Sunday, March 10, 2019

The Zombies - Tell Her No - Non-Album Tracks (1964-1965)

Here's the second album from an alternate universe where the Zombies weren't treated like crap by their record company. As I mentioned in my previous Zombies post, the band was only allowed to release one album from 1964 to 1967, a time when many other bands of their caliber were releasing two albums a year.

It turns out the Zombies had enough material to keep up with those other bands. But they were relegated to releasing singles only (aside from that one album, "Begin Here"). The time covered with this album was arguably the band's commercial peak, after having hits with "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No," so nearly all of the songs were actually released at the time, on that album or as singles.

The exception are three songs performed only on the BBC. But the recording of these songs sounds just as good as any studio recording of the time, with no crowd noise and no annoying DJ talking over the music. So for this album and the rest of this series, if the Zombies did a song where there's a BBC recording and nothing else, I'm treating that like just any other studio track.

01 Tell Her No (Zombies)
02 The Way I Feel Inside (Zombies)
03 I Can't Make Up My Mind (Zombies)
04 You've Really Got a Hold on Me - Bring It On Home to Me (Zombies)
05 Can't Nobody Love You (Zombies)
06 I Got My Mojo Working (Zombies)
07 Work 'N' Play [Instrumental] (Zombies)
08 Soulville (Zombies)
09 For You My Love (Zombies)
10 She's Coming Home (Zombies)
11 I Must Move (Zombies)
12 Remember You (Zombies)
13 I Want You Back Again (Zombies)
14 Rip It Up (Zombies)
15 Just Out of Reach (Zombies)

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For the album cover, I found a cover of a "Tell Her No" EP. But the titles of the four songs on it were written in small print at the bottom. I didn't like that, so I erased those and replaced it with just "Tell Her No" in a much larger font size.
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6 comments:

  1. PuffinrandyMarch 10, 2019 at 10:47 PM

    Dude, I'm loving the Zombies you've posted so far. Hoping there's more to come. Thanks!

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    1. PaulMarch 10, 2019 at 11:34 PM

      Where you the one who requested the group? Of course I'm going to keep posting all the albums of their stuff that I've made.

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    2. PuffinrandyMarch 11, 2019 at 12:34 PM

      Nah, wasn't me. I never really paid much attention to them other than 'Time of the season'. So most of these are pretty much all new to me... well other than 'Tell her no' and 'she's not there'. That's why I'm enjoying them so much.
      That's what I like most about the stuff you are posting, finding new things I had not heard before. Like Larkin Poe... I had heard the name before, but not the music.

      So once again a BIG thanks for the what you're doing.

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    3. PaulMarch 11, 2019 at 8:17 PM

      Ah, I see. Yeah, I think the Zombies are pretty solid, meaning not many weak tracks. Oh, and be sure to check out their "Odessey and Oracle" album, cos I won't be posting that one, and it's a definite classic.

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  2. Buzzcut9May 2, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    Hello again. I downloaded all of your Zombie albums. Beautiful work! Oddly enough, this album and the She's Not There, Parrot released an album in the early 70's that had songs from both albums. I picked it up in a small record store near my house. Too bad they were never given their proper due.

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    1. PaulMay 3, 2019 at 3:00 AM

      Thanks for the thanks. They're slowly getting their due, because quality generally gets remembered and the crud gets forgotten. Nick Drake is an even better example of that, someone who was very obscure at first, but has become much better known in the decades since.

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