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Clive55
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1336
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:58 pm Post subject: The Seekers/New Seekers |
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Anyone rec all these guys? I remember them from when I was a kid. The Seekers had a great folk sound- "Georgy Girl!", "The Carnival Is Over" & so on. The New Seekers were a bit plastic, but they had a number one hit and the top commercial with the same song= I'd Like To Teach the world To Sing/ Buy the World A Coke.
Both have compilation albums out now & in the charts. I downloaded both
Anyone else remember them? |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Yes I remember them both, preferred the original Seekers to the new ones though.
I wonder what has brought about the release of compilation albums from them both around the same time?
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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colby
Joined: 06 Feb 2009 Posts: 1216
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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I remember the Seekers well. They were a firm fixture of the sixties and a very good one. I was into Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd by the time the other lot came on the scene and I thought they were dreadful (as did most other people of my age, I seem to recall)!
Helen May wrote: | I wonder what has brought about the release of compilation albums from them both around the same time? |
Publishers recognising that "nostalgia" is a big thing at the moment. Just look at all the TV ads which have a 60s or 70s theme to them. _________________ (signature and avatar removed, violated forum Rule 2.) |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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I really liked "Island of Dreams" by the Seekers plus, although quite young, I fancied the girl singer too...
Australian weren't they? _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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Being of 'a certain age' I can remember both in their respective heydays. My father is a fan of the original Seekers. Yes, I liked them too. I also liked The New Seekers, especially 'Circles'. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Clive55
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 1336
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, i was not a big fan of the New Seekers, but i did like Teach the World to Sing & the coca Cola ad.
In terms of music from that era, the Seekers CD is competing with the Crazy world Of arthur Brown as my most played oldies! |
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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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SFF, "Island of Dreams" was by the Springfields! Dusty went solo shortly after.
The original seekers were really good. _________________ MiS |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to say the same about Island Of Dreams but I think the Seekers did it on an album of theirs that I have.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Of course it was... silly me. I can hear Dusty singing it now.
So was I also wrong about them being Aussies?
I'll have to look up their hits... _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
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RockitRon
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Both The Seekers and The New Seekers were good, in their own way, in their time.
The Seekers were all Australian. When they broke up in 1969 one of them, Keith Potger, found sundry British musicians to form The New Seekers, the sum of which you could say was much greater than their individual parts; Lyn Paul, bless her, was a particularly weak singer but so long as she didn't sing alone very much you didn't notice.
A version of the group, containing Paul Layton of the original lineup, toured the 70s shows in 2006/7. I saw them at the annual Butlins do - they were absolutely sh...aving cream.
The "new" Greatest Hits "And More" album is of course a record company exercise in extracting as much money as possible from back catalogue, as is The Seekers. Both groups had excellent double album compilations in the shops for under £10 but they weren't selling. Condense them onto one disc, give it a garish new cover and a bit of advertising, and some people will happily pay more, seemingly - the same has been done recently with Val Doonican, Roger Whittaker and Barber, Ball and Bilk. _________________ Ron |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: |
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I'm very chuffed having broadband now.. last night I had an enjoyable hour or so looking at the Seekers old hits and ended up watching Alvin Lee and 10 Years after's "Going Home" at Woodstock... Love it. _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
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