The Searchers fourth PYE album Sounds Like
Searchers is the theme for this chapter.
| UK release from February 1965, PYE NPL 18111, entered the lp-charts on March 27th, 1965, reached number eight and stayed for five weeks. | US release from February 1965, Kapp KL 1412 (mono) and 3412 (stereo), entered the charts on March 20th, 1965, reached number 46 and stayed for nine weeks. |
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German release from March 1965, Vogue LDVS 17035, didn't chart. |
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| above: Cover of the rare lp from Venezuela | on the Pye label, rest unknown |
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above: Lp from South Africa, here titled Search For The Searchers, Pye PL 2846.
| The tracks & the lead
singers: 1. Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands (Frank) 2. If I Could Find Someone (Mike & Chris) 3. Magic Potion (Chris) 4. I Don't Want To Go On Without You (Chris & Mike) 5. Bumble Bee (Mike) 6. Something You Got Baby (Mike) 7. Let The Good Time Roll (Mike, Chris & Frank) 8. A Tear Fell (Mike & Chris) 9. You Wanna Make Her Happy (Chris) 10. Till You You'll Be Mine (Mike & Chris) 11. Everything You Do (John & Frank) 12. Goodnight Baby (Mike) American issue had What Have They Done To The Rain (Mike) instead of Let The Good Times... |
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Canada & Sweden: exactly like the UK release Spain: Title ALLA VAMOS, RA-PYE-Music-Hall 12613, cover and tracks like the UK release, all titles were translated Italy had THE SEARCHERS in 1965 on PYE SIP 1 with three tracks from the lp: Everybody come..., Goodnight Baby, Magic Potion Greece had an album on PYE NPL 15001, although the cover is identical to the UK version and lists the same tracks, only Magic Potion & Bumble Bee are included. Israel: Piccadilly PH 30165, cover see UK release, label see below
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valuable ? In opposite to some labels indicated, like the German Vogue release, Kapp had the only true stereo version in the world. (Today they can be found on the Searchers Pye CD collection)
What's interesting about the American cover? |
The EPs
UK
| front cover of first ep (Pye NEP 24218), entered the ep-charts 8 May 1965, reached no. one and stayed in the charts for 17 weeks. | front cover of the second ep (NEP 24228) from Sounds Like...
(didn't chart) |
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Spain
| above left: back cover of the
first Spanish ep which was released after the
success of the next single
Goodbye My Love. Pye PYEP 2074.
above right: front cover of the second Spanish ep that came out after Bumble Bee was a success in some countries. Tracks: Bumble Bee, Everything You Do, Magic Potion, Something You Got. Pye HPY 337-04 |
Sweden, Japan, France, Israel
below left: Ep from Sweden, tacks and catalogue
number see UK release
below right: Ep from Japan LSS-302-Y, release date July 1965, only Bumble
Bee was taken from Sounds Like Searchers lp
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above left: Ep from France, two tracks were
taken from the album: Bumble Bee and If I
Could Find Someone, Vogue PNV 24137
above right: Ep from Israel, Piccadilly ???, tracks: Bumble Bee, Everything You
Do, Magic
Potion and If I Could Find Someone
The Singles
| Country | A-Side | B-Side | Label + Number | Charts | Picture Cover |
| US | Bumble Bee | Everything You Do | Kapp KJB-49 | 21 | no |
| US | Bumble Bee | A Tear Fell | Kapp KJB-49 | no | |
| Denmark | Bumble Bee | You Wanna Make Her Happy | Pye 7N 1402 | yes | |
| Japan | Bumble Bee | Goodnight Baby | J-Pye LL-753-Y | yes | |
| Italy | Bumble Bee | You Wanna Make Her Happy | Pye 45NP 5057 | yes | |
| New Zealand | Bumble Bee | ? | Pye 7N-15830 | yes | |
| France | Bumble Bee | Let The Good Times Roll | Pye 7NH 108 | yes | |
| Netherlands | Bumble Bee | Let The Good Times Roll | Pye 7NH 108 | 23 (6) | yes |
| Canada | Bumble Bee | A Tear Fell | Pye 772 | 16 (8) | no |
| Sweden | Bumble Bee | Pye | 6 (3) | yes | |
| Australia | Bumble Bee | Astor | 7 | no |
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| above: US single Bumble Bee flip side: Everything You Do US sheet music |
above and right: US advertisement for the new Searchers single |
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 Single from Denmark |
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| Sweden | Everybody come and.... | Till you say you'll be mine | Pye 7N 132 | 6(5) | yes |
| Netherlands | I Don't Want To Go On Without You | A Tear Fell | Pye 7NH-109 | 17 (9) | two |
| Japan | Magic Potion | If I could Find Someone | J-Pye LL-859-Y yes | yes |
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Two different covers of the single that |
came out in the Netherlands |
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| above: label of the Negram single | above: label of the Swedish release |
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| Swedish release - the 2nd
chart success with Frank singing lead
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on the left: taken from their back cover of the lp thanks to Bengt and Don |
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