Anthology From the Original Master Tapes

Hollies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 3, 1990
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Epic
• ASIN: B00000274G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,817 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

20 tracks including Carrie-Anne; King Midas in Reverse; Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress); Jennifer Eccles; The Air That I Breathe; Dear Eloise; He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother , and more. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Complete By Itself, March 25, 2000

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology From the Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

If you bought this CD and Epic's Greatest Hits, you would have every hit by the Hollies to reach the Hot 100 except 1966's "I Can't Let Go" (No. 42). However, these two discs were not marketed as companion albums. There are six songs repeated between the two.

If you buy only Epic Anthology, you don't get "Look Through Any Window," "Bus Stop," "Stop, Stop, Stop," "On a Carousel" or "Pay You Back with Interest."

If you buy only Epic's Greatest Hits, you don't get "Jennifer Eccles," "Sorry Suzanne," "I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top," "The Air That I Breathe" or "Magic Woman Touch."

My question is why couldn't these two albums be combined on a single disc to give you a complete greatest hits package? All of these singles were recorded on the same label. If all 26 songs wouldn't fit on a single disc, leave off the acoustic version of "Magic Woman Touch" or any of the non-singles "Everything Is Sunshine," "Try It" or "Indian Girl." From a consumer's point of view, it's only greed that seems to be the motivator for this dilemma. [The other option is to seek out the out-of-print 3CD 30th Anniversary Collection.] RECOMMENDED

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS ALBUM IS REALLY REALLY GOOD A MUST BUY, June 19, 2002

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Marc Davis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anthology From the Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

I have just recently brought this album, I do have other Hollies greatest hit's one but the difference is with this one is that the quality of sound is just amazing. I have some of the tracks on other compilations but the quality of sound on tracks like carie Ann and King Midas In reverse are so clear I do not know if this cd has been re-mastered or not it does not state this. But for people that have not brought this album yet all of the tracks are in FULL STEREO SOUND, there is only one track that is in MONO and that is DO THE BEST YOU CAN, other wise epic have done a seriously good job on this album.

There is 2 versions of magic woman touch the first ver is from the original album ROMANY 1972 WITH MICHEL RICKFORD, the ver at the end of the album is acoustic AND IT IS REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD, I agree with the other review about this track that it does knock out Crosby stills and Nash on this one... If you are a Hollies fan then you are in for a treat with this one.

I am only 21 years of age and I wish I were around during the 1960's and 70's. The Hollies are almost my all time favourite band apart from the Beatles, Stones, small faces, Pink Floyd and so on. They just have incredible voices when they sing as well as they are just such accomplished singers. Wowwwwwwww Allot of the tracks will just blast you away.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Okay in its day......but a much better alternative now exists, September 17, 2005

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Paul Tognetti "The real world is so much more... (Cranston, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthology From the Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

If you grew up in the 1970's and were a big fan of the Hollies, then "The Epic Anthology" just might be your ticket. This collection features all of the great Hollies tunes you would have heard on Top 40 radio.
The Hollies actually began their stint at Epic Records in the summer of '67 with their Top Ten smash "Carrie-Anne". They would go on to have another dozen or so more charted hits over the next 7 or 8 years including "The Air That I Breathe", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and of course their biggest hit ever "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" from 1972. "The Epic Anthology" includes each and every one of these charted hits along with a half dozen other tunes from albums they recorded during this period. I can honestly say that there is really not a bad track on this CD.
But for many collectors like myself, "The Epic Collection" had one major flaw. Originally released in 1990, this collection did not include for obvious reasons the Hollies earlier hits recorded for the Imperial label in the mid-sixties. Tunes like "Bus Stop", "Look Through Any Window" and "I Can't Let Go" were among the best and brightest pop tunes of that era. It was extremely frustrating for collectors because for a good many years was not a comprehensive Hollies collection that included their output from both labels. Finally, in 2003 EMI corrected this oversight by releasing the 2 CD set "The Hollies Greatest Hits". This was a godsend for collectors as it contains virtually all of the hits from both labels and remains to this day the very best Hollies collection around. It does cost a bit more but for me it was worth every penny.
So if you are thinking about picking up a Hollies collection I recommend you carefully compare each of these collections. Again, there is absolutely nothing wrong with "The Epic Anthology". The package contains an exceptionally well done 24 page booklet (better than the EMI package) that chronicles the history of the group. What it really comes down to is how fanatical a fan you are. In either case, you can not go wrong. The Hollies were one of the most talented and enduring groups to emerge from the British invasion. Recommended.