Come the Day [Import, Original recording remastered]

The Seekers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI
• ASIN: B00004VXPK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #703,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Digitally remastered reissue of the Australian pop/ folk quartet's 1966 album featuring their biggest hit, the #2 'Georgy Girl'. Contains both mono & stereo versions of all 12 of the tracks, for a total of 24 selections. Also features the original cover a --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The best of the albums put out by the Seekers, December 31, 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come the Day (Audio CD)

"Come the Day" was the third and best of the albums put out by the Seekers who were probably the most popular of the acoustic rock elements of the British Invasion (i.e., Peter & Gordon, Chad & Jeremy). The Seekers consisted of high school classmates Athol Guy on (upright) bass, Keith Potger on 12-string guitar, and Bruce Woodley on guitar, who were joined by singer Judith Durham, who was actually a jazz-singer with perfect pitch dabbling in singing folk songs. The other important figure in their story was Tom Springfield, the brother of singer Dusty Springfield, who wrote most of their top hits once the group got to England. "Come the Day" has the group's biggest hit, "Georgy Girl," which made it to #2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1967, and which was also the title of this album when it was released in the United States. That might explain why this CD release has all the album's dozen songs in both mono and stereo versions (I am deaf in one ear, so stereo is a concept that is lost on me and do not even ask about quadrophonic sound). There are covers of several recognizable pop songs ("Red Rubber Ball" by Krycle, "Yesterday" by the Beatles, "Turn Turn Turn" by the Byrds, and "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and the Papas), but the best track besides their hit has to be Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind." Most of these tracks are available on the various Seekers hits collections, but for those who like the group's pleasing harmonies and the pitch perfect voice of Judith Durham, this would be the best choice for one of their actual albums to pick up in addition to the obligatory hits collection.

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite original Seekers album in mono and stereo, May 30, 2009

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come the Day (Audio CD)

In the late eighties, three of the original Seekers studio albums from the sixties were released on CD, two of which (including this one) had both mono and stereo versions in full, one following the other. The mono album comes first, followed by the stereo album. Thus, if you just want to hear the stereo album, you have to start the CD halfway through. The main part of my review focuses on the actual music, as if it only appeared once.

This is my favorite original Seekers album, containing a few original songs and a lot of well-chosen covers. The outstanding song here is, of course, Georgy girl. It is the song that Americans best remember the Seekers for and was also a huge hit in Britain. Three other original songs (the title track, I wish you could be here, Red rubber ball) are also impressive and well worth hearing. The remainder of the album is filled with covers, a practice common in those days.

While most of the covers are of contemporary (sixties) pop songs, there is also a song of Cajun origin (Louisiana man, originally by Doug Kershaw) and All over the world, an English translation of a French song. Originally a French hit for Francoise Hardy, she recorded her own English version of All over the world, which gave her a British top twenty hit.

Other covers are more predictable including Island of dreams (Springfields), Last thing on my mind (Tom Paxton), California dreaming (Mamas and papas), Yesterday (Beatles), Turn turn turn (Pete Seeger, but best known via the Byrds` cover) and Well well well.

Although this particular CD is long out of print, the original album can still be found on CD via an Australian boxed set, which isn't as expensive as you might expect. It may also be available elsewhere on CD, but I haven't checked.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Seekers classic, August 1, 2007

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Mr. John Evans (Pasadena, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come the Day (Audio CD)

This hard-to-get CD presents The Seekers at the top of their form, when everything they did found critical and public acclaim. It's a very enjoyable mix, with some new songs (the title track is excellent) and some classics of the era. Add to that the usual Judith Durham vocal power and control, brilliant harmonies and a very strong production - and you really can't go wrong...

*You can get all the songs from this and their other '60s albums on The Seekers Complete