Introducing the Seekers Big Hits

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Introducing the Seekers Big Hits
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Compilation album by
Released1967
Genre Pop, Folk, World
Label W&G Records
The Seekers chronology
Come the Day
(1966)
Introducing the Seekers Big Hits
(1967)
Seekers Seen in Green
(1967)

Introducing the Seekers Big Hits is the second compilation album by the Australian group The Seekers. The album was released in 1967 as a double LP. The album peaked at number 5 in Australia in 1967. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "A World of Our Own"
  2. "Sinner Man"
  3. "Open Up Them Pearly Gates"
  4. "Myra"
  5. "With My Swag On My Shoulder"
  6. "Waltzing Matilda"

Side 2

  1. "Dese Bones G'wine Rise Again"
  2. "When The Stars Begin to Fall"
  3. "Run Come See"
  4. "This Train"
  5. "All My Trials"
  6. "Just a Closer Walk with Thee"

Side 3

  1. "Chilly Winds"
  2. "Kumbaya"
  3. "The Hammer Song"
  4. "Wild Rover"
  5. "Katy Cline"
  6. "Lonesome Traveller"

Side 4

  1. "I'll Never Find Another You"
  2. "The Light From The Lighthouse"
  3. "South Australia"
  4. "Lemon Tree"
  5. "The Wreck of the Old '97"
  6. "Morningtown Ride"

Weekly charts

YearChartPosition
1967Australian Kent Music Report 5

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References

  1. "David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1940-1969"". Australian Chart Book. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.