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Butterfly is the seventh studio album by the English rock and pop band the Hollies, released on 1 November 1967. It was the band's final album to feature Graham Nash before his departure from the group in 1968. The album consisted solely of songs written by the trio of Nash, Allan Clarke, and Tony Hicks, with Nash leading the sessions. [8]
Dear Eloise / King Midas in Reverse is the seventh U.S. studio album by the British pop band the Hollies, released in November 1967."King Midas in Reverse" and "Leave Me" (saved from the UK Evolution track line-up) were slotted onto the album while deleting "Pegasus", "Try It" and "Elevated Observations" from the UK Butterfly track listing.
"King Midas in Reverse" is a song by English pop group the Hollies, written by Graham Nash but credited to Allan Clarke, Nash and Tony Hicks. It was released as a single in September 1967 in anticipation of the band's album Butterfly .
The Hollies then released the ambitious, psychedelic album Butterfly, retitled for the US market as King Midas in Reverse/Dear Eloise, but it failed to chart. In response, Clarke and Nash wrote a more conventional pop song, " Jennifer Eccles " (named after their wives) (Mar. 1968, UK No. 7, US No. 40, Australia No. 13 [ 11 ] ), which was a hit.
[9] [10] They recorded a single and album in February 1969. The single was released and the album was set to release in June of that year, but was shelved. [10] On 24 September 2009, the Hollies were nominated for induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and were inducted on 15 March 2010. [11]
The Space-themed sleeve design was fashioned by Jack Wood (who made artwork for Status Quo, Thin Lizzy or The Sensational Alex Harvey Band).LP was issued by Polydor in the UK in March 1979, but the album was overshadowed by the success of the compilation, The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats, which reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart shortly before.
Evolution is the sixth studio album by the English rock and pop band the Hollies, released on 1 June 1967. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart. [6] In 1978, Parlophone reissued the stereo version of Evolution, along with Butterfly and Confessions of the Mind.
Hicks contributed his first solo composition for the group ("When I'm Not There") to an EP release in 1964 and co-wrote a B-side ("Keep Off That Friend of Mine") with drummer Bobby Elliott that year. Hicks then joined Clarke and Nash as the group's in-house songwriting team, who from 1964 to mid-1966 wrote as "Chester Mann" and "L. Ransford ...