Bus Stop is the fourth U.S. album by the British pop band the Hollies, released on Imperial Records in mono (LP-9330) and rechanneled stereo (LP-12330) in October 1966. It features songs ranging from both sides of the band's then-current hit single to material recorded in the Hollies' early days on the UK's Parlophone Records in 1963, 1964 and 1965. The song "Oriental Sadness" had previously been issued in the U.S. on the Hollies' album Beat Group! earlier in 1966.

Bus Stop
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1966
Recorded1963–1966
GenreRock, pop
Length29:12
LabelImperial LP-9330
ProducerRon Richards
The Hollies U.S. chronology
Beat Group!
(1966)
Bus Stop
(1966)
Stop! Stop! Stop!
(1966)
The Hollies Canadian chronology
I Can't Let Go / Look Through Any Window
(1966)
Bus Stop
(1966)
Stop! Stop! Stop!
(1966)
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Allmusic[1]

Bus Stop was also the fourth Canadian album by The Hollies, released on Capitol Records in mono and stereo ((S)T-6195) on November 7, 1966. Unlike its American counterpart, it did not include any material from before the 1965 recording sessions for the Hollies album. Instead, the album combined the current single with generally unissued tracks from the UK albums Hollies and Would You Believe?. Three songs ("Oriental Sadness", "That's How Strong My Love Is" and "I Take What I Want") had previously been issued in Canada on the Hollies' album I Can't Let Go / Look Through Any Window earlier in 1966.

This was the Hollies' last album to feature original bassist Eric Haydock, who left the group early in 1966 following disputes with the group's managers, missing the recording session for "Bus Stop"; he was eventually replaced by Bernie Calvert.

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All of the material except the current single ("Bus Stop"/"Don't Run and Hide") featured Eric Haydock on bass. The A-side of the single, also the album's title track, featured "fill-in" bassist Bernie Calvert, who later replaced Haydock in the Hollies. One song ("Little Lover"), recorded in 1963, featured original Hollies drummer Don Rathbone instead of Bobby Elliott, and two other songs "Candy Man" and "Baby That's All" came from the UK version of the group's first album, Stay with The Hollies.

This was the last Hollies album in the U.S. or Canada on which songs composed by Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Graham Nash would be credited to "L. Ransford". In addition, one 1964 song included on the U.S. album is credited to another Clarke-Hicks-Nash pseudonym, "Chester Mann" (an inversion of Manchester, where the band was from).

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Bus Stop"Graham GouldmanClarke2:53
2."Candy Man"Neil-RossClarke2:28
3."Baby That's All"Chester MannClarke, Nash and Hicks2:18
4."I Am a Rock"Paul SimonClarke2:53
5."Sweet Little Sixteen"Chuck BerryClarke2:23
6."We're Through"L. RansfordClarke2:15
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
7."Don't Run and Hide"L. RansfordClarke2:35
8."Oriental Sadness"L. RansfordClarke and Nash2:38
9."Mickey's Monkey"Holland-Dozier-HollandClarke2:30
10."Little Lover"Clarke-NashClarke2:00
11."You Know He Did"L. RansfordClarke2:02
12."What'cha Gonna Do About It?"Carroll-PayneClarke2:17

Canadian track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Bus Stop"Graham GouldmanClarke2:51
2."I Take What I Want"Porter-Hodges-HayesClarke2:15
3."That's How Strong My Love Is"Roosevelt JamisonClarke2:42
4."Sweet Little Sixteen"Chuck BerryClarke2:21
5."Oriental Sadness"L. RansfordClarke and Nash2:37
6."I Am a Rock"Paul SimonClarke2:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
7."Don't Run and Hide"L. RansfordClarke2:33
8."I've Got a Way of My Own"L. RansfordClarke and Nash2:12
9."Don't You Even Care (What's Gonna Happen to Me)"Clint Ballard, Jr.Clarke2:27
10."Very Last Day"Paul Stookey-Peter YarrowClarke2:58
11."Too Many People"L. RansfordClarke2:38

Personnel

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The Hollies

Additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ Kurtz, Peter. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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