The Hollies - Just One Look (1964)

The Hollies are where Graham Nash came from, and rose to prominence alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. However, they have had nowhere near the amount of longevity that those other two have. How is that? Well, basically they were very uncool in their time. They weren't as fun as The Beatles, and they weren't as dangerous as The Stones. They were kind of a goody-two-shoes band. That being said, they weren't bad. Not even boring! They just didn't have an ambitious producer or manager. 

Eventually, one of the three main songwriters, Graham Nash, left the group to go onto better things with the band Crosby, Stills, and Nash. He rose to prominence in 1963 with The Hollies, however, which is where this album takes place.

As was the standard practice at the time (especially in the UK, where this band is from), The Hollies recorded a lot of singles that never made it onto any studio album. As was also the standard practice, the US releases of these albums were quite different, featuring different tracks, different orders, etc. Unlike I did with The Stones, I won't be using their US albums as a base, since The Stones (or at least their manager) oversaw the production of the US albums, which wasn't the case with The Hollies.

Thus, this first album cleans up the outtakes, A-sides, B-sides, and EP exclusive tracks that The Hollies recorded between April 1963 and March 1964. I'll keep it to twelve tracks to make future albums easier, as well as the fact that besides the first Hollies album, they usually only had twelve tracks per album.

For the album art, I altered the US debut cover.

Side One

1. (Ain't That) Just Like Me
2. Hey, What's Wrong With Me?
3. Searchin'
4. Now's The Time
5. Just One Look
6. Whole World Over 

Side Two

1. I Understand
2. Poison Ivy
3. What Kind Of Love
   
4. Zip A Dee Doo Dah
5. Keep Off That Friend Of Mine
6. When I'm Not There