Singles

Artist: The New Seekers
Label: Br Music Holland
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

EAN: 8712089054622
ASIN: B0000C4ZY4

Release Date: 2003-07-31

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STRAIGHT OUTA SESAME STREET : Pre-Punk, Pre-Pubescent 70's

Tracks:

Meet My Lord
What Have They Done to My Song, Ma?
When There's No Love Left
Beautiful People
Nickel Song
Never Ending Song of Love
Good Old-Fashioned Music
Tonight
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Beg, Steal or Borrow
Circles
For You We Sing
Dance, Dance, Dance
Come Softly to Me
Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me
Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You)
Goodbye Is Jusrt Another Word
We've Got to Do It Now
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
Song for You and Me
I Get a Little Sentimental over You
Sing Hallelujah

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We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
The Very Best of the Seekers
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Customer Reviews:

NEW SEEKERS.......2006-09-08

THEY DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL SEEKERS. THE ORIGINAL GROUP MAY NOT BE AS GOOD LOOKING AS THIS GROUP BUT IT HAS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT THE NOT SO GOOD LOOKING ONES ARE THE MUCH BETTER SINGERS.

Sweet, Breezy Vocal Pop from the Early 70s........2006-05-24

I love to play this album in my car stereo when riding around with my dog because it's so relaxing and fun. If you like Abba, but hate Bucks Fizz, I would like to recommend this group to you. Lyn Paul is the British equivalent of Agnetha Faltskog, and the group's harmonies are slightly off-key from time to time which makes them charming and real. They recorded a few of Melanie Safka's songs, the best of them being "The Nickle Song," but my absolute favorite on this collection has to be "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me." By the way, don't get them confused with the original Seekers, because that Australian quartet was heavily folk oriented, although no less impressive. Keith Potger knew what he was doing when he reformed the group in England and managed them instead.

Great vocal pop.......2004-11-19

Although the New Seekers had folk roots, their music is best described as vocal pop. They were at their best on the faster numbers like the brilliant Never Ending Song Of Love, a huge hit in 1971. Their version in fact overshadowed the original by Delaney and Bonnie And Friends. Another highlight here is their powerful rendition of The Who's Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me, which put their sound firmly within the bounds of rock. I also like ballads like Nickel Song, Circles and the more uptempo Beg Steal Or Borrow. Not all of these tracks have aged so well, in my opinion. The cool drink commercial tune I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing was slightly banal to begin with and has grown ever more so because of its over-exposure. There are also some other tepid ballads that display none of their great vocal power and could have been performed by anyone. The album deserves four stars, however, for the aforementioned classics. At their best, New Seekers made a sparkling contributing to 70s pop music.

Lightweight but brilliant seventies pop group.......2004-09-12

The New Seekers, like many groups, endured line-up changes through the years but during their most successful years (1970 to 1974, the period covered by this compilation), there was only one change. The line-up in 1970 was Marty Kristian, Eve Graham, Paul Layton, Lyn Paul and Peter Doyle. Peter Oliver replaced Peter Doyle in 1973.

Their name is misleading as the original Seekers had their roots in traditional folk music while the New Seekers were a simple pop group. Their earliest recordings included three songs written by Melanie, of which one (What have they done to my song Ma) provided them with a top twenty USA hit and a minor UK hit. The other two (Beautiful people, Nickel song) were minor American hits. Beautiful people was originally the B-side to When there's no love left, but the public forced the record to be flipped.

Their UK breakthrough came with Never ending song of love, which made number two in the UK. This was followed by the song for which they are best remembered, I'd like to teach the world to sing, which was adapted from an advertising jingle. It topped the UK charts and made the American top ten. Their subsequent singles met with limited success in America, but they had four other UK top five hits, these being Beg steal or borrow, Circles, You won't find another fool like me (their second and last UK number one) and I get a little sentimental over you. In between those hits, they had lesser UK hits with Come softly to me, Pinball wizard / See me feel me, Nevertheless and Goodbye is just another word.

All of these songs can be found on this excellent compilation. They switched record labels and had three further minor UK hits, not included here, these being It's so nice (to have you home), I wanna go back and Anthem (one day in every week). Although less successful in America than in the UK, they still had nine American hits, all of which are included here.

A booklet with extensive liner notes is provided but it claims that Lyn Paul was originally from Melbourne, Australia. She was actually born and raised in Manchester, England as she points out on her own web site, lynpaulwebsite.org. This is a fascinating website, showing that there are more compilations of their re-recorded hits than their original recordings. Don't worry - this collection contains original recordings. But if you are tempted to buy a different compilation, check Lyn's web site to see what you might be getting.

I've heard various New Seekers compilations down the years but this is the strongest collection so far released. Lyn endorses it on her web site, too.

Worth seeking out........2004-03-15

Although they scored nine top-100 tunes during their run in the early 70's including their signature song "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing", this group has been virtually ignored in the domestic CD reissue market and has had uneven treatment overseas where their popularity was even greater. This compilation from BR Music in the Netherlands, a label that has put out some less than laudable reissues in the past, is a respectable, and to this date the best, collection of this group's material. It contains most of the singles that had chart success in various countries in Europe, and for consumers on this side of the pond, it is the first time all their American chart hits appear together. Their first three Melanie-penned songs are here with the quirky "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma" tickling the listener's musical memory. In a reversal of the more common course of events, their biggest commercial success, the aforementioned "I'd Like To Teach..." was a song that took a commercial and turned it into a hit song. While its overly familiar tune may be almost a challange to listen to without the urge to go for a soft drink, the New Seekers' melodic treatment of their other singles shows why this group in fact was no one-hit wonder. BR Music has done an admirable job here in presenting these tunes with decent sound quality (all but track 19 are in stereo). The informative liner notes booklet includes chart positions of their singles in five European countries as well as the U.S. along with a group history and pics. Two thumbs up here, one for making this group's output available again, and two, for doing it in fine fashion.

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