The Hollies - BBC Sessions, Volume 3 (1969-1970)

Here's the third out of four albums of the Hollies at the BBC.

In late 1968, Graham Nash left the Hollies to join Crosby, Stills and Nash. He was a key part of the band's songwriting and singing, and was the "hippest" member of the band when keeping up with the times was extremely important. The band continued having hits just fine without him, although they were increasingly seen as a pop band that was out of step with the increasingly serious and "heavy" music being made. 

During the time frame here, 1969 and 1970, the Hollies continued to perform for the BBC a lot, although that would soon peter out in the early 1970s. The first six songs come from a concert that was broadcast on the BBC in early 1969. I've only included the songs that don't appear elsewhere in this series. One of the songs, "Maybe I'll Settle Down," appears to be an original that never got officially released. 

In 1970, an Australian TV station recorded the Hollies in concert as they toured Australia and made a TV special out of the footage that was shown in 1971, called "Don't Get Sunburnt." Four of the songs here are from that: "Gasoline Alley Bred," "Let It Be," "Woodstock," and "Amazing Grace." The last three are covers that the band never officially released.

The remaining songs come from typical BBC sessions. I had to edit some of those due to the usual problem of BBC DJs talking over the music. One of those, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," is the only officially released performance from this entire album. But the sound quality is nevertheless high, because everything here is either from the BBC or that Australian TV special.

01 Carrie Anne (Hollies)
02 Quit Your Lowdown Ways (Hollies)
03 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Hollies)
04 Stop, Stop, Stop (Hollies)
05 The Mighty Quinn [Quinn the Eskimo] (Hollies)
06 Maybe I'll Settle Down (Hollies)
07 Sorry Suzanne (Hollies)
08 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Hollies)
09 Lady Please [Edit] (Hollies)
10 Gasoline Alley Bred (Hollies)
11 Let It Be (Hollies)
12 Woodstock (Hollies)
13 Amazing Grace (Hollies)
14 Survival of the Fittest [Edit] (Hollies)
15 Isn't It Nice [Edit] (Hollies)

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The cover art photo was taken in January 1969.