In The Hollies Style

In The Hollies Style
Studio album by The Hollies
Released	November 1964 (1964-11)
Recorded	13 April - 25 August 1964 at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England
Genre	Beat, pop
Length	29:08
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Ron Richards
The Hollies chronology
Stay with The Hollies (January 1964) In The Hollies Style (November 1964) Hollies (September 1965)

In The Hollies Style is the second studio album by British beat group The Hollies, released on the Parlophone label in November 1964. The album was later released in Canada by Capitol Records on October 4, 1965 with a different track listing.

As a result of poor sales of stereo copies of the band's debut album in the UK, In the Hollies Style was only available there mono while stereo mixes were shipped to other markets. The stereo mix was finally released in the UK and retitled The Vintage Hollies in 1967. In 1997, British EMI put both mono and stereo versions of this album onto a single CD.

Recording, production, and songs

Like the album's predecessor, Stay with The Hollies, In The Hollies Style was recorded at EMI Studios on Abbey Road in London, England – which was later re-titled after the name of the street – and was produced by Ron Richards – who worked for other Abbey Road artists and later founded Associated Independent Recording with George Martin and John Burgess. Recording for the album commenced on April 13, 1964 when the band recorded the tracks "Time for Love" and "Don't You Know". Recording continued on the 27th of that month where "You'll Be Mine", "It's in Her Kiss", "Come On Home", "Too Much Monkey Business" and "I Thought of You Last Night" were put to tape. Three more songs, the eventual B-side "Come On Back", Set Me Free" and "Please Don't Feel Too Bad" were recorded on June 30. The group didin't enter the studio for several more months, returning August 16 to record "What Kind of Boy" and attempt the eventual single, "We're Through". Not satisfied with the arrangement from this session, "We're Through" was re-recorded on August 25 as well as the final two songs to be recorded for the album; "To You My Love" and the opening medley "Nitty Gritty/Something's Got a Hold on Me".

Another similarity between this album and its predecessor is the inclusion of songs by American writers and performers, such as Chuck Berry and Etta James. Unlike its predecessor, In The Hollies Style had more than one song written by members of the band. In fact, 7 of the 12 songs on the album were written by Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, and Graham Nash and were credited to the members under the pseudonym L. Ransford. Clarke, Hicks, and Nash continued to used the pseudonym until 1966, which was when the group's compositions started to become hits.

While the Canadian version released by Capitol Records also included many songs written by L. Ransford, the Canadian version has several Ransford songs not included on the UK version, including "Come On Back" which was later re-written as "Stop Stop Stop". The Canadian release is also different than the UK version because while the UK version did include several b-side singles, it did not have any a-sides on the album but the Canadian version did.

Track listing

All songs written by L. Ransford, except where noted.

UK version

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Nitty Gritty/Something's Got a Hold on Me" (Lincoln Chase/Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods)	Clarke	4:13
2.	"Don't You Know"	Clarke	1:57
3.	"To You My Love"	Nash	2:08
4.	"It's in Her Kiss" (Rudy Clark)	Clarke, Nash and Hicks	2:15
5.	"Time for Love"	Clarke	2:31
6.	"What Kind of Boy" (Big Dee Irwin)	Clarke	2:39

Side two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
7.	"Too Much Monkey Business" (Chuck Berry)	Clarke, Nash and Hicks	2:28
8.	"I Thought of You Last Night" (Ralph Freed)	Clarke and Nash	2:18
9.	"Please Don't Feel Too Bad"	Clarke	2:27
10.	"Come On Home"	Clarke and Nash	1:53
11.	"You'll Be Mine"	Clarke	2:02
12.	"Set Me Free"	Clarke and Nash	2:28

Canadian version

Side one

1. "I'm Alive" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) – 2:24
2. "You Know He Did" – 2:01
3. "Honey and Wine" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 2:28
4. "Mickey's Monkey" – 2:29
5. "Come On Back" – 2:10
6. "We're Through" – 2:15

Side two

1. "Yes I Will" (Goffin, King) – 2:57
2. "Don't You Know" – 1:57
3. "To You My Love" – 2:08
4. "Time for Love" – 2:31
5. "What Kind of Boy" (Irwin) – 2:39
6. "Too Much Monkey Busines" (Berry) – 2:28

Personnel

• Allan Clarke – vocals
• Tony Hicks – lead guitar, vocals
• Graham Nash – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Eric Haydock – bass
• Bobby Elliott – drums, percussion
• Ron Richards – producer