can't Let Go / Look Through Any Window'' earlier in 1966. This was the Hollies' last album to feature original bassist Eric Haydock, who left the group early in 1966 following disputes with the group's managers, missing the recording session for "

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"; he was eventually replaced by

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Background

All of the material except the current single ("

"/"Don't Run and Hide") featured

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on bass. The

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of the single, also the album's title track, featured "fill-in" bassist Bernie Calvert, who later replaced Haydock in the Hollies. One song ("Little Lover"), recorded in 1963, featured original Hollies drummer Don Rathbone instead of

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, and two other songs "Candy Man" and "Baby That's All" came from the UK version of the group's first album, ''Stay with The Hollies''. This was the last Hollies album in the U.S. or Canada on which songs composed by Allan Clarke,

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and

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would be credited to "L. Ransford". In addition, one 1964 song included on the U.S. album is credited to another Clarke-Hicks-Nash pseudonym, "Chester Mann" (an inversion of

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, where the band was from).

Track listing

Canadian track listing

Personnel

The Hollies * Allan Clarke − vocals, harmonica *

– lead guitar, vocals *

– rhythm guitar, vocals *

–

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except on "Little Lover" *Don Rathbone – drums on "Little Lover" *

–

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except on "Don't Run and Hide" and "Bus Stop" *

– bass guitar on "Bus Stop" Additional personnel * Ron Richards –

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– bass guitar on "Don't Run and Hide"

References

External links

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