I'm Alive (EP)

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I'm Alive
I'm Alive EP.jpg
EP by
ReleasedSeptember 1965 [1]
Genre Rock
Length9:23
Language English
Label Parlophone
Producer Ron Richards
The Hollies chronology
Hollies
(1965)
I'm Alive
(1965)
Would You Believe?
(1966)

I'm Alive is the sixth British EP released by The Hollies. It was put out by Parlophone in mono with the catalogue number GEP 8942 and released in the UK in late September 1965. The EP entered the British charts on 25 September 1965 and spent 15 weeks there, peaking at #5 on the Record Retailer chart, their highest charting EP. [2]

Contents

The EP's A-side consisted of both sides of the band's successful single "I'm Alive", released in May 1965. The B-side contained the album track "Mickey's Monkey" from Hollies and "Honey and Wine", exclusive to this EP.

"Honey and Wine" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation Not the Hits Again! in 1986. "You Know He Did" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation The EP Collection in 1987.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."I'm Alive" Clint Ballard, Jr. Clarke2:23
2."You Know He Did" Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash Clarke2:01
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
3."Honey and Wine" Gerry Goffin, Carole King Clarke2:29
4."Mickey's Monkey" Holland–Dozier–Holland Clarke2:30

Notes

  1. The 30th Anniversary Collection (CD). The Hollies. EMI Records. 1993. D 202205.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums. Suffolk: Omnibus Press. pp. 514–515. ISBN   1-84449-058-0.

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